314 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
3. 
Eriosema podostachyum, Hook. fil.; caule erecto piloso v. 
glabrato, stipulis liberis lanceolatis acuminatis, foliolis ovatis 
acutis v. obtusiusculis puberulis v. supra glabratis, peduncu- 
lis folio pluries longioribus puberulis apice racemum spici- 
formem ferentibus, floribus reflexis, bracteis lanceolato-subu- 
latis, calycis 5-fidi dentibus late ovatis acutis, legumine 
patentim sériceo-piloso.— Grand Bassa, Vogel, Ansell. 
Caulis tripedalis, strictus, basi perennis, rufo-fuscus, superne 
precipue patentim et retrorsum pilosus. Stipule 4 lin. longe. 
Petioli pollicares, swpius patentim pilosi et rufo-pubescentes. 
Foliola bipollicaria, viridia, subtus pallidiora, ad nervos pube- 
rula, punctis glandulosis minutis confertis. Pedunculi 8-10- 
pollicares, stricti, pilosi v. glabrati. Flores iis E. spicali 
similes, vexillo alisque apice rubris. Legumen late oblongum, 
semipollicare, pilis patentissimis subsericeis villosum. Semina 
nitida, flavo nigroque irrorata, hilo elongato. 
Near E. spicatum, but a much larger plant, more or less 
clothed with spreading hairs, longer peduncles, larger stipules 
and bractez, and more pointed teeth to the calyx. 
The E. eajanoides, (Rhynchosia Guill. et Perr.) from Sene- 
gambia, is the only other species of the genus known to be 4 
native of W. Tropical Africa. 
Don has also described a Flemingia Guineensis, from Guinea, 
but there do not appear any specimens in his collection. 
ds 
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Ecastaphyllum Brownei, Pers.—DC. Prod. 2. p. 241.— 
Grand Bassa and Nun River, Vogel; Senegal and Guinea. 
—A plant widely diffused over Tropical America, from the 
West Indies to Brazil. 
. Dalbergia sazatilis, Hook. fil. ; inflorescentia excepta glabra, 
foliolis 4-jugis oblongis utrinque rotundatis emarginatis 
venoso-reticulatis terminali obovato, paniculis folio ter brevio- 
ribus pilosiusculis, bracteolis parvis lineari-oblongis, calycis 
late campanulati glabrati vix striati dentibus lateralibus bre- 
vibus obtusis inferiore elongato, legumine elliptico-lineart 
graciliter stipitato.—Sierra Leone, Don; Senegambia, Heu- 
delot. > 
Ramuli nitidi, obscure striati. Petioli 3-4-pollicares, graciles. 
