. Abrus. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 175 
1. A. precatorius, Linn. ; DO. Prod. ii. 381. A shrub with slender 
_ woody wide-climbing branches. Stipules setaceous, deciduous. Leaves 
short-stalked; rachis 2-3 in. long; leaflets subsessile, deciduous, in 
10-15 pairs, oblong or obovate, blunt, $8 in. long, glabrous, or the 
lower side slightly silky. Racemes axillary and terminal, dense, stalked, 
2-3 in. long. Pedicels shorter than the campanulate calyx, which is 
thinly silky, the teeth very short, subdeltoid. Corolla 2 in. deep, red- 
dish. Pod 1-1} in. long, 4 in. broad, oblong, rostrate, subcoriaceous, 
papillose, glabrous when mature. Seeds 4~5.—Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 
212. Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 263. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet. Sierra Leone, Dr. Kirk! Dr. Wel- 
wusch! Fernando Po, Mann! Guinea proper, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Loanda and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
Widely distributed through the tropics, but often planted. 
2. A. pulchellus, Wall., Thw. Enum. Pl. Zyl. 91. A shrub with 
slender wide-climbing woody branches sometimes 20 ft. long. Stipules 
small, rigid, deciduous. Leaves nearly sessile; rachis 2-3 in. long ; 
leaflets in 5-10 pairs, oblong or obovate, 23-1} in. long, both ends 
rounded, glabrous or finely silky. Racemes 2-3 in. long, lax, leafy 
below. Calyx a line long, glabrous or thinly silky, subtruncate, equal- 
ling the pedicel. Corolla pale purple, half an inch deep. Pod 2 in. 
long, 2 in, broad, linear, slightly recurved, the valves membranous, 
not papillose, finely silky when young. Seeds 7—9,—A. acutifolius, 
Blume. A. melanosperma, Hassk. “A. tevigatus, E. Meyer, Comm. 263. 
Harv. Fl. Cap. 263. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Onitsha and 
Jeba, on the Quorra, Barter ! vie 
Pe East Indian and Malayan species, and extending southward to Natal and Kaf- 
3. A. Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1552. A shrub 
with slender woody branches, slightly silky upwards. Stipules small, 
Setaceous, deciduous. Leaves short-stalked ; rachis 4—6 in. long; leaf- 
lets in 12-15 pairs, oblong or obovate, 3—1 in. long, blunt, mucronate, 
both sides glabrous. Racemes lax, 3-4 in. long, extending in our 
Specimens down amongst the leaves. Pedicel a line long, densely 
tawny-silky. Calyx } in. deep, truncate, thinly brown-silky. Corolla 
3 in. deep, reddish. Pod 2-24 in. long, 3 in. broad, 7—9-seeded, the 
valves thinner than in A. precatorius, glabrous, slightly papillose. Seeds 
oblong, dark brown. 
poe Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Madi, Speke and Grant! Nubia, Ronga, 
inder ( Side Kotschy). 
4. A. canescens, Welw. mss. A wide-climbing shrub with densely 
finely grey-downy branches. Stipules deciduous. Leaves subsessile ; 
rachis 24-3 in. long; leaflets 12-14, oblong-lanceolate, }—§ in. long, 
Subcordate at the base, blunt with a distinct mucro, inconspicuously 
Owny above, grey-green and more pubescent beneath. Racemes ter- 
