Eschynomene. } XLVII. § PAPILIONACEEH (BAKER). 149 
lines broad, the upper suture nearly straight, the faces flat, quite 
smooth. Pedicel 4—5 lines. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, in sandy pastures, Dr. Welwitsch! 
ll. AE. pulchella, Planch. in Herb. Kew. A copiously branched 
shrub about a foot high with very slender but tough and ends glabrous 
or slightly viscous bright chestnut-brown terete branches. Stipules 
ovate-lanceolate, 14-2 lines deep, firm, persistent, striated. Leaves 
subsessile, rachis about an inch long; leaflets in 3—6 pairs, oblanceo- 
late, 2 in. long, % in. broad, apex rounded, mucronate, both sides gla- 
brous, coriaceous, under surface with a raised wiry midrib and the 
finer veins in relief. Upper racemes 6-8-flowered, exceeding the 
leaves, the lower ones often compound, the rachis and pedicels viscous, 
the latter spreading at right angles, very slender, 1-3 in. long. Brac- 
teoles minute, ovate, membranous. Calyx a line deep, cleft nearly to 
the base. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, bright yellow. Pod 
Sessile, with only a single articulation, ovoid, acuminate, } in. long, 
the faces tubercled and slightly reticulated. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! 
G Very distinct from all the other African species. Near to &. interrupta, Benth., of 
uiana, 
12. 4G. Ruppellii, Baker. A copiously branched low shrub with 
firm viscid terete chestnut-brown twigs. Stipules minute, lanceolate, 
deciduous. Leaves on short spreading petioles ; rachis an inch or less 
long; leaflets in 8-12 pairs, linear-oblong, din. long, 1 line broad, 
apex rounded, mucronate, texture firm, both sides glabrous. Flowers 
in elongated 6—8-flowered regular racemes, which are ultimately 13-2 
in. long on as long firm viscid erecto-patent peduncles from the axils 
of the leaves. Bracteoles ovate, adpressed to the ealyx, deciduous. 
Pedicel as long as the calyx, which is cleft nearly to the base, glabrous, 
tin. long; the lips entire. Corolla bright yellow, twice as long as 
the calyx. Pod distinctly stalked, 3-4 lines long, half as broad, with 
2 articulations, a very deep constriction between them, the faces flat 
and naked.—Ruppellia abyssinica, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 208 t. 37. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon! Roth! _ 
very closely allied plant from Madagascar (4. laxiflora, Bojer, mss.), has more 
ice quite glabrous stems, persistent ovate cuspidate bracts and fewer flowers in 
és, 
13. AG. fulgida, Welw. mss. An erect copiously branched under- 
shrub 2-3 ft. high with bright purplish-brown viscous branches, only 
the youngest faintly setose. Stipules 2—3 lines, lanceolate, acuminate, 
caducous.  Petioles 14-2 lines; rachis 8-15 lines, both glabrous; 
leaflets 20-35-jugate, linear, 1-1} lines long, blunt, mucronate, subco- 
Tlaceous; veins immersed; midrib central. Flowers 3-12 in copious 
short-stalked axillary racemes 1-3 in. long with a very downy rachis. 
edicels 1-3 lines, articulated at the base, very caducous. Calyx gla- 
Tous, § in. long, clasped on the upper side by an ovate membranous 
