186 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEX (BAKER). | Mucuna. 
Bracteoles cymbiform, grey-silky, an inch or more long, deciduous. 
Pedicels 4~5 lines long, cernuous. Calyx broad-campanulate, }—3 in. 
deep, adpressed grey-silvery and scattered over with deciduous yellow 
bristles, the upper lip rounded entire, the lower with three short del- 
toid teeth. Corolla pale yellow, protruding an inch beyond the calyx. 
Pod oblong, 4-5 in. long, 14 in. thick, coriaceous, lamellated and 
bristly as in the preceding, 2—3-seeded. 
Pedi Guinea. Plentiful on the banks of the Nun, Vogel! Fernando Po, Barter! 
ann ! 
The whole plant turns black like the preceding when dried. A specimen gathered 
by Mann at Fernando Po not unlikely represents a distinct species. The pod is sub- 
ligneous, 7-8 in. by more than 2 in. broad, 4-seeded, and the lamellations are reduced to 
mere ribs. The peduncle is stated to be 7 ft. loug, and the leaf agrees precisely with 
that of MW. flagellipes. 
3. M. cylindrosperma, Welw. mss. A wide-climbing shrub, the 
ultimate branches glabrous, scarcely more than herbaceous. Stipules 
minute, lanceolate, reflexed, persistent. Petioles 24-8 in.; leaflets 
membranous, both sides quite glabrous; end one ovate acute 4-9 in. 
long; petiolule 10-12 lines; lateral ones very unequal-sided. Racemes 
and flowers not known. Pod 6-7 in. long, 1 in. broad, narrowed at 
both ends, with numerous oblique lamellw and no stinging bristles; 
seeds 2-3, oblong, chestnut-brown, 14 in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
4. M. quadrialata, Baker. Stems woody, wide-climbing, slender, 
glabrous. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 2-3 in. long, firm, slender, 
clabrous; leatlets subcoriaceous, the central one ovate-oblong, 4 1. 
long, subacute, base rather rounded; petiolule under an inch long, 
both sides glabrous. Flowers in capitate clusters of about a dozen each 
on short woody glabrous peduncles. Pedicels }—} in. long, thinly st 
very, with a pair of linear-oblong bracteoles adpressed to and exceed- 
ing the calyx. Calyx 5 lines deep, shallowly bilabiate, densely ad- 
pressed yellow-bristly ; teeth very short. Standard orbicular, pt 
truding } in. beyond the calyx, the keel in the fully expanded flower 
protruding 1} in. Pod coriaceous, 4—5 in. long, 1$—-1} in. broad in- 
cluding the wings, narrowed to the base, rostrate, with two broa 
coriaceous wings both above and below, the faces flattened, densely 
adpressed yellow-bristly, 2-3-seeded. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! Island of Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk. 
5. M. melanocarpa, Hochst. in Schimp, Hb. Abyss. No. 1425. Stem 
woody, wide-climbing, slender, glabrous. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 
4-5 in. long, firm, slender, glabrous; leaflets subcoriaceous, the cet 
tral one broadly obovate, 3-5 in. long, blunt or acute, the base Bat 
rowed or subcuneate ; petiolule more than an inch long ; upper surface 
exlabrous, lower finely ferruginous-pubescent. Flowers in dense racemes 
6-12 in. long on firm glabrous peduncles. Pedicels 1 in. long, cern 
ous. Calyx broadly campanulate, 2 in. deep, thinly silvery and y ellow- 
