214 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). [ Dolichos. 
hard, straight, 24 lines thick, the sutures much incrassated; seeds 
15-18.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 224. 
Nile Land. Sennaar, Knoblecher. Abyssinia, Schimper! Schweinfurth! Usui 
slopes, Speke and Grant! 
13. D. reticulatus, 4. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 225. Stems herbaceous, 
twining, terete, scarcely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, striated. 
Leatlets ovate-oblong, acuminate, both sides glabrous, the lower with 
the veinlets raised. Racemes 6—8-flowered, the peduncles equalling 
the leaves. Pedicels moderately long, pubescent and glandular like 
the calyx, the 5 teeth of which are linear-lanceolate, the lowest longer 
than the others. Corolla violet. Pod not known. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon. Not seen. 
14. D. densiflorus, Welw. mss. Root tuberous. Stems 1-3 ft. 
high, erect or ascending, cwspitose, suffruticose, clothed with persistent 
erey pubescence. Stipules 4—3 in., persistent, downy on the back. 
Petioles stiff, erecto-patent, scarcely exceeding the stipules; leaflets 
oblong or obovate-oblong, coriaceous, reaching 13-2 in. long, upper 
side glabrous, lower persistently grey silky, blunt, emarginate; petlo- 
lule 4-8 in., side ones not oblique; stipelle minute, lanceolate, downy. 
Flowers 6-8 in congested subsessile axillary racemes. Bracts lanceo- 
late, densely grey-silky. Pedicels } in. Calyx 1 in. deep, with a pair 
of lanceolate adpressed bracteoles at the base, densely grey-silky ; teeth 
lanceolate, the upper pair connate. Corolla an inch long, bright yellow; 
standard 3 in. broad, considerably exceeding the equal wings and keel. 
Ovary linear, densely grey-silky, multiovulate ; style not twisted. P od 
unknown. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 
15. D.? Dongaluta, Welw. mss. Rootstock perennial, carnos0- 
fibrous. Stems cwspitose, sutfruticose, 1-2 ft. high, erect, simple or 
forked, glabrous. Stipules scarious, deltoid, 2-3 lines.  Petioles 
12-18 lines, rigidly erecto-patent; leaflets 3, rigidly subcoriaceous, 
glabrous, the end one oblong or lanceolate, bluntish or subacute, reach- 
ing 3-4 in. long, triplinerved ; petiolule 9—12 lines; side ones scarcely 
at all oblique. Flowers produced when the leaves are very young 12 
subsessile 6-12-Hlowered congested axillary racemes. Pedicels reaching 
3-4 lines. Calyx purplish, membranous, glabrous, } in. deep, with 
two minute setaceous bracteoles at the base; teeth lanceolate-cuspl- 
date, shorter than the tube, the upper two connate. Corolla purplish, 
3 in.; standard reflexed, orbicular, } in. broad. Ovary 3—4-ovulate ; 
style glabrous, not twisted; stigma penicillate. Pod unknown. 
Lower Guinea, Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Flowers produced in February ; fully-developed leaves in May. 
16. D. elatus, Welw. mss. An erect shrub 6-7 ft. high, with sul- 
cate stiff persistently grey-downy branches. Stipules linear, 4 in. Pe- 
tioles downy, erecto-patent, 14-2 in. ; leaflets 3, subcoriaceous, gla- 
