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9. D. andongensis, Welw. mss. Stems very slender, wide-climbing, 
quite glabrous. Stipules } in., lanceolate, reflexed. Petioles 12-15 
lines, very slender; leaflets 3, membranous, quite glabrous, the end 
one ovate-deltoid, subacute; petiolule 4-6 lines, side ones very ob-. 
lique. Peduncles 1—2-tlowered, very slender, at most equalling the 
leaves. Pedicels 1-3 lines. Calyx 9} lines, campanulate, glabrous ; 
teeth shorter than tube, the upper pair connate. Corolla red, twice 
the calyx. Pod 21-24 lines long, 4 lines broad, glabrous, faleately re- 
flexed, 7—8-seeded ; style twisted at base, } in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
10. D. debilis, Hochst. in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. No. 1440. Stems 
very slender, wide-climbing, clothed when young with fine deflexed 
tawny pubescence. Stipules 2 lines, linear, retlexed. Petioles 1}—2 in., 
very slender; leaflets 8, membranous, finely-silky when young, gla- 
brescent ; central ovate-acuminate, 13-2 in. long; petiolule }—3 in., 
side ones very oblique. Peduncles very slender, 1—2-flowered, at most 
equalling the leaves. Calyx } in., slightly pubescent, the teeth shorter 
than the tube, the upper pair connate. ' Corolla pale red, three times 
the calyx. Pod glabrous, linear, recurved, 6—7-seeded, not seen fully 
ates style } in. long, twisted at the base—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1. 
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Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit! 
ll. D. formosus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 225. Stems wide-twining, 
finely downy when young. Stipules 2-24 lines, blunt, scarious. Pe- 
tioles 2-4 in. ; leaflets 3, membranous, ovate-acuminate, glabrous on 
both sides when mature; the central one 2-3 in. long; side ones 
very oblique. Racemes 3-4-flowered on spreading peduncles reaching 
2-3in. long. Pedicels 1} in., finely downy. Calyx campanulate, 
slightly silky, 3in. deep, the upper teeth connate, the side ones deltoid, 
the lowest lanceolate. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod 2-3 in. 
long, 2 in. broad, membranous, glabrous, blunt, much reflexed, 8—10- 
Seeded. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others; and a variety with downy stems 
and leaves, and pod clothed with persistent grey tomentum. eae oe 
A. Richard etna en also a bi mitis, gathered in Abyssinia by Quartin-Dillon, 
which, so far as known, differs from this by its rhomboidal end-leaflets and pods atte- 
nuated at the point. 
12. D. stenocarpus, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1450. Stems 
firm, wide-climbing, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, 14—-2in. Petiole 
2-3 in.; leaflets subcoriaceous, quite glabrous; central one ovate acu- 
minate, 3-4 in. long; petiolule 9-12 lines; side ones equal or slightly 
oblique. Peduncles rm, spreading, 3-4 in. long; racemes 3—12- 
flowered. Pedicels 2-3 lines, their base swollen and persistent. Calyx 
glabrous, 24 lines deep, the teeth short and bluntly rounded. Corolla 
red, an inch long ; standard round, 8-9 lines broad, Pod 4-0 in. long, 
