146 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). | Zoschynomene. 
1. A. papulosa, Welw. mss. An annual or biennial with the habit 
of #. indica, the younger branches densely bristly. Stipules lanceolate, 
spurred, }in. long, caducous. Petioles 4 in. densely bristly ; rachis 
9-12 lines ; leaflets 6-12-jugate, linear-oblong, sensitive, 2-3 lines long, 
glaucous beneath. Flowers solitary on viscid bristly bractless slender 
peduncles 1—6 lines long. Calyx } in. deep, split down to the base, 
with two minute lanceolate bracteoles. Corolla scarcely exceeding the 
calyx. Pod 2 lines broad, at most an inch long, with 1—4 densely 
muricated articulations, the upper suture slightly, the lower more 
indented ; pedicel twice the calyx. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
2. AG. oligantha, Welw. mss. A copiously branched shrub 3-4 ft. 
with very slender flexuose almost scandent branches, only the very 
youngest slightly bristly. Stipules lanceolate, spurred, } in. long, very 
deciduous. Petioles very short, finely setose; rachis 6—18 lines; 
leaflets 12-18-jugate, linear-ob!ong, 2-2} lines long, } line broad, pale 
green, sensitive, glabrous. Flowers solitary (very rarely two) on flexu- 
ose bristly peduncles 6—15 lines long with 1—8 pairs of unequal-sided 
ovate acuminate toothed bracts. Calyx 24 lines deep, cleft down to 
the base. Corolla pale yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Pod 
linear, an inch long, } in. broad, smooth on the faces, 5—6-jointed, with 
a pedicel twice the calyx, the upper suture not at all, the lower very 
slightly indented. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 
3. HS. uniflora, £. Meyer, Comm. 123. Slightly shrubby, the branches 
densely bristly. Stipules lanceolate, 1-3 in. caducous. Petioles 2- 
lines, bristly ; rachis 2—3 in. ; leaflets 10—20-jugate, sensitive, glaucous, 
linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long. Flowers 1 or casually 2 on a viscid 
bristly peduncle 6-12 lines long. Calyx 1in., bristly, cleft down to 
the base. Corolla pale yellow, half as long again as the calyx. P od 
14-2 in. long, 2) lines broad, nearly straight; articulations 6-8, much 
raised and rugose on the faces, falling easily ; both sutures, especialy 
the lower one, distinctly indented ; pedicel bristly, exceeding the 
calyx.— Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 226. 
Upper Guinea. At the confluence of the branches of the Niger, Barter! 
Mozamb. Distr. Island of Pemba, north of Zanzibar, Bojer / 
Also a plant of the Comoros and Natal. 
4. AS. Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 202. An annual 
2-3 ft. high with densely bristly pale grey branches. Stipules $-3 ™- 
lanceolate, spurred, caducous. Petioles 2-3 lines, bristly ; rachis 2-4 
in.; leaflets 12-30-jugate, sensitive, glaucous, linear-oblong, 4—6 lines 
long. Flowers 1—2 on bristly axillary peduncles an inch or less long. 
Calyx 4-5 lines, densely bristly, split down to the base. Corolla 6-8 
lines, with a round standard 6-8 lines broad. Pod 2-2} in. long, i 
in. broad, smooth or bristly ; articulations 10-15, hardly at all raise 
on the face or indented at either suture; pedicel 4—6 lines. 
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