COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОҒ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 59 : 
perans; petala subæqualia; vexillum obovatum subsessile; als oblongæ, obtuse. Stamina monadelpha ; 
antheræ uniformes, minutæ, rotundate. Ovarium medio constrictum, biovulatum, glabrum. 
Hab. Mininga, 4? 18' S. lat., March 1861, Col. Grant ! | 
The same species was recognized in Dr. Welwitsch’s Angolan herbarium by Mr. Baker, who describes 
the legume as sessile, with two articulations. I have not seen a ripe fruit. 
Plate XXXIII. fig. 1. Leaflét; fig. 9. Flower; fig. 3. Vexillum; fig. 4. Ala; fig. 5. 
Carina; fig. 6. Staminal sheath; fig. 7. Pistil. | 
(99. ARACHIS нуровжа, Linn. Cultivated to a small extent from 7° S. to 9° N. lat. The roots are 
eaten roasted and pounded into flour, or an oil is extracted from them.—J. A. G.] 
40. ZORNIA DIPHYLLA, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. 818: Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 158. 
Hab. Unyoro, August 1862, Col. Grant! “Widely diffused in hot countries of both 
hemispheres. 
[Growing in tufts in dry ground.—J. A. G.] 
41. PsEUDARTHRIA Ноокквл, Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Ind. Or. 209; Baker, in КІ, 
Trop. Afr. ii. 168. 
Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862, and Unyoro, August to November 1862, Col. Grant! Also 
in Angola, Mozambique, Natal, and India. 
[An erect-growing rather woody plant, 7 to 9 feet high. Calyx brown ; corolla brown ; the pods, with 
ten flat oblong seeds, are very sticky and hairy. Plentiful in the grassy forest-countries of Karagué 
and Unyoro. Flowers February ; ripe August.—J. A. 6.1 
42. URARIA PICTA, Desv.; DC. Prod. ii. 324; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 169. 
Hab. Rocky soil near Madi village, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Common in the Old- 
. World tropics. 
(А foot high. Тһе stems of previous years are grey and woody, the present stems are filed reversely. 
The centre of each leaflet is marked irregularly with white; calyx pink; corolla of ап indigo-blue white 
colour. Each cell of the pod is inflated.—J. А. G.J 
48. ALYSICARPUS RUGOSUS, DC. Prod. ii. 353; Baker, in FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 171.—Aly- 
sicarpus Wallichti, Wight et Arn. Fl. Prod. Ind. Or. 234; App. Speke's Journal, 631. 
Var. у. A. Quartinianus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 208. То this last variety Mr. Baker 
refers Col. Grant’s specimen. 
Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
[Straight hairs Не flatly upon the surface of the leaves. Calyx green, and tipped with brown hairs ; со- 
rolla purple. The pods are marked across with bars; one variety had a line of hairs growing upon one 
side of its branches; no hairs upon the surfaces of the leaves. I suffered from a swollen limb, and the 
natives applied this plant mashed with Calophanes radicans. The water was softened, and the applica- 
tion was soothing and did no harm.—J. A. б.1 ° 
44. PISUM SATIVUM, Linn.; DO. Prod. ii. 368. | E 
Hab. Gathered at Karagué, Feb. 1862, Col. Grant! Тһе common cultivated garden 
p 5 $ D D x - 
[We found this abundantly cultivated at Karagué, alt. 4500 feet. Ripe іп February.—J. А. G.; 
45. ABRUS PRECATORIUS, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 381; Baker, іп Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 175. _ 
- Hab. Ukuni, 42 8. lat., September 1861, Col. Grant. I have not seen a specimen. The 
plant is common throughout the tropies. | 
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