160 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEEH (BAKER). [ Desmodium. 
Herbaceous, densely pubescent 
Flowers 1-2 together . . . .....- ° . . 8. D. delicatulum. 
marae recess RG ae ee 
Racemes dense ; pedicels 2-3 lines long, erecto-patent. 
Leaflets ovate, 3—4 inches long. 
Stipellea minute, setaceous. . . . . . « « « «10. D. incanum. 
Stipelle large, foliaceous . . . . . . . =. ~ « AL. D.sennaarense. | 
Leaflets obovate, under aninchlong . . . . . . . 12. D. mauritianum. 
Grove 4. Podocarpia.— Upper suture straight, lower deeply indented. Pod | 
long-stalked. 
Wie onlywetil 5 2 oe Gi eet ce 1 o's 2 182 De Beaige | 
Group 5. Nicolsonia.— Upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. Flowers 
in dense racemes. 
Terminal leaflet obovate. 
AvGoglstiong of pod 34. sw sw se ss 14. DD: Drege 
Bice pt. Be DD, pore 
Merminalleatlevovate. 9. © 7.61... 12°). . - 16. PD: paleaceun: 
Grour 6. Sagotia.— Upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. Flowers 
scattered. 
Mheronly species; = 5 Te DS traplonum: 
1. D. umbellatum, DC. Prod. ii. 8325. A shrub 3-6 ft. high with 
densely grey-silky branches. Petioles an inch long, silky. Leaflets 
three, the central one obovate, 3-4 in. long, more than half as broad, 
glabrous and green above, glaucous and glabrescent beneath. Stipellie 
minute setaceous. Flowers 6-12 in short stalked umbels from the 
axils of the leaves. Pedicels 14-2 lines long, silky. Calyx densely 
silky, obconical, 2 lines deep. Corolla red, more than twice as long as 
the calyx. Pod 15-18 lines long, } in. broad, with 3—4 joints, silky, 
tipped with the persistent style. 
Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk. 
A native of Madagascar and Tropical Asia. j 
2. D. spirale, DC. Prod. ii. 332. Stems annual, 1-2 ft. high, 
slender, slightly pubescent, and diffuse. Stipules 3—4 lines long, linear, 
deciduous. Petioles }-1 in. long; leaflets 3, the terminal one round- 
ish or ovate, 1—2 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, the lateral ones smaller, sub- 
papyraceous, both sides green glabrous. Racemes very lax, termina 
and axillary, the former often compound. Bracts minute, setaceous, 
deciduous. Pedicels 3—4 lines long, spreading, very slender, glabrous. 
Calyx a line deep, deep-cleft, the teeth setaceous. Corolla slightly 
exceeding the calyx, greenish, variegated with purple. Pod 3-3 in. 
long, a line broad, with 4-6 articulations separated by very narrow 
spaces, often spirally twisted, the faces minutely pubescent.—D. tr- 
minale, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 207; DC. Prod. l.c. D. tortuosum, 
Webb, Fl. Nigr. 122. non DC. D. ospriostreblum, Steud. in Schimp. Pl. 
Abyss. No. 1039. Anarthrosyne abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss: 
No. 1039; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 204. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Afzelius! § bia Leoriewt 
and Perrottet, Heudelot! : ifeelius enegambia, Lepr’ 
