58 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). [ Trifolium. 
the stem, reaching up quite to the base of the leaf, the free points lan- 
ceolate-setaceous. Leaflets sessile, 1-1} in. long, 1 line broad, nar- 
rowed to both ends, firm and subrigid, teeth sharp. Flowers in dense 
rounded stalked heads $—8 in. broad. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, downy. 
Calyx nearly sessile, } in. long, glabrous, teeth linear-subulate, reach- 
ing halfway down. Corolla purplish, nearly twice as long as the 
= gaa Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 171. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 8000ft., Mann! Cameroon Mountains, 7000 ft. 
Mann! Old Calabar, Kewan! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
15. T. polystachyum, Fresen. in Mus. Sench. ii. 50. Stem 1-2 ft. 
long, copiously and diffusely branched, glabrous. Stipules } in. long, 
reaching up to the base of the leaves and sheathing, the free poimts 
linear. Leaflets subsessile, oblanceolate, 12 in. long, 1 in. broad, 
finely sharply toothed, apex rounded or slightly pointed. Flowers in 
stalked oblong heads finally 6-12 lines long. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, 
elabrous or slightly pilose. Pedicels very short. Calyx 2-2} lines 
deep, 10-nerved, slightly hairy, the teeth linear-subulate, reaching 
halfway down, the two upper ones shorter than the rest. Corolla put- 
plish, about a third as long again as the calyx. Pod oblong-acuml- 
nate, 1—2-seeded, equalling the tube.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 167. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Huilla (a variety with a slightly longer calyx and more 
setaceous teeth), Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Lat. 6°°38, 8., alt. 4700 ft., Speke and Grant! 
16. T. Ruppellianum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii.51. Stem erect, 
branched, slightly pilose. Stipules broad, veined, the free points lanceo- 
late, acuminate or cuspidate. _Petioles 1-1} in. long, leaflets obovate 
cuneate, apiculate, toothed, glabrous. Flowers in rounded stalked 
heads, peduncles slightly pilose, longer than the leaves. Calyx 10- 
nerved, glabrous, the teeth subulate, equal, slightly hairy below, 2 
first a little hooked, longer than the tube, shorter than the corolla.— 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 170. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ruppell. 
17. T. bilineatum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 52. Annual, stem her 
baceous, erect or suberect, 1 ft. or more long, densely clothed with 
spreading or deflexed pale silky hairs. Stipules } in. long, half adnate, 
the free points lanceolate. etioles 1 in. or more, leaflets subsessile, 
nearly glubrous, oblong-cuneate, about 3 in. long by half as broad, the 
teeth and veins towards the edge very distinct. “Flowers in dens 
rounded heads 2 in. broad. Peduncles 1 in. or more long, pilose like 
the stem. Calyx subsessile, } in. long, silky, faintly 10-nerved, the 
teeth linear-subulate, reachin 
g halfway down, the lowest longer than 
the rest. Corolla reddish, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod ovoid, 
l-seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 170. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Ruppell. Schimper! Plowden!? 
