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flori, pilosuli. Bracteæ lineari-subulatæ, 3-5 lin. longæ; bracteolæ subulatæ, breviores. Pedicelli 1-1 
poll. longi. Calyx 2-labiatus hirtus, tubo brevi campanulato, labio superiore profunde 2-fido, lobis subu- 
latis, lateralibus et anteriore subæquilongis, subulatis, corolla 3-4-plo brevioribus. Corolla rosea, petalis 
subæquilongis ; vexillum obovato-rotundatum ; ale obtuse ; carina obtusa, apice haud incurva. Legumen 
sessile, lineare, rectum, apiculatum, puberulo-hirtellum, valde compressum, 15-17-spermum. 
Hab. 5° S. lat., alt. 3800 ft., Col. Grant ! 
[Creeps along the ground amongst luxuriant vegetation near water, at 5? S. lat. In flower and fruit 
in March.—J. A. G.] Эг 
Plate XXVII. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. УехШиш: fig. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. 
Staminal sheath ; fig. 6. Ovary and calyx. 
81. TEPHROSIA ERIOSEMOIDES, Oliv., sp. nov. Frutescens, sericeo-tomentosa; ramis 
adscendentibus ; foliis imparipinnatis, 5-foliolatis v. superioribus 3-foliolatis, foliolis oblan- 
ceolato- v. ovali-oblongis, obtusis; stipulis subulatis; racemis terminalibus ; floribus bre- 
viter pedicellatis; calyce 5-fido, lobis acutis 2. posterioribus tubo æquilongis, 3 ante- 
rioribus lanceolatis; ovario hirsuto, 13-15-ovulato ; legumine .... 
Suffruter 2-pedalis, ramosus, ramis adscendentibus tomentellis, crassitie penne corvinæ. Folia im- 
paripinnata, 5-foliolata v. superiora 3-foliolata, 11-2 poll. longa, foliolis oblanceolato- v. ovali-oblongis, 
obtusis v. retusis, utrinque breviter sericeo-pilosis, foliolo terminali lateralibus sæpius longiore, 1-11 poll. 
longo; petiolo communi 1—2 poll. longo, petiolulis brevissimis. Stipule subulatæ, 1-4 poll. longæ. 
Racemi terminales, erecti, folia superantes, multiflori, pilosi. Bracteæ lanceolato-subulatæ, 1— poll. longæ, 
deciduæ. РейісеШ--; poll. longi. Flores 1 poll. longi. Calyx pilosus, 2-labiatus, labio superiore 
2-fido, lobis triangulari-lanceolatis, acutis, labio inferiore 3-fido, lobis labio superiore longioribus, lanceo- 
latis, acutis. Corolla calyce 2-plo longior, petalis subzequalibus ; vexillum rotundatum, breviter unguicu- 
latum, basi inappendiculatum ; alæ obtusæ, unguiculatæ, lamina basi auriculata ; carina obtusa. Stamina 
monadelpha; stamen vexillare basin versus filamento connato; 'anthere uniformes, oblongo-ellipticæ. 
Ovarium dense hirsutum, 13-15-ovulatum ; stylus complanatus, incurvus; stigma capitellatum. Le- 
gumen non vidi. 
Hab. Karagué, alt. 5000 ft., Dec. 1861, Col. Grant ! 
This is the Eriosema sp. no. 3 of App. Speke’s Journ. 632. It has been omitted by Mr. Baker in ` 
the Tropical African Flora. | 
Plate XXXII. ба. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Vexillum; ће. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. 
Staminal sheath ; fig. 6. Detached filament and anther; fig. 7. Ovary and calyx. 
92. SESBANIA JEGYPTIACA, Pers.; DC. Prod. ii. 264; Baker, in FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 184; 
Wight, Іс. t. 32. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Extends from West Africa eastward, through 
Tropical Africa, to Australia. 
[Native name “ maweengo-weengo." Tree: trunk 30 inches in circumference. Patches of it grow also 
as bushes near water. Branches numerous, 8 to 10 feet long, straight, and of uniform thickness. 
Flowers yellow. Pods 8 to 10 inches long, and flat. The seeds rattle in the ripened pod, and the 
natives shake the tree to hear the sound. They also put the seeds into a gourd, and use this as a rattle 
when herding cattle —J. А. С.) 
33. ASTRAGALUS VENOSUS, Hochst. in hb. Schimp. Abyss. No. 190; A. Rich. КІ, Abyss. 
і. 193; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 187. 22 | 
Hab. Uganda, fruit July, 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia. 
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