Alysicarpus. | XLVII, § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 171 
downy branches. Stipules lanceolate, 2—3 lines, exceeding etioles. 
Leaves cordate-oblong or roundish, reaching 6—7 lines long, bluntish 
with a mucro, subcoriaceous, pale green, prominently veined on both 
sides, subglabrous. Racemes terminal, lax, usually stalked, reaching 
6-9 lines long. Pedicels 1-1} lines, erecto-patent, finely grey-downy. 
Bracts } in. long, lanceolate cuspidate, closely ciliated with pale brown 
silky hairs. Calyx } in. long, teeth reaching down nearly to the base, 
imbricated, ciliated like the bracts. Pod 4—5 lines, obscurely rie 
usually exserted; articulations 3-4, deeply constricted, scarcely 
wrinkled. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 5500 ft., Dr. Welwitsch! 
5. A. porrectus, Weln. mss. A copiously branched annual 1-2 ft. 
high with obscurely eRe | branches. Stipules lanceolate, ie 
ines, exceeding the petioles. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 15-21 lines 
long, bluntish with a mucro, subcoriaceous, nearly glabrous. 
acemes lax, usually terminal, short-stalked, 4-6 ~ long. oe 
lanceolate, 2-21 lines, obscurely ciliated. Calyx 2}-3 lines, teeth 
linear, 4 line broad, not imbricated. Pod twice the calyx ; articula- 
tions 5-6, deeply constricted, much wrinkled on the faces. 
Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch! 
General habit just that of A. vaginalis and rugosus. 
6. A. rugosus, DC. Prod. ii. 353. A copiously branched eee 
annual or biennial herb reaching 3-4 ft. high, with tough subgla oe 
stems, Stipules linear, 3—4 lines, equalling or ena ibe rs 
eaves varying from linear to oblong, acute or blunt, me in. ong 
subcoriaceous, glabrous. Racemes moderately dense, usas y oe 
stalked, 2-4 in, long. Pedicels erecto-patent, 15-2 lines. : ae 8 
ovate-lanceolate, 24-3 lines. Calyx } in., teeth lanceolate, g oo 
reaching down nearly to the base, 1 line broad, imbricated even ae : 
latest stage. Pod seldom exserted, 1 line broad ; aieseraneot —5, 
much wrinkled on the faces.—Hedysarum rugosum and ovalifolium, Se niin. 
et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 358. A. Wallichii, Wight et Arn. Prod. 234; 
Harv, Fl. Cap. ii. 230. A. glaber, EK. Meyer. Comm. 125. A. Hochstet- 
‘tert, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 209. pee 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur! Perrottet! Niger country, onning, 
arter 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Petherick! and others. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and 
Ee Dr. Welwitsch! 
Lower Guinea. Ambaca and highlands of Pungo —— Sl chlo ny 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Dr. Meller! Dr. Kirk! 
Var. B. A. styracifolius, DC. Prod. ii. 353. 
Branches Rik Wri havertatr Bracts and calyx-lobes slightly grey-downy on the 
ack and edge, 
Nile Land. Callabat, Schweinfurth ! 
Var. y. A. uartinianus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 208. “all 
Mik shane with broader stipules. ager part of the stem and bracts, especially 
along the margin, clothed with fine brown silky pu escence. 
Nile 8 5 Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon! Karagué, Speke penhickld baiieed in 
Extends to the Cape and through ‘Tropical Asia to Australia, and is 
© West Indies, 
