212 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Dolichos. 
subacute ; petiolule not above a line long’; side-leaflets oblique. Flowers 
solitary on short downy pedicels from the close nodes. Calyx 23-3 
lines, densely grey-downy, with two linear bracteoles at the base; 
teeth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube, the two upper connate, the 
lowest the longest. Corolla 3 in., bright yellow. Ovary linear, grey- 
downy, multiovulate. Pod not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Near Jeba on the Quorra, Barter! 
6. D. rupestris, Weln. mss. A perennial with short trailing firm 
finely grey-silky stems. Stipules lanceolate, persistent, 3—4 lines. 
Petioles erect, 14-2 in.; leaflets oblong, coriaceous, blunt, mucronate, 
13-2 in. long, inconspicuously erey-silky on both sides, the end one on 
a petiolule 1-1 in. long. Flowers 2—4 together on short pedicels from 
the axils of the leaves. Calyx 24 lines, densely clothed with adpressed 
grey silky hairs; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube, the two upper 
auite connate. Corolla bright yellow, $ in. long. Pod linear, 7-8- 
seeded, nearly straight, finely silky when young, not seen fully mature. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 4000 feet, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
7. D. stipulosus, Welw. mss. An erect or diffuse perennial, with 
cxespitose finely grey-downy stems reaching a foot high. Stipules 
3—6 lines, lanceolate, persistent, prominently ribbed. Leaflets 3, or ot 
the lowest leaves solitary, oblanceolate, rather fleshy, at first slightly 
silky, glabrescent, acute, 1}-2in. long; petiolule 2—4 lines. Flowers 
in pairs on short pedicels from the axils ot the leaves. Calyx 31. 
long, thinly silky, with 5 subequal teeth considerably exceeding the 
tube, below the base of which are a pair of linear bracteoles. Corolla 
bright yellow, 2-2 in. long. Ovary linear, finely silky, 6—-8-ovulate. 
Pod not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Another plant, gathered by Dr. Welwitsch in Huilla, may perhaps come in here. 
is an erect perennial, a foot high, with nearly sessile leaves, three short-stalked lanceo- 
late acute leaflets 2-3 in. long, prominently triplinerved beneath, flowers in pairs 0? 
short axillary pedicels; calyx 4 in. deep, with teeth exceeding the tube; pod 5-6 
seeded, finely downy, 14 in. long, 2 in. broad, narrowed to both ends. 
8. D. Oliveri, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien, xviii. 656. 
Stems erect, woody, finely grey-silky, with elongated branches sub- 
pendulous upwards. Stipules minute, lanceolate, silky. Petiole silky, 
9-12 lines De leaflets 3, stipellate, the central one 18-24 lines 
long, rhomboid with two shallow rounded lobes below the middle, on @ 
sey 3—4 lines long, the lateral ones unequal-sided, short-stalked, 
yoth sides, especially the under one, grey-silky. Flowers 1-2 in the 
axils of the leaves on silky pedicels 14-2 lines long or lex racemosé 
to the end of the branches. Bracts ovate, minute. Bracteoles minute, 
persistent, silky, linear-lanceolate. Calyx turbinate, silky, 24 lines 
deep, the deltoid teeth reaching a third down, the two upper connate. 
Corolla yellow, 6-7 lines deep, glabrous. Pod linear, falcate, 2 ™- 
long, 4 lines broad, 6—7-seeded, elabrous when mature. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Matamma, Schweinfurth ! 
