220 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Zehynchosia. 
9, R. caribzea, DC. Prod. ii. 8385. Stems firm-herbaceous, slender, 
wide-twining, finely grey-pubescent. Stipules minute, setaceous. Pe- 
tioles 1-14 in. long, firm; leaflets 3, the central one broad-ovate, 
often subrhomboidal, sometimes a little repand, 1-1} in. long, the 
petiolule } in. long, the lateral ones unequal-sided, firm, under surface 
finely grey-silky. Flowers in lax racemes 2—6 in. long on short pe- 
duncles. “Bracts and bracteoles minute, setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels 
a line long, cernuous. Calyx }in. deep, thinly grey-silky, the teeth 
lanceolate acuminate, reaching more than half down. Corolla yellow, 
3 in. deep, the standard sometimes veined. Pod } in. long, {—3 i. 
broad, thinly grey-silky when young, more turgid than in its allies.— 
Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 213. Glycine caribea, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 
146. G. sublobata, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 347. Rhynchosia malaco- 
phylla, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 104. Glycine malacophylla, Spreng. Syst. cur. 
post. 270. @. mollis, Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 201. Copisma pictum, E. 
Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 135. R. melanosperma, Klotzsch in 
Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 30. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Senegambia, Lepriewr and Perrottet! 
Heudclot! Island of St. Thomas, G. Don! Guinea proper, Hore! Thonning! _ 
Mozamb. Distr. M’geta, Speke and Grant! Zanzibar, Bojer! Dr. Kirk! 
Zambesi land, Peters! Kirk! Meller! 
B. R. gibba, (E. Meyer, |. c. sub Copismam) leaves less silky, 14-2 in. each way, 
on ay calyx-teeth deltoid, shorter than the lower ones. A. inflata, Bojer, Hort. 
aur. |.c, 
Nile Land. Banks of the White Nile, Petherick ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Speke! 
A plant also of the Cape and Tropical America. The two tropical plants quite agree 
with the two Cape forms united by Dr. Harvey. We cannot by the descriptions sepa 
rate from this &. intermedia, Kotsch. and Peyr., Plante Tinneanz, No. 10, and h. 
pubescens, DC. Prod. ii.386, recorded doubtfully by De Candolle from Abyssinia and 
said by Kotschy to have been gathered by Binder in Nubia at 7° N. lat. 
10. R.Memnonia, DC. Prod. ii. 386. Stems firm-herbaceous, 
suberect or twining, densely grey-silky. Stipules minute, setaceous. 
Petioles an inch or less long, firm; leaflets 38, central one nearly 
round, }-1 in. each way, blunt, the lower half often subcuneate ; pe- 
tiolule 4 in. long, lateral ones unequal-sided ; texture subcoriaceous, 
both sides, especially the lower one, densely grey-silky. Flowers 12 
lax 6—20-flowered racemes 2-6 in. long on short firm peduncles. 
Bracts and bracteoles minute, setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels a line 
long, silky, cernuous. Calyx 2-24 lines deep, grey-silky, the teeth 
lanceolate, reaching about half down. Corolla yellow, 3 in. deep, the 
standard silky on the outside. Pod 3-3 in. long, } in. broad, finely 
grey-pubescent, narrowed at the base, bluntish—Harv. Fl. Cap. !- 
253. Glycine Memnonia, Delile, Fl. Agypt. 100, t. 38, fig. 3. G. 
Schimperi, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Arab. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kordofan, and Sennaar, Kotschy! Dr. Bromfield! Abyssinia, 
teste Schweinfurth. 
North Central. Banks of Lake Tschad, Vogel! 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Dr. Welwitsch! 
