222 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). | Rhynchosia. 
bescence. Stipules lanceolate, scarious, } in. deep. Petioles {-1 in. 
long ; leaflets 3, central broad-ovate, 14 in. long, mucronate; petio- 
lule 1 in. long; lateral ones unequal-sided, texture firm, both sides a 
little pubescent, the veins raised. Flowers in lax racemes, which ex- 
ceed the leaves. Calyx } in. long, densely ferruginous, the teeth 
linear-setaceous, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla equalling 
the calyx; standard yellow, veined with purple, not silky, the keel 
obtuse. Pod not seen. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit ! 
15. R. viscosa, DC. Prod. ii. 887. Stems woody, wide-twining, 
terete, finely glandular and grey-pubescent. Stipules ovate, persistent, 
scarious, 4 in. long. Petioles 14}—2 in. long, clothed like the branches ; 
leaflets 3, central suborbicular or broadly ovate-rhomboidal, acute; 
petiolule 4-3 in. long, lateral ones unequal-sided, under surface thinly 
pubescent. Flowers in lax racemes sometimes 6 in. long on short firm 
peduncles. Bracts ovate, deciduous. Calyx 3-4 in. deep, grey-pubes- 
cent and glandular, cut down nearly to the base, the teeth lanceolate, 
the lowest much longer than the others. Corolla equalling or slightly 
exceeding the calyx, the standard pubescent on the back. Pod 1-1} 
in. long, 3-4 in. broad, densely clothed with glands and spreading hairs 
when young, tipped with the persistent filiform style—Dolichos gluti- 
nosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 312; Wight. et Arn. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 
248. R. stipulosa, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 229, t. 43. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Petherick! Binder. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon! Karagué 
and Unyoro, Speke and Grant ! 
A plant of the Mascarene isles and East Indies. 
16. R. debilis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 312. Stems firm-herbaceous, 
slender, climbing, grey-pubescent. Stipules small, lanceolate acuml- 
nate. Petioles 2-8 in. long, slender, firm; leaflets 3, central one 
broadly ovate-rhomboidal, 2-3 in. each way, cuspidate; petiolule 3 in. 
long; lateral ones unequal-sided; texture thin, firm, both sides gla- 
brescent. Flowers in dense subsessile heads 1-1} in. long. Bracts 
linear-lanceolate, exceeding the pedicels, which are a line long. Calyx 
} in. deep, grey-pubescent, the teeth linear-setaceous. reaching down 
nearly to the base. Corolla reddish, 2 in. deep. Pod 4-3 in. long, 
} in. broad, rather narrowed at both ends, thinly clothed with long 
spreading grey hairs.—Dolichos debilis, Don. mss. 
Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don! Cameroon mountains and banks 
of the Gaboon, Mann! 
This has entirely the habit of R. densiflora, differing in the calyx and bracts. 
17. R. densiflora, DC. Prod. ii. 389. Stems slender, firm-herba- 
ceous, wide-twining, finely grey-pubescent. Stipules ovate or lanceo- 
late. Petioles 1-1} in. long, slender, finely pubescent; leaflets 3, 
central one broadly ovate acuminate, 14 in. each way; petiolule 3—} m. 
long, lateral ones unequul-sided, papyraceous, under surface slightly 
grey pubescent. Flowers in dense oblong subsessile clusters 9-4 in. 
