156 XLVI. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Stylosanthes. 
Stems finely downy. 
Stem erect; rudimentary floret 5-6 lineslong . . . . + + 3. S. faccons, 
Stem diffuse; rudimentary floret 2-3 lineslong. . . . . . 4. S. mucronata. 
Stems both downy and bristly eae . 5. S. Bojeri. 
1. S. viscosa, Ser.; DC. Prod. ii. 817. A copiously branched erect 
shrub, 1-3 ft. high, the branches densely clothed with fine gland-tipped 
grey hairs. Stipules adnate, 1-3 in. deep, scarious, viscous on the back 
like the stem, the points rigid, setaceous. Leatlets narrowly oblong 
oblanceolate, $—} in. long, 2 lines broad, glabrous or pubescent on bot 
faces. Spike ovate, dense, few-flowered; bracts } in. deep, dene 
bristly on the back and edge. Calyx 3 in. deep, the lobes ciliated. Po 
with usually only a single articulation, nearly glabrous, the style very 
short.—Vogel in Linnea, xii. 66. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don fide Bentham, in FI. Nigr. 301. 
A common Tropical American species. 
2. S. erecta, Pal. Beauw.; DC. Prod.ii.317. A copiously branched 
ascending shrub, sometimes 4—5 ft. high, with the stems glabrous in the 
lower part but sometimes slightly pubescent upwards. Stipules scone 
glabrous or slightly pubescent, 8-3 in. deep, adnate to the articulate 
petiole except the rigid setaceous points. Leatlets oblanceolate, ne 
rowed to both ends, $-3 in. long, 2-8 lines broad, rigid, prominently 
veined, often dotted with black heneath, glabrous or slightly pubescent. 
Flowers in oblong terminal heads and also in the axils of the uppe? 
leaves. ~~ Bracts imbricated, hiding the flowers, very rigid and pon 
nently veined, % in. deep, emarginate with often a leaflet from a 
notch, usnally but not always glabrous on the back, ciliated. Ra 
mentary flower equalling the scarious calyx, 2 lines long. Pod ¢ a 
long, with two articulations, glabrous or finely downy, like the decurve 
style-—Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 204. Vogel in Linnea, xii. 65. 
guineensis, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 357. Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg- 
205. Ononis coriifolia, Reich. in Sieb. Pl. Seneg. No. 87. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! $ ia Perrottet! Sieber! and 
others. Guinea proper, Beauvois, Thonning, Voyel! and others. 
Lower Guinea. Congo and Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Var. B. S. acuminata, Welw. mss. h 
Leaflets linear-acuminate, 12-15 lines long, casually 5. Petioles, leaves beneath, 
stipules and bracts on the back furnished with copious black stalked glands. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
3. S. flavicans, Baker. A copiously branched ascending shrub, the 
branches densely clothed with short yellowish pubescence. Stipules 
scarious, finely pubescent on the back, 2 in. deep, adnate to the petiole, 
except the long free falcate, setaceous apices. Leaflets oblanceolate, 
3—1 in. long by 2 lines broad, narrowed to both ends, rigid, and pre 
minently veined, both sides subglabrous. Flowers in dense gear 2 
terminal heads. Bracts densely imbricated, clothed on the back wit 
pubescence like that of the stem, not bristle-ciliated. Calyx 2 lines 
deep, the very plumose rudimentary floret more than twice as long. 
