218 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Rhynehosia. 
3; central one roundish, 3-5 in. each way, cuspidate; petiolule 1-1} 
in. long; lateral ones unequal-sided; texture thin but subcoriaceous, 
both sides green, glabrous. Flowers in dense racemes 3—4 in. long, on 
short woody peduncles. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, scarious, slightly 
silky. Prise silky, 3-4 lines long. Calyx 3 in. long, densely grey- 
ae ar cut down nearly to the base, the biger lip spathulate, ¢ in. 
road, slightly bifid, the side ones shorter, } in. broad, the lowest longer, 
3 in. broad, all blunt. Corolla bright red, equalling the calyx. Pod 
oblong, equalling the calyx, } in. broad, densely grey-velvety.— Cyano- 
spermum calyeinum, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 312.  Cylista? pyenostachya, DC. 
Prod. ii. 410. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet! Ingram! Sierra Leone, 
Smeathmann! Don! Afzelius! Vogel! Barter! Fernando Po, Barter! Mann! 
(One of the specimens with the leaves thicker in texture and thinly silky beneath.) 
4. R. cyanosperma, Benth. mss. Stems woody, wide-climbing, 
terete, densely grey or ferruginous-pubescent when young. Stipules 
ovate, scarious, pubescent. Petioles 8—4 in. long, firm, clothed like the 
branches; leaflets 8, coriaceous, central one roundish, 4—6 in. long, 
cuspidate, petiolule in. long; lateral ones unequal-sided ; upper sur- 
face thinly and the lower densely grey-pubescent, the veins ferruginous. 
Flowers in moderately lax racemes 6—9 in. long on firm woody peduncles. 
Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 4 in. long, densely grey-silky, deciduous. 
Pedicels fin. long. Calyx an inch deep, densely matted on the back 
with grey tomentum, cut down nearly to the base, the upper lobe 
spathulate § in. broad, deeply bifid, the others blunt about 2 lines broad, 
the lowest the longest. Corolla bright red, sometimes white, equalling 
the calyx. Pod oblong, equalling the calyx, densely grey-velvety.— 
Cylista tomentosa, Roxb. DC. Prod. ii. 410. Cyanospermum tomentosum, 
Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 260.  Cylista albiflora, Bot. 
Mag. t. 1859 (a white-flowered variety). 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Manganya hills, Dr. Meller! Dr. Stewart! 
Also a native of the Mascarene isles and East Indies. 
5. R. resinosa, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 317. Stems woody, 
wide-twining, terete, finely glandular and grey pubescent. Stipules 
lanceolate, fin. long, scarious. Petiole 2-3 in. long, firm, glandular 
and pubescent; leaflets 3, broad ovate-rhomboidal, 2-8 in. each way, 
acute, the base rounded or broad-cuneate, petiolule 4—3 in. long ; lateral 
ones very unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, both sides green, lower slightly 
downy and g andular on the veins. Flowers in dense or moderately 
lax racemes 2—3 in. lone on firm wood peduncles, Bracts ovate, viscous, 
1 in. deep, deciduous. Calyx 3-2 in. i viscous, tube 4 in. deep, teeth 
blunt, the upper ones connate, bifid at the apex, the lowest longer than 
the side ones, persistent and becoming membranous. Corolla yellow, 
equalling the fon fu enclosing the pod, whichis }in. long, half as 
broad, slightly pubescent.—Fagelia resinosa, A. Rich. Fl, Abyss. 1. 226. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon, Plowden! Nubia, Petherick! 
