164 XLV1I. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Desmodium. 
are considerably longer than broad, the faces densely hairy, the lower 
suture waved three-quarters of the way down.—D. sparsiflorum, G. Don, 
Gard. Dict. ii. 294. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po and Princes island, Vogel! Barter! Mann! Dr. 
Welwitsch ! St. Thomas and Sierra Leone, Don / 
A common Tropical American species, occurring also in the Mauritius. 
11. D. sennaarense, Schweinf. Fl. Athiop. 8. An undershrub seve- 
ral feet high, the branches robust, angular, sulcate, densely hispid. 
Stipules cordate, amplexicaul, persistent, foliaceous. Petiole 2-3 in. 
long, spreading, hispid; leaflets 3, the central one ovate, 3—4 in. long, 
by more than half as broad, blunt, the base broadly rounded, its pe- 
tiolule more than an inch long and stipelle 3—4 lines long, foliaceous, 
lanceolate, persistent, the lateral leaflets smaller and more rounded at 
the base, texture subcoriaceous, upper surface scabrous, lower thinly 
grey-hairy all over. Racemes stalked, moderately lax. Bracts linear, 
equalling or shorter than the erecto-patent pedicels, which are 4 in. 
long. Calyx a line deep, silky, the teeth linear, reaching down nearly 
to the base. Corolla reddish, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod 
3-1 in. long, 2 lines broad, the lower suture not waved halfway down ; 
articulations 4—6, the faces hairy. 
Nile Land. Sennaar, Cienkowsky. Abyssinia, Schweinfurth ! 
12. D. mauritianum, DC. Prod. ii. 334. An undershrub 3-4 ft. 
high, with woody ascending slender branches, glabrous or slightly ad- 
pressed grey-silky upwards. Stipules linear. Petioles 3—} in. long, 
firm, slender, subglabrous; leaflets 3, obovate, the terminal }-l 
in. long by about half as broad, apex rounded, texture firm, upper 
surface glabrous, lower glabrous or finely adpressed grey-silky- 
Racemes mostly terminal, stalked, moderately lax, ultimately often 6 in. 
long. Pedicels 2—3 lines long, glabrous, slender, erecto-patent. Calyx 
} in. deep, subglabrous, the teeth linear, reaching two-thirds of the 
way down. Corolla reddish, about twice as long as the calyx. Pod 
4—? in. long, Jin. broad, with 4-5 articulations, the lower suture 
waved halfway down, the faces densely shortly hispid —Hedysarum 
fruticulosum, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 363. D. ramosissimum, lineari- 
folium and tenue, G. Don, Gard. Dict. ii. 294. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! St. Thomas, Don, Vogel! Barter! 
Guinea proper, Thonning, Vogel! Barter! Burton! 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 
D. ovalifolium, G. et P. Fl. Seneg. 208, is probably this species, described from 4 
specimen in which the pod was partly abortive, and if so it is also a native of Senegal. 
It is a plant of Mauritius and Madagascar. 
13. D. Scalpe, DC. Prod. ii. 334.. An undershrub, the branches 
subscandent, slender, angular, finely grey-pubescent upwards. Stipules 
4—} in. long, lanceolate, scarious.  Petioles 3-5 in. long, slender, sub- 
glabrous. Leaflets 3, the central one ovate-oblong or obovate, 3-5 in. 
