150 XLVIL. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Aeschynomene. 
bracteole half as long as itself; lips entire. Corolla bright orange- 
yellow, twice the calyx, subpersistent. Articulations 1—2, hemispherical, 
24—4 lines long, smooth on the faces. Pedicel 1}—2 lines. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 5000 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 
14. EB. bracteosa, Welw. mss. A copiously branched erect under- 
shrub 14-2 ft. high with slender firm terete branches finely setose only 
towards the top. Stipules lanceolate, caducous, 1-14 lines. Petioles 
1-1} lines ; rachis 9-15 lines, both viscous; leatlets 15-25-jugate, 1-1} 
lines, rigidly coriaceous, oblong-dimidiate, blunt, mucronate, the costa 
parallel with and contiguous to the upper edge. Flowers in copious 
elongated terminal and axillary racemes together forming an ample 
panicle, the end ones reaching 6—8 in. long, the axis flexuose, densely 
finely glandulose-setose, each node with a pair of lanceolate coriaceous 
setose-ciliated persistent bracteoles l'line long. Calyx 2 lines long, 
glabrous; lips entire. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, moderately 
persistent. Articulations 1-2, hemispherical, } in. long, smooth on the 
faces. Pedicel 1 line long. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 5000 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 
15, AS. tenuirama, Welw. mss. An erect copiously branched un- 
dershrub 2-3 ft. high with very slender rigidly erecto-patent branchlets 
finely setose in the upper part. Stipules 2-3 lines, linear-lanceolate, 
caducous. Petiole 1-2 lines; rachis }—-2in., both bristly; lealets 
20-50-jugate, rigidly coriaceous, blunt, mucronate, 1-2 lines long; 
midrib subcentral; veins prominent. Flowers 12-20 in copious ter- 
minal racemes 2—3 in. long, with a finely bristly axis. Pedicels erecto- 
atent, 1-2 lines; bracteoles lanceolate, very fugacious. Calyx 3 ™- 
ong, glabrous; lips entire. Corolla bright yellow, subpersistent, 
twice the calyx. Articulations 1, rarely 2, hemispherical, upper suture 
rather recurved, 4 lines long, glabrous on the faces. Pedicel 1}- 
lines. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
16. AG. debilis, Wein. mss. A copiously branched undershrub 2-3 
ft. high with very slender weak trailing branches, clothed in the upper 
- only with spreading grey pubescence and bristles. Stipules lanceo- 
ate, 4-6 lines, coriaceous, persistent. Petioles 1—8 lines; rachis 
1}—2 in., leaflets 18-24-jugate, linear, 14~3 lines long, blunt, mucro- 
nate, subcoriaceous, veins immersed, midrib central. Flowers in very 
lax copious simple or forked axillary and terminal racemes pega. 
5-6 in. long. Pedicels 1—3 lines, often curved, with a pair of sma 
lanceolate persistent bracteoles at the base. Calyx 24 lines, membra- 
nous, glabrous, clasped by a pair of lanceolate pubescent practeoles 
nearly as long as itself; lips entire. Corolla bright yellow, in. long; 
subpersistent. Articulations 1-2, hemispherical, } in. long, smooth on 
the taces. Pedicel } in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Highiands of Huilla, 5000 ft., Dr. Welwitsch! 
