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peduncles 2-10 in. long. Pedicels a line to } in. long. Calyx 2 lines 
deep, broadly campanulate, with a pair of small o long bracteoles 
clasping it, the lobes bluntly rounded, not reaching more than a 
third of the way down. Corolla reddish, 8-9 lines deep; standard 
2 in. broad, emarginate, the keel faleate. Pod linear, 24—3 in. long, 
upped with the upeurved style, which is dilated and flattened at the 
apex.— Sphenostylis marginata, E. Meyer, Comm. 148. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! Waller! 
Also a plant of Natal. 
25. V. ornata, Welw. mss. Stems wide-climbing, moderately stout, 
quite glabrous. Stipules small, lanceolate. Petioles 6-18 lines long ; 
leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate lanceolate or linear, the terminal one 
2-44 in. long, narrowed from the middle to an acute point, the base 
rounded, lateral ones unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, veins immersed, 
both sides quite labrous, rather shiny. Peduncles stout, }~3 in. long. 
acemes 2-10-flowered, rather lax. Pedicels glabrous, lower ones 
1~2 lines long. Calyx broadly campanulate, glabrous, 24 lines mt 
the blunt semicircular teeth reaching 4—1 of the way down. Corolla 
large, an inch deep, showy, red, the deeply emarginate standard a line 
road. Pod linear, 4-5 in. long, glabrous, not seen mature. Style 
persistent, flattened. 
Lower Guinea, Golungo Alto, Angola, the handsomest of all the genus. Dr. 
Welwitsch ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
26. Vv. venulosa, Baker. Stems very slender, wide-climbing, gla- 
brous, Stipules very minute, -linear, scarious. Petioles very slender, 
6-9 lines long; leaflets 3, ligulate, subequal, 12-21 lines long, 2~4 
lines broad, blunt with a mucro, the base rounded, texture rigidly coria- 
ceous, both sides bright green with the veins remarkably raised. Pe- 
duncle 12-18 lines long, 2-4-flowered. Pedicels very short. ree a 
line deep, broadly campanulate, glabrous, the deltoid teeth reaching 
& third of the way down. Corolla reddish, g in. long. Immature pod 
inear, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 
27. V. coerulea, Baker. Stems wide-climbing, slender, herbaceous, 
labrous, Stipules broad-lanceolate, 2 lines deep, glabrous, striated. 
etioles an inch long, glabrous. Leaflets 3, the central one ovate or 
slightly hastate, 1-14 in. long, about half as broad, blunt or subacute, 
rounded or subcuneate ; petiolule half an inch long ; lateral ones 
unequal-sided, both sides glabrous. Flowers in pairs on glabrous a 
duncles 4-6 in. long. Pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, int 
brous, 4 in, deep; teeth deltoid, reaching a quarter down. Corol 
ue, more than half an inch deep. Pod linear, terete, 3 in. long, } in. 
thick, glabrous, slightly recurved, finally black, 10~-12-seeded. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, at the mouth of the river near Luabo, Dr. Kirk! 
