wa. XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Eriosema. 
Leaves trifoliolate. 
Leaves subsessile. Root fleshy . . . . . . . . 2. EH. tuberosum. 
Leaves stalked. Root wiry . ....... . 3. EH. pygmeum. 
Stems herbaceous elongated. Leaves simple. . . . . 4. EH. Afzelii. 
Shrubs woody at the base only. 
Calyx 1-14 lines long, less than half the corolla. 
Leaves subsessile 5. E. polystachyum. 
Leaves distinctly stalked . . . .. . 6. H. parviflorum. 
Calyx 2-3 lines long, at least half the corolla. 
Leaves subsessile. 
Peduncles about an inch long 7. E. sericeum. 
Peduncles 3-5 in. long . 8. E. pauciflorum. 
Leaves distinctly stalked. 
Peduncles equalling the leaves : 9. E. radicosum. 
Peduncles twice the leaves . . . . . . . « . 10. E. longepedunculatum. 
Shrubs with woody branches. 
ee ee se I ee A Be elie 
Leaves trifoliolate. 
Leaves subsessile. 
Flowers in elongated stalked racemes . . . . . 12. Z. cajanoides. 
Flowers in subsessile congested heads. 
Pod equalling the calyx . . . . . . . . . 13. #. griseum. 
Pod twice the calyx . . . . ... =. . . 14. E. glomeratum. 
Leaves distinctly stalked. 
Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx. 
Stipules linear-lanceolate,2 lines. . . . . . 15. #. Mucziria. 
Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 6-9 lines . . . . . 16. H. robusium. 
Corolla twicethe calyx . . . . . . . . . «17. EB. flemingioides. 
Corolla thrice the calyx . ...... . . 18. E. speciosum. 
1. E. cordifolium, Hochst. in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. No. 1542. Root 
fusiform or napiform. Stem a foot or more high, branched from the 
base, firm-herbaceous, diffuse slightly pubescent. Stipules small, lan- 
ceolate, scarious. Leaves simple, subsessile, cordate-ovate, 2-3 in. 
long, broad, acute or bluntish, base with two deep rounded lobes, firm, 
both sides green, slightly pubescent. Flowers in dense rounded or 
oblong heads an inch deep on peduncles under an inch long, which are 
densely clothed with spreading grey hairs. Pedicels very short. Calyx 
j in. deep, clothed with spreading tawny hairs, the teeth linear-seta- 
ceous, densely ciliated, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Co- 
rolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod 3-4 lines long by 
nearly as broad, thinly clothed with spreading tawny hairs.—A. ich. 
Fl. Abyss. i. 227. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 
2. E. tuberosum, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 1624. Root 
fusiform or napiform. Stipules lanceolate, scarious, striated, }—¢ 1- 
deep. Stem suberect, simple, under a foot high, densely grey-S! ky 
upwards. Leaves subsessile ; leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly 
obovate, 2-3 in. long, both ends narrowed; the petiolule under } in. 
long, upper surface grey-green, soon glabrous, lower permanently 
matted with fine grey-silky pubescence. Flowers in dense roun 
heads an inch deep on short silky peduncles. Pedicels very short. 
Calyx 4 in. deep, densely greyasitk , teeth lanceolate acuminate, not 
