62 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОР THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
vibus rigidulis hirtis, reticulatis, foliolo centrali 12-24 poll. longo ; petiolo communi 4-4 poll. longo. 
Stipule setaceæ, erectæ, 1-1 poll. longæ. Flores parvi, axillares, subsessiles v. brevissime pedicellati, 
sepius gemini v. terni, 1-1 poll. longi. Calyx labio superiore bifido, lobis brevibus ovatis, acutis, . 
labio inferiore trifido, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis. Corolla ..... Legumen 1-2-spermum, oblongum, 
oblique apiculatum, sessile, valvis setigeris; 1-2 poll. longum, 2 poll. latum. 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! We have but a single specimen in fruit. 
(This plant, found in the grassy plateaux of Unyoro, resembles the * doll” of India.—J. A. G.] 
62. ERIOSEMA PARVIFLORUM, E. Meyer, Comm. РІ. Afr. Austr. 130; Baker, in Fl. 
Trop. Afr. ii. 225. | 
Наб. Karagué, Col. Grant! ` 
[A plant growing near water, of a peculiarly pale green all over.—J. A. G.] 
63. ERIOSEMA FLEMINGIOIDES, Baker, іп Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 299. Fruticosum, ramis 
flexuosis tomentosis ; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis amplis ellipticis, obtusis v. breviter apicu- 
latis, subtus pubescenti-tomentosis; racemis axillaribus, folio brevioribus v. æquilongis, 
primum strobiliformibus ; braeteis ovato-lanceolatis, imbricatis, ferrugineo-pilosis, de- 
ciduis; floribus subsessilibus; calyce 5-fido, lobis 2 posterioribus brevioribus subconni- 
ventibus, 3 inferioribus lanceolatis acutis, antice paullo longiore; legumine oblongo- 
elliptico, ferrugineo-villoso. 
Frutex, ramis flexuosis, breviter fulvo-tomentosis, internodiis 1-24 poll. longis. Folia trifoliolata, petio- 
lata, foliolis late ellipticis v. lateralibus oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis, breviter apiculatis, basi plus minus rotun- 
datis, in pagina superiore brevissime velutino-puberulis deinde glabratis, in inferiore tomentellis, costa et 
nervis lateralibus numerosis (utrinque 15-20) ferrugineo-piloso-tomentosis ; foliolo terminali 3-5 poll. 
longo, 24-34 poll. lato, lateralibus paullo majore; petiolo communi 1-2 poll. longo, petiolulis 15-1 poll. 
longis. Stipule ovate, acute, sericeo-pilosæ, 3-і poll. longe ; stipellæ subulatæ, 1-2 lin. longæ. Racemi 
axillares v. terminales, folio breviores v. æquilongi, subsessiles, primum strobiliformes, bracteis „ovato- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, fulvo-sericeo-pilosis, intus glabris, dense imbricatis; bracteæ 3-і poll. longz, ca- 
ducæ. Flores subsessiles, + poll. longæ. Calyz pilosus, 5-fidus, lobis acutis, anteriore lanceolato, 2 pos- 
terioribus brevioribus subconniventibus. Corolla calyce 3—4-plo longior; vexillum obovatum, latiuscule 
unguiculatum, ungue concavo, lamina basi 2-auriculata, dorso tenuiter pubescente ; alæ unguiculate, 
oblanceolato-oblongæ, carina æquilongæ. Stamina diadelpha. Ovarium longe hirsutum, basi angustatum ; 
stylus filiformis elongatus, superne glaber; stigma minutum, capitellatum. Legumen sessile, compressum, 
late ellipticum obtusum, breviter apiculatum, valvis fulvo-tomentellis et cum pilis longis laxisque obsitis, 
ssepius dispermum. . 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
Plate XXXIV. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Vexillum; fig. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. 
Staminal sheath; fig. 6. Pistil; fig. 7. Fruit. 
64. DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 227, t. 53; Baker, in Tl. 
Trop. Afr. ii. 233. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Upper Guinea and Mozambique. 
[Native names “ m”pingo,” * m'gembeh," “ m’teendeea.” Its wood is so hard that no insect can eat it! | 
The tips of the natives’ arrows are made of it; also wooden hammers used in the manufacture of bark- 
cloths ; considered the very best firewood. Its roots are used as a cure for toothache. 
eens Flowers sweetly 
scented.—J. A. GI 23 
65. LONCHOCARPUS LAXIFLORUS, Guill. et Perr. FI. белес. i. 226; Baker, in Fl. Trop. 
