130 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Glycine. 
half as long again as the calyx. Pod 18-21 lines long, 2 in. broad, 
flat, nearly straight, glabrescent, 5-6-seeded.—Schum. et Thonn. Pl. 
Guin. 345. Johnia Willdenovii, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 305. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning, Don! Vogel! 
Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
6. G. biflora, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 345, Stems suffruticose, 
the branches long, filiform, climbing, terete, pubescent. Stipules 
ovate, acute, striated, Petioles 1-14 in. long, pilose; leatlets 3, 
ovate-oblong, 1-1} in. long, rounded and mucronate at the apex, sub- 
coriaceous, both sides thinly pilose. Flowers axillary in pairs on a 
very short common peduncle. Pedicels } in. long, pilose, with a pair 
of setaceous bracteoles at the apex. Calyx pilose, the teeth setaceous, 
the two upper ones subconnate. Corolla white, half an inch long. Pod 
linear-oblong, an inch long, mucronate, flattish, quite glabrous, 4-9- 
seeded, 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning. 
This we have not seen, so that we cannot vouch for its belonging to the genus as 
here defined. : 
7. G. Borianii, Baker. Stems slender, wide-climbing, thinly 
erey-silky. Stipules linear, 2-3 lines. Petioles 3-1 in.; leaves 
simple and pinnately trifoliolate intermixed, subcoriaceous, glabrescent 
above, glaucous beneath with pubescent veins; end or only leaflet 
oblong, acute, reaching 3-4 in. long; petiolule 3—4 lines. Flowers 
12-20 in copious congested subsessile axillary racemes. Pedicels very 
short. Calyx 2 lines, finely silky; teeth linear, as long as the tube. 
Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod linear, thinly silky, 2-seeded, not 
seen mature.—Lhynchosia Borianii, Schweinf. Rel. Kots. 30, t. 23. 
Nile Land. Sennaar and Abyssinia, Schweinfurth ! 
55. TERAMNUS, Sw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant i. 550. 
Calyx with the two upper teeth connate or separate, the others sub- 
equal. Standard obovate, narrowed at the base, exappendiculate ; wings 
narrow, adhering to the keel; keel shorter than the wings, almost 
straight, obtuse. Stamens all connate, the alternate anthers small, 
abortive. Ovary sessile, multiovulate; style short, thick, beardless; 
stigma capitate. Pod linear, 2-valved, septate between the seeds, ros 
trute-—T'wining herbs. 
A small genus, diffused through the tropics. 
1. T. labialis, Spreng. Syst. iii. 235. Stems slender, firm, wide 
twining, more or less hairy. Stipules minute, lanceolate. Petioles 
4-3 in. long, silky ; leaflets 3, oblong or obovate, 1-1} in. long, blunt 
mucronate, the terminal one short-stalked, subcoriaceous, both sides 
more or less silky. Flowers in lax stalked axillary, or casually sessile 
abbreviated racemes. Calyx 2 lines long, silky, the segments subequé 
or the two upper ones subconnate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 
reddish, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod linear, 13-2 in. long, 3 12 
