240 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Vigna. 
completely connate to the point, all are spreading or reflexed after the flowers open. 
Carina very acute, like that of a Crotalaria. This has quite the habit of V. angusti- 
folia, but differs in the calyx and corolla, &c. 
2. V. angustifolia (Benth !) ; suffruticose, suberect, much-branched, 
glabrescent ; leaflets linear-lanceolate or oblong, rigid, mucronate, gla- 
brous; stipules and stipelle shortly-subulate, rigid ; peduncles longer 
than the leaves, 2-4 flowered at the summit; calyx campanulate, ¢ts 
lobes very short, broad, and blunt, the two uppermost connate; carina 
falcate, round-topped ; legumes linear, margined, glabrous, tipped with 
the long, persistent style. Sphenostylis angustifolia, Sond.! Linn. 2 3) P33. 
Saag Peat Natal, Gueinzius! 624. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., 
Erect ie wanitog many-stemmed, 1-3 feet high, very rigid, when young thinly 
pubescent, quite glabrous when adult. Stipules 14 line long, triangular. Petioles 
2-1 inch long, erect. Leaflets varying from very narrow, linear-lanceolate, acute, to 
broadly oblong, obtuse, 14-2 inches long, 3-5 lines wide, full green. Peduncles 
long or short, subumbellately few-flowered. Flowers purple. Calyx bibracteolate at 
base, 2 lines long, the lobes broader than their length. Vexillum 7 lines long and 
wide. Legume 2-3 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, with ridged sutures and a long, yel- 
low persistent style. 
3. V. marginata (Benth.); procumbent or voluble, sparsely puberu- 
lous or glabrate; leaves long-petioled, leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse or 
retuse, margined, sparsely pubescent or glabrous; stipules minute, 
broadly subulate ; peduncles very long, shortly racemose near the sum-_ 
mit ; calyx cupshaped, its lobes very short, broad, and rounded ; carina 
faleate; legume straightish, compressed, linear, coriaceous, narrowed at 
each end, tipped with the long, persistent style. Sphenostylis marginata, 
E, Mey. Comm. p. 148. 
Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius/ Mouth of the Omsamculo, Drege. (Herb. Hk.) 
Stem suffruticose at base, flagelliform. Petioles 2 inches long, the terminal leaf- 
let 4 an inch beyond the pair. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, f—1 inch wide, the young 
ones with a few small hairs, most persistent on the ribs and veins beneath. Stipules 
rigid, x line long. Peduncles 12 inches long, incurved ; the raceme commencing 
about an inch from the summit, Calyx very short and wide, more crenate than lobed. 
Corolla purple, 7-8 lines long. I describe from a specimen from Gueinzius. 
4. V. vexillata (Benth. ! Fl. Braz. XXIV. p- 194, t. 50, f. 1); voluble, 
_ Tetrorsely-hispid, or rarely glabrescent; leaflets varying from ovate to 
lanceolate ; peduncles 2~4-flowered at the summit; calyx tubuloso- 
campanulate, the 5 segments acuminate, somewhat longer than the tube ; 
carina obliquely circularly incurved, spurred at one side. Phaseolus vexil- 
latus, L. Ph. capensis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 589. V. hirta, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 637. 
E.& 4.! 1682. Strophostyles capensis, i. Mey. Comm. p. 147. Zey.! 529, 
528. Vigna scabra, Sond. ! Linn. 2 3, Dp. 32. 
Has. In rag: places. Frequent in the eastern districts, extending thro Caf- 
fraria to Natal, Thunberg ! E. § Z.1 Drege! dec. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd, De 
The herbaceous, voluble stem several feet long, the petioles and peduncles rough 
variable in shape and length ; sometimes ovate, 14-24 inches long, 3-1} inch wide ; 
oftener ovato-lanceolate, 4~5 inches long, 4 inch agen base,. etic an acute 
point ; sometimes linear, 1-2 inches long, 2-3 lines wide ; all green at both sides, 
membranous, sparsely hairy above, setose, especially along the veins beneath ; reti- 
culately veined. Peduncles 3-4~12 inches long, 2-4-flowered at the summit ; pedi- 
