Mucuna.} XLVII. § PAPILIONACE (BAKER). 187 
bristly, bilabiate, the teeth short-deltoid. Corolla 2 in. long, the wings 
and keel nearly equal, the standard a little shorter, 3 in. broad. Pod 
like that of IM. pruriens, densely coated with brown silky bristles.—A. 
Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 215. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon. 
_ 6. ML pruriens, DC. Prod. ii. 405. Stems herbaceous, wide-climb- 
ing, subglabrous, stipules linear. Petioles 2-6 in. long, firm, sub- 
glabrous; leaflets membranous, not turning black when dried; the 
central one ovate-rhomboidal, 4—5 in. long, broad, bluntish with a 
mucro, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly silky. Flowers in short- 
stalked copious racemes. Bracts linear, deciduous. Pedicels silvery, 
cernuous, 2 lines long. Calyx broad-campanulate, 3—4 lines deep, sil- 
very, the upper lip deltoid, reaching halfway down, the lower three- 
toothed. Corolla 14-14 in. deep, dark purple, the standard half as 
lone as the wings. Pod 2-3 in. long, $—2 in. thick, densely clothed 
with brown silky bristles, longitudinally ribbed, 5—6-seeded.— Carpopogon 
pruriens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 283. Stizolobium pruriens, Pers, Syn. ii. 299. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Morson! Afzelius ! Nupe, Barter / 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
?. M. coriacea, Baker. Stems woody, wide-climbing, clothed with 
fine grey pubescence. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 14—2 in. long, firm, 
nely pubescent; leaflets coriaceous, the central one obovate-oblong, 
2-3 in, long, blunt with a mucro, base rounded, both sides finely 
stey-pubescent. Flowers 12-20 in short axillary racemes on firm 
Woody pubescent peduncles 2-4 in. long. Pedicels } in. long, silky. 
Calyx broad-campanulate, 4-3 in. deep, densely grey and tawny-silky, 
cleft halfway down, the upper lip deltoid emarginate, the three lower 
teeth lanceolate. Corolla deep purple, the keel more than 1} in. long, 
the wings slightly shorter, standard rather shorter than the wings, } in. 
broad, protruding £—3 in. beyond the calyx. Ovary linear, densely 
bristly towards the keel, resembling that of M. urens. Pod not seen. 
,Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Shupanga, Dr. Kirk! Dr, Stewart! Manganya 
hills, Dr. Meller ! 
8. M. stans, Welw. mss. A very much branched erect shrub 5-6 
ft. high, with terete branches thinly coated with adpressed’ grey-silky 
airs. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 12-15 lines ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 
glabrescent above, clothed with adpressed grey-silky hairs below ; end 
one oblong, 2-3 in. long, blunt, mucronate ; petiolule 6—9 lines. Flowers 
6-10 in copious short-stalked axillary racemes. Pedicels 3-6 lines 
densely grey-silky. Calyx 4 in. deep, grey-velvety ; teeth lanceolate 
as long as tube. Corolla 1} in. deep; keel three times the calyx. 
Pod 13-2 in, long, 4 in. broad, recurved towards the point, 2-4-seeded, 
densely clothed with fragile adpressed brownish bristles. 
Lower Guinea, Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr, Welwitsch ! 
