Vigna.) XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER), 197 
an inch long. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 2 lines deep, the two 
upper teeth connate, deltoid, the three others lanceolate acuminate, 
reaching quite halfway down. Corolla rose-red, twice as deep as the 
calyx; keel truncate. Pod 14 in. long, under } in. thick, subterete, 
hispid, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon! 
5. V. heterophylla, 4. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 218. Stems herbaceous, 
twining, densely clothed with deflexed bristly ferruginous hairs. Sti- 
pules small, ovate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, densely clothed like the 
stem ; leaflets 3, the central one ovate, 2-3 in. long, subacute, mucro- 
nate, petiolule } in. long, lateral ones slightly unequal-sided, both sides 
scabrous with short grey or ferruginous hairs. Peduncles 2-3 in. long, 
densely silky, 3-5-flowered. Pedicels very short; bracteoles setaceous, 
shorter than the calyx, which is } in. deep, densely ferruginous-silky ; 
teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the two upper ones connate. 
Corolla red, twice the calyx; standard densely silky on the outside ; 
keel truncate. Pod linear, densely ferruginous-silky, not seen mature. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon ! 
6. V. crinita, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 217. Stems herbaceous, mode- 
rately robust, wide-climbing, densely clothed with deflexed bright-fer- 
ruginous bristly hairs. Stipules 3-4 lines long, lanceolate-acuminate. 
Petioles 4—6 in. long, densely clothed like the branches ; leaflets 3; 
central one ovate, 3-5 in. long, apex acuminate; petiolule 4-7 in. 
long’; lateral ones unequal-sided, both sides thinly coated with ad- 
pressed bristly hairs. Peduncles exceeding the leaves, 7—8-flowered. 
Calyx subsessile, densely ferruginous-bristly, the teeth linear. Corolla 
Violet-purple, three times as long as the calyx. Pods 2 in. long, linear, 
densely ferruginous-bristly. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon! 
‘. V. membranacea, A. Fich. Fl. Abyss. i. 219. Stems very 
slender, herbaceous, wide-climbing, thinly clothed with long spreading 
grey-silky hairs. Stipules 3—4 lines, lanceolate. Petioles 13-2 in. 
long, very slender, clothed like the branches; leaflets 8, membranous, 
ovate-rhomboidal, 14-24 in. long, acuminate or cuspidate, the base 
rounded or broad-cuneate ; petiolule }— in. long ; lateral ones unequal- 
sided, both sides slightly hairy. Flowers 2-4 on very slender flexuose 
peduncles 1-2 in. Jong, pedicels 1 line long. Calyx § in. deep, the 
teeth linear, setaceous, ciliated, equal and reaching two-thirds of the 
way down. Corolla rose, half as long again as the calyx; keel 
truncate. Pod linear, straight, subterete, 2-24 in. long, g in. broad, 
finally glabrous, 10-12-seeded. — Phaseolus microspermus, Hochst. in 
Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1489. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit! Nubia, Ehrenberg 
(side Schweinfurth). 
8. V. andongensis, Baker. Rootstock fusiform. Stems _ 
ous, wide-trailing, clothed densely with spreading silky hairs. Stipules 
