Lonchocarpus.| XLVI. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER), 243 
4, L. cyanescens, Benth. in Journ. Linn, Soc. iv. Suppl. 96. A woody 
climber, 20 or 30 ft. long, the branches glabrous or slightly silky. 
Petioles firm, woody, 2—3 in. long; leatlots 9-11, oblong, 38-5 in. 
long, pointed, the base rounded, the lower ones much shorter, coria- 
ceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in copious often fascicled panicles 
Sometimes a foot long, the branches short, spreading, densalsiAewene 
but not fascicled. Bracts linear, equalling the pedicels, 1 line long. 
Calyx 1 line deep, finely egrey-silky, the teeth deltoid, reaching a 
quarter of the way down, the two upper ones connate. Corolla three 
times as long as the calyx, violet, the standard glabrous, } in. broad, 
not appendiculate. Pod 6-7 in. long, 1 in. broad, narrowed to both 
ends, stalked, membranous, glabrous, 4—5-seeded.—Robinia eyanescens, 
Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 351. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Smeathmann! 
oer Guinea proper, Schumacher and Thonning! Barter! Y¥ernando Po, 
ann ! 
9. L. ? macrostachyus, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 817. A woody climber 
25 ft. long, the branches glabrous. Petioles 2 in. long, firm, glabrous ; 
leatlets 5-7, obovate-oblong, the terminal one 5-6 in. long, cuspidate, 
the base rounded, subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in 
ample thyrsoid panicles often a foot long, the branches numerous, 
slender, erecto-patent, regular, not more than 2 in. long, the flowers 
dense in the upper part. Pedicels a line long. Calyx 2 lines deep, 
ferruginous-silky, the teeth very short. Corolla rose-red, 2 in. i 
the orbicular standard } in. broad, reflexed, glabrous on the back. 
Ovary linear, finely brown-silky, subsessile, multiovulate. Pod un- 
known.—Benth. 1. ¢. 97. 
Upper Guinea. Niger country, Vogel! Mann! } 
We have an allied species from Zambesi land in too imperfect a state to describe. 
The full-grown pod is quite woody, a foot long, 14 in. broad, the faces flat and glabrous, 
the upper suture not at all winged, and the full--developed leaflets are six inches long 
Y more than half as broad, obovate, subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous. 
6. L. ? fasciculatus, Benth. 1. c.100. A woody climber with finely 
ferruginous-velvety branches. Petioles 2-3 in. long, firm, glabrous; 
leaflets 7-9, oblong or with a slight obovate tendency, 3-6 in. long, 
shortly cuspidate, the base rounded, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. 
Flowers in a thyrsoid panicle reaching 1} ft. long, in dense fascicles 
of 6-12 on a short branchlet with a space between the clusters. Calyx 
subsessile, 1 in. deep, ferruginous-silky, tubular, the teeth deltoid, 
reaching a quarter down, the two upper ones connate. Corolla whitish, 
three times as long as the calyx; standard linear-oblong, not more 
than a line broad, glabrous ; wings very narrow ; keel incurved, its 
petals a line broad. Ovary linear, sessile, silky, 2-3-ovulate. Imma- 
ture pod linear, densely ferruginous-silky. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Morson! Afzelius! 
?. L. Barteri, Benth. l.c. 99. A woody climber, with glabrous 
branches. Petioles 1—4 in. long, firm, glabrous; leaflets 5-7, oblong or 
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