154 XLVI, § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Smithia. 
and striated, bristly on the back, the upper lobe entire, the lower deeply 
three cleft. Corolla about equalling the calyx. Pod with 7-8 roundish 
articulations, the faces glabrous.—Kotschya africana, Endl. Stirp. Mus. 
Vind. dec. 4; Icon. Gen. Pl. t. 125; Walp. Rep. v. 523. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Sennaar, Kotschy. 
6. S. strobilantha, Welw. mss. A shrub with firm glabrous or 
bristly terete woody branches. Stipules elongate lanceolate, }—3 m. 
long, scarious, persistent, not at all adnate. Petiole 3-3 in. long. 
Leatlets in 3—4 pairs, arranged subflabellately, } in. long, } in. broad, 
one side more rounded than the other, very rigid, both sides glabrous, 
no distinct midrib but 3 or 4 parallel longitudinal ribs. Flowers m 
copious dense barrel-shaped heads 6-9 lines long, subsessile in the axils 
of the leaves. Pedicel 4 in. long, densely bristly, with two semicircular 
rigid scarious persistent bracteoles at the apex. Calyx 2 lines deep, 
the lips coriaceous and closely ribbed, the upper one blunt, 2 lines 
broad, the lower 3-toothed with rounded divisions. Corolla slightly 
exceeding the calyx. Pod with 1-2 articulations, which are subquad- 
rate, the faces reticulated and bristly. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
South Central. Highlands of the Batoka country, Dr. Kirk! 
7. S. strigosa, Benth. Plant. Junghuhn, 211. An erect shrub 2-3 ft. 
high with numerous erecto-patent bristly branches. Stipules 3—4 lines 
long, adnate to the petiole at the base, the points lanceolate acuminate. 
Leaves fascicled ; petiole 14-2 lines; rachis 5-6 lines; leaflets 10—l¥- 
jugate, ascending, folded together, 2-24 lines long, 4 line broad, acute, 
unequal-sided, strongly-veined, rigidly coriaceous, pale green, bristle- 
ciliated. Flowers in copious dense sessile axillary heads $ in. long: 
Calyx sessile, } in. long, densely bristly in the lower part; teeth cus- 
pidate, } line broad, reaching down nearly to the base. Bracteoles 
ovate cuspidate, coriaceous, nearly as long as the calyx. Corolla as 
long as the calyx; standard and wings violet; keel yellowish. Ovary 
oblong, biovulate, silky. Pod not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Discovered by Lyall in Madagascar. 
_. The plant published under the name of S. spicata (Spreng. Syst. iii. 323, DC. Prod. 
Nl. 323), from Senegambia, according to Dr. Torrey was a compound of the flowers of a 
Cassia, with the fruit of Mimosa pudica or sensitiva, and was procured by Perrin from 
a garden in Guadeloupe. 
39. GEISSAPIS, Wight et Arn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. i. 516. 
Calyx deeply two-lipped, the upper lip entire, the lower three- 
Leeds Reenter calcula, ah a paces law ; wings obliquely 
obovate or oblong ; keel incurved, obtuse, rather shorter than the st@2- 
dard. Stamens all connate, the sheath slit above, or finally on both 
sides; anthers uniform. Ovary substipitate, biovulate; style incurved, 
