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Stipules minute setaceous. 
Lateral leaflets unequal-sided ; flowers racemose. 
Corolla 3 in. long. 
Leaves subglabrous ol eS. RECT eas 46. ee aes 
Leaves tomentose’ s° 2. ie) t's a eS an ek ee splendens. 
Corolla 2 in, long. 
Stem and leaves beneath subglabrous 8 
Stem and leaves beneath finely grey-silky . . . . . 9. R. caribea. 
Stem and leaves beneath densely grey-silky . . . . 10. R. Memnonia. 
Lateral leaves equal-sided; flowers 1-2 one? be a eae 
Stipules linear, 2-3 lines long. 
Stems subglabrous. : 
Calyx-teeth lanceolate; corolla twice the calyx. . . . 12. R. latissima. 
Calyx-teeth linear; corolla half as long again as the calyx 13. R. elegans. 
Stems densely ferrugineo-pubescent - 2 o's + ete 14. B Sorrugines: 
Stipules ovate, din. Jong... 6:6: 0a to [be ae 
. BR. minima. 
*** Arcyphyllum (£U.). Twining herbs, with flowers in dense clusters. Pods ex- 
serted, scarcely constricted. Corolla bright red, marcescent. a 
Calyx } in. long . : or ee ea ee . 16. £. debilis. 
Calyx 4 in. long . . 17. R. densiflora. 
*** Dolichoides. A twining herb, with the flowers solitary or in pairs in the axils 
of the leaves. Pod not constricted. - 
The only species . 18. RB. Grantii. 
1. R. Mannii, Baker. Stem woody, wide-climbing, glabrous. Sti- 
pules ovate, membranous. Petioles 2 in. long, slender, glabrous ;_leat- 
lets 8, the central one roundish, 3 in. long, nearly as broad, cuspidate, 
the petiolule an inch long, lateral ones unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, 
both sides green and glabrous, the upper one rather glossy. Stipellee 
setaceous } in. long. Flowers in dense racemes 4-5 in. long, on firm 
woody peduncles as long as themselves. Bracts like the stipules. Calyx 
¢ in. long, cut down to the base, quite glabrous, the upper tooth only 
half as long as the others, emarginate, the lowest rather one than 
the middle one, all lanceolate, acute. Corolla bright red, equalling the 
calyx. Pod 2 in. long, } in. broad, bright glaucous grey-velvety. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! 
2. R. congensis, Baker. Stems suffruticose, Dara clothed with 
fine grey pubescence. Stipules ovate, membranous. etioles 2-3 in. 
long, pubescent ; leaflets 3, the central one roundish, 3-4 in, long, 
cuspidate, the petiolule an inch long, the lateral ones unequal-sided, 
both sides glabrous. Flowers in dense nearly sessile racemes 3-5 in. 
long. Bracts like the stipules. Calyx ? in. long, cut down to the base, 
finely pubescent, the upper lip 2 lines broad, bifid halfway down, the 
others acute. Corolla bright red, equalling the calyx. Pod # in. long, 
+ in. broad, densely grey-velvety. . 
Lower Guinea. Congo, C. Smith! Capt. Burton! 
3. R. calycina, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 214. Stems woody, long, 
Wide-twining, terete, glabrous or slightly grey dewey, — ith 
membranous, deciduous. Petioles 1-3 in. long, subglabrous; leatiets 
