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the axils of the leaves, Calyx 14-2 lines, slightly downy, the upper 
teeth quite connate, the side ones lanceolate, the lowest linear, twice 
the tube. Corolla 6-8 lines long, yellow, the standard considerably 
exceeding the other petals. Pod linear, subsessile, nearly straight, 
glabrous, 12-15 lines long, 2 lines broad, 6—8-seeded, tipped with a 
persistent style } in. long. ’ 
Upper Guinea. Nupe, Barter! 
Lower Guinea. Loando and Golungo Alto, and a variety with small blunt, more 
pubescent leaflets and rather larger flowers, in Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
at aes Distr. Inhamagera, 7° S. lat., Spele and Grant! Zambesi land, Dr. 
irk! 
Common in Tropical Asia. 
3. D. axillaris, 2. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr.144. Stem very wide- 
climbing, firm, slender, glabrous or finely downy. Bracts lanceolate, 
2-3 lines. Petioles 12-18 lines; leaflets ovate, acute, quite glabrous, 
the end one 14-2 in. long on a petiolule 2 in. long, lateral ones un- 
equal-sided ; stipellwe minute setaceous. Flowers 2-3 on short pedicels 
in the axils of the leaves. Calyx } in. long, glabrous, the upper teeth 
quite connate, the others lanceolate, about equalling the tube. Corolla 
yellow, tinged with green, ?—Z in. long, the standard 5-6 lines broad, 
not longer than the other petals. Pod 14-2 in. long, 3—4 lines broad, 
glabrous, narrowed into a pedicel as long as the calyx, slightly recurved, 
5—8-seeded, tipped with a persistent style 5-6 lines long.—Clitoria 
viridifiora, Bouton in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 152. 
Nile . yssini thimper ! 
bias ivi : Sietlerde of Huila and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Between Tette and the coast, Dr. Kirk! 
Also a plant of Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Cape. 
4. D. uniflorus, Lam. ; DC. Prod.ii. 398. Annual, with pubescent 
Stems, suberect, or when elongated more or less twining. fer eo 
ovate-lanceolate, 8-4 lines. Petioles 1-2 in.; leaflets ovate, blunt, 
faintly mucronate, glabrescent above, finely downy below, the end 
13-2 in. long on a petiolule 3-4 lines long; lateral leaflets unequal- 
Sided ; stipellee minute linear-setaceous. Flowers copious, solitary in 
the axils of the leaves on very short pedicels. Calyx 4-6 lines; teeth 
linear-setaceous ; upper not connate more than halfway up; lowest 
4 times the tube. Corolla yellow, 6-8 lines. Pod linear, much 
recurved, sessile, 14-2 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, finely downy, 6—8- 
seeded, tipped with a persistent style 3-4 lines long.—D. Daltom, 
Webb, FI. Nigr. 125. 
Nile . Abyssinia, Schimper! Schweinfurth ! 
btwn ia Trnéer ae pays apt Vande D. Daltoni is evidently the same. 
5. D. brevicaulis, Baker. A perennial with a wide-creeping 
slender rootstock. Stems erect, densely grey-downy, a few inches 
hich, Stipules lanceolate, persistent, 14-2 lines. Petioles pee 
patent, 8-12 lines; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, both sides, especially 
the under one, closely grey-pubescent, the end one 15-18 ae long, 
