shia on 
Rhynchosia. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 221 
8. R. discolor, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot.30. Stems slender, wide-twining ; 
leaves not so densely silky, racemes short and few-flowered, the axis slender and flexuose. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch. (Perhaps distinct, more 
shrubby, with the few flowers solitary or geminate.) 
Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Peters / 
Descends southward to the Cape, eastward to Arabia and Afghanistan. Var. 8. con- 
nects this with the preceding. 
ll. R. filicaulis, Welw. mss. Stems very slender, wide-twining, 
obscurely pubescent. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 1-2 lines ; 
leaflets 3, subcoriaceous, lanceolate, acute, glabrescent above, glaucous 
and persistently downy below, the veins raised; end one 6-9 lines 
long; petiolule 1 line or less; lateral ones not at all unequal-sided. 
lowers copious 1-2 together on short downy peduncles. Calyx 3-4 
lines, finely downy, teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Corolla violet. 
Pod 1 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, narrowed to both ends, 2-seeded, 
densely clothed with fine silky hairs. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, in fields of Arachis, Dr. Welwitsch! 
12. R. latissima, Welw. mss. A wide-climbing shrub with slender 
terete branches a little downy only towards the end. Stipules linear, 
deciduous. Petioles 1-3 in.; leaflets 83, membranous, quite glabrous 
on both sides; end one broad-ovate acuminate, 2}—3 in. ; petiolule 
6-12 lines; lateral ones very unequal-sided. Flowers 2-12 in ae 
short-stalked terminal and lateral racemes. Pedicels }—} in., finely 
downy. Calyx 2 in., finely downy; teeth lanceolate, as long as the 
tube. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx; standard 3 in. broad. Ovary 
short-stalked, densely viscous. Pod not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Cazengo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
13. R. elegans, 4. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i, 228. Stems slender, firm, 
Wide-twining, slightly grey-pubescent. Stipules } in. long, ovate- 
acuminate, scarious, reflexed. Petioles 4-14 in. long, firm; leaflets 
3, the central one broad ovate-acuminate, 14-24 in. long by 1-2 in. 
broad, the base rounded; petiolule $ in. long; lateral ones unequal- 
sided, texture firm, upper surface glabrous, the lower finely grey- 
pubescent especially on the raised veins. Flowers in lax 6—20- flowered 
racemes 3-4 in. long on short peduncles. Bracts like the stipules. 
Bracteoles linear, deciduous. Pedicels }-4 in. long, cernuous, pubes- 
cent. Calyx } in. deep, pubescent, the teeth linear-setaceous, reaching 
three-quarters down, the lowest longer than the others. Corolla 2 in. 
deep ; standard glabrous, yellow, distinctly veined with purple. Pod 
14 in. long, 3 in. broad, narrowed at the base and point, finely grey- 
pubescent when young.— Glycine elegans, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 
No. 88. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
14. R. ferruginea, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 229. Stems herbaceous, 
slender, wide-twining, densely clothed with spreading ferruginous pu- 
