306 FLORA NIGRITIANA: 
the upper stamen is entirely free. All these small genera, 
allied to Glycine, require a general revision. 
Another Guinea plant, the Glycine biflora, Schum. et Thonn., 
may possibly be a Johnia, but is at present insufficiently de- 
scribed to determine the genus. ; ; 
1. Dioclea (Pachylobium): reflexa, Hook. fil. ; ramulis petiolis- 
que patentim pilosis, foliolis ovatis brevissime acuminatis 
tenuiter coriaceis supra glabris subtus hirsutis, inflorescentia 
rufo-tomentosa, floribus confertis brevissime pedicellatis, brac- 
teis lanceolatis persistentibus reflexis, calycis campanulati 
lacinia infima tubo vix breviore, carina rostrata alis breviore, 
legumine ovato-oblongo planiusculo rufo-villoso.—Dolichos 
coriaceus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5562.—Cape 
Palmas, near the sea-coast on the Quorra, and Fernando Po, 
Vogel. , 
Frutex scandens, ramis teretibus glabratis ad nodos ramulisque 
patentim pilosis. Stipule medio affixee, lanceolato-subulate, 
reflex. — Petioli 8 poll. longi, pilis flaccidis patentibus fulvis 
obsiti, stipellis setaceis. Foliola 8-5 poll. longa, 2-3 lata, 
breve petiolulata, reticulato-vendsa, supra nitida, subtus pal- 
lidiora. Pedunculi bipedales, inferne glaberrimi, supra me- 
dium pubescentes et dense florigeri, Bractee semipollicares, 
ligulate, acuminate, rufo-velutinz, recurve. Flores per 2-4 
ad quemquam nodum brevissime pedicellati, splendide rubro- 
purpurei. Calyx rufescenti-sericeus, 4 lin. longus, basi bi- 
bracteolatus, tubo late ovato-hemisphzerieo, ore 5-lobo, lobis 
lateralibus late oblongis obtusis, summis paullo brevioribus, 
infimo angustiore longiore. Vexillum glaberrimum, calyce 
bis longius, ungue late lineari, lamina latissime obcordata ; 
alz vexillo paullo longiores, obovato-quadrate, basi auricula 
reflexa appendiculatz ; carina coriacea. Ovarium villosissi- 
mum.  Legwmen planum, crasso-coriaceum, in specimine 
adhue immaturum sed jam 5 poll. longum, 2 poll. Jatum, 
sutura seminifera valde inerassata. - d 
A species, as far as hitherto known, only found in East India, 
and some other parts of the Old World, although belonging to an 
otherwise exclusively American genus. It closely resembles the 
