Rhynchosia.] XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 219 
6. R. flavissima, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No, 2244. Stems 
firm-herbaceous, wide-twining, terete, subglabrous. Stipules minute, 
setaceous. Petiole an inch or less long, firm; leaflets 3; central one 
broad-ovate, 1-11 in. each way, upper half deltoid, petiolule }—2 in. 
long; lateral ones very unequal-sided, both sides glabrous or the lower 
slightly grey-silky when young. Flowers in lax 6—12-Hlowered racemes 
2-4 in. long on spreading’ peduncles which sometimes equal them. 
Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, deciduous. FPedicels a line long, cer- 
nuous. Calyx jin. deep, glabrous; teeth lanceolate, reaching more 
than halfway down. Corolla Zin. deep, yellow, not veined, the stan- 
dard in. broad, not silky. Pod Zin. ion , blunt, narrowed gradually 
at the base, glabrous.—R. sennaarensis, Hocnee teste Schweinf. in 
Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xviii. 655. 
fi Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Sennaar and the White Nile country, Schwein- 
urth | 
‘. a splendens, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xviii. 654. 
Stems erect, clothed with white tomentum. Stipules deciduous. Leaflets 
obovate, elliptical, twice as long as the petiole, thinly white-silky 
above, densely clothed with white tomentum beneath. Racemes 12-16- 
owered, exceeding the leaves. Pedicels $line long. Bracts exceeding 
the pedicels, caducous. Calyx half as long as the corolla, grey-silky, 
the very acute teeth reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, 3 in. long, 
the standard silky on the outside. Ovary tomentose. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, roagsctaet dato : 
Distinguished from &. Memnonia by its erect habit and larger flowers. 
8. R. minima, DC. Prod. ii. 385. Stems firm, herbaceous, slender, 
Wide-twining, subglabrous. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles an inch 
or less long, firm, glabrous; leaflets 3 ; central one roundish or broad 
ovate, ¢-1in. each way, blunt or subacute ; petiolule } in, long ; lateral 
pnes unequal-sided ; texture firm, both sides subglabrous. Flowers in 
lax 6—12-Howered racemes 2-4 in. long on short firm peduncles. Bracts 
and bracteoles minute, setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels a line long. 
Calyx 2-24 lines deep, subglabrous ; teeth linear-setaceous, reaching 
more than halfway down. Gorolla yellow, 2 in. deep, the standard not 
silky, Pod 2 in. long, Lin. broad, narrowed to the base, bluntish, soon 
glabrous.—Guill. et Perr. FI. Seneg. 214. Benth. in Mart. FL Bras. 
XXiv. t, d4, fig. 2; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 280. G. rhombea, Schum. et 
Thonn, Pl. Guin. 346, R. nuda, medicaginea, rhombifolia, ervoidea and punc- 
tata, DC. Prod. ].c. Copisma tenue and falcatum, E. Meyer, Comm. 136. 
Roar Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius Ecce Leprieur and Perrottet! 
oger! Heudelot! Guinea proper, Thonning, Barter ! h ie : 
Wile Land. N ubia, Rotiay! Schweinfurth! Petherick! Abyssinia, Quartin- 
on and Petit! : 
B. R. flagellaris, Fenzl in Flora, 1844, 132; racemes very lax, with — 
12-18 in. long, sometimes branched with a leaf at the fork. Nubia, Kotsch y 
Everywhere in the tropics, and also a plant of the Cape and United States. 
