Eriosema. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACER (BAKER). 225 
reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the 
calyx. Pod densely grey-silky, 2 in. long by } in. broad.—A. Rich. 
iy Abyss. i. 227. Rhynchosia tuberosa, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 
o. 1202. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
3. E. pygmeeum, Welw. mss. A perennial with a woody rootstock, 
and cwspitose branched herbaceous densely grey-silky stems, not 
more than 1}—2in. high. Stipules linear, 14-2 lines, persistent. 
Petioles 1-1 in.; leaflets 3, lanceolate acute, both sides persistently 
grey-canescent, edge rather decurved, veins below raised; end leaflet 
8-9 lines long; petiolule 1 line; lateral ones smaller not unequal- 
sided. Flowers in pairs on an erecto-patent axillary peduncle 3—4 in. 
long. Pedicels very short. Calyx }in., densely grey-silky, teeth 
linear-lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. 
Pod round, 4 lines each way, finely grey-silky. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 4000 feet, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
4. E. Afzelii, Baker. Stem herbaceous, 2-3 ft. high, erect, stout, 
densely clothed with grey woolly pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, 
i~1 in. long, pubescent. tease simple, sessile, lanceolate, the lowest 
6 in. lone by over an inch broad, narrowed gradually from below the 
centre to both ends, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, densely matted 
with grey pubescence beneath. Flowers in a dense terminal head 
3~6 in. long. Calyx Jin. long; teeth deltoid, not reaching more 
than a quarter of the way down. Corolla reddish, three times the 
length of the calyx. Pod 4—5 lines long, 2 lines broad, with a distinct 
stalk equalling the calyx, densely clothed with long tawny silky hairs. 
—Rhynchosia Afzelii, R. Br. in herb. Brit. Mus. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
A very distinct species. 
5. E. polystachyum, Baker. Stems 2-3 ft. high, suberect, woody 
below, densely clothed with spreading light ferruginous pubescence. 
Stipules lanceolate, } in. long. Leaves nearly sessile; leatlets 3, cen- 
ri one ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, acute; a al f in. long; 
lateral ones rather unequal-sided, upper side finely pubescent at first, 
lower thinly pubescent, the veins raised and ferruginous. Flowers in 
dense racemes 2-3 in. long on pubescent peduncles as long. Bracteoles 
minute, setaceous. Pedicels very short. Calyx } in. deep, thinly- 
silky ; teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down. Corolla more than 
twice the calyx. Pod in. long by half as broad, the point oblique, 
the faces densely clothed with long tawny silky hairs.—Hhynchosia 
polystachya, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 231, t. 44. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit. 
6. E. parviflorum, HE. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 130. Stems 
2-3 ft. high, suberect, woody below, copiously. branched, densely 
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