310 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Caules pluri-pedales, inter gramina volubiles, rigiduli, teretes, 
inferne glabrati, superne scabri et pilosi, internodiis elongatis. 
Stipule 3-4 lin. longs, basi in auriculam brevem obtusissi- 
mam adnatam infra insertionem producte. Petioli 13-2- 
pollicares, petiolulique pilis rigidulis hispidi. Foliola rigi- 
dula, 6-8 poll. longa, vix semipollicem lata, utrinque scabrida 
et pilosula, penninervia et lineis parallelis crebris transversis 
pulchre reticulata. Pedunculi oppositifolii, validi, 1-14 poll. 
longi, apice incrassati. Flores majusculi, sessiles v. brevis- 
sime pedicellati. Calyx semipollicaris, tubuloso-campanu- 
latus, tubo brevi basi obtuso, laciniis plus duplo tubi longi- 
tudine, subulato-acuminatis. Vexillum late obeordatum, bre- 
viter unguiculatum, lamina basi utrinque hamata, extus lutea, 
intus purpurascens; ale purpurez, carine cohzrentes, bas! 
hinc calearate. Stigma laterale vix productum. Legumen H 
poll. longum, 2 lin. latum, sub-10-spermum, pilis rigidis 
atropurpureis vestitum. b 
6. Vigna reticulata, Hook. fil. ; caule volubili superne foliis 
pedunculisque setosis, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
foliolis anguste ovato-lanceolatis acutis creberrime transversum 
reticulatis, peduneulis apice sub-2-floris, calycis laciniis 5 
subulato-setaceis, legumine velutino-tomentoso pilis fulvis con- 
sperso.—Savannahs at Accra, Vogel. z ak 
V. linearifolie simillima, sed duplo major, pilis fulvis rigidiori- 
bus, foliolis stipulisque latioribus, legumine fere 24-pollicare, 
indumento diverso. f 
The beautiful tranverse reticulations on the leaflets of this 
and the preceding species distinguish them from any of their | 
congeners. : 
6. Vigna Nigritia, Hook. fil. ; caule volubili sparse piloso, sti- 
pulis ovato-lanceolatis basi in auriculas 2 productis, petiolis 
hispidis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis utrinque pilosis, pedunculis 
pilosis folio longioribus apice multifloris, calycis glabri brevius 
campanulati -dentibus 5 obtusis, legumine glabrato apice 
hamato-mucronato.—On the Quorra, Vogel. 
Caulis pallide flavo-fuseus, seaberulus, superne pilosus. Stipule 
24 lin. longe, striate, elabriuseule, ciliate, auriculis infra 
