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silky, with a pair of large round bracteoles at the base; teeth deltoid, 
rather shorter than tube. Corolla rose-purple, 18~21 lines deep, much 
the largest of all the species ; standard 1} in. broad; keel blunt. Pod 
3-4 in, long, slightly recurved, densely velvety, not seen mature; per- 
sistent style flattened at the point. 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
17. V. parviflora, Welw. mss. Stem slender, herbaceous, twining, 
thinly clothed with detlexed bristly grey hairs. Stipules minute lanceo- 
late. Petioles 3~1 in. ; leaflets 3, lanceolate, subacute, with a few ad- 
: ia grey hairs on both sides; end one 13-2 in. long, rounded at the 
ase; petiolule 3—4 lines; lateral ones not unequal-sided. Flowers 
2-4 in an umbel at the tip of a slender, slightly hispid peduncle 2-3 
in. long. Pedicels 1 line. Calyx 1 line, campanulate, slightly bristly ; 
teeth deltoid as long as tube, lowest lanceolate. Corolla greenish, } in. 
Pod linear with a few adpressed bristles, not seen mature. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, in sandy soil, Dr. Welwitsch! 
18. 'V. pubigera, Baker. Stems herbaceous, wide-climbing, densely 
clothed with soft deflexed pubescence. Stipules minute, linear-subulate. 
Petiole 1}—2 in. long, clothed like the stem; leaflets 3, papyraceous, 
the central one lanceolate, 3~5 in. long, acute, the base rounded, the 
petiolule 3—3 in, long, the lateral ones rather unequal-sided, both 
surtaces finely pubescent all over, the veinlets raised. lowers 6-12 in 
capitate racemes on densely ferruginous-pubescent ne 2-3 in. 
ong. Bracteoles small, setaceous. Pedicels silky, a line long. Calyx 
campanulate, silky, } in. deep, the teeth deltoid. Corolla $—2 in. deep, 
yellowish, the keel recurved at the point. Ovary linear, silky. Pod 
unknown, 
Upper Guinea. Nupe, Barter / 
19. V. ambacensis, Welw. mss. Stems firm, slender, very twining, 
clothed with short spreading grey pubescence. Stipules very minute. 
Petioles 1_2 in., pubescent; leatlets 3, papyraceous, with a few ad- 
pressed hairs on bith sides, veins binant raised ; end one lanceolate, 
2-3 in. long, blunt, mucronate; petiolule 4-4 in.; side ones deflexed, 
rather unequal-sided. Racemes solitary or in pairs, sessile or shortly 
peduncled from the axils of the leaves, and the leafless upper part of 
the branches, many lower nodes abortive, 4-6 ae flowers only deve- 
loped. Pedicels very short. Calyx } in., campanulate, inconspicuously 
Owny; teeth deltoid, very short. Flowers violet-purple, 5-6 lines ; 
Standard silky on the back. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Ambaca, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
20. V. Schimperi, Baker. Stems moderately stout, twining very 
‘uch, densely clothed with yellowish-brown silky pubescence. Stipules 
linear, silky, 14-2 lines long. Petioles 6-12 lines long; leaflets 
vate, acute, subcoriaceous, 14—2 in. long, at first inconspicuously silky 
n both sides. Flowers about 6 in an umbel on silky peduncles 3-5 in, 
