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Appendix to the * SPICILEGIA GORGONEA,’ published in the * FLORA or 
THE Niger ExPEDrTION '; dy P. B. Wenn, Esq. 
(Continued from p. 313.) 
LEGUMINOSAE. ` 
‘65. Tephrosia anthylloides, Hochst. A plant of which I believe no 
description is extant, and which is at once distinguishable from Z. apol- 
linea, DC., by its much larger and more pubescent leaves, and by its 
longer and rounder pods, thickly covered with soft down. It is a 
native of Abyssinia (Schimper !) and Nubia (Kotschy !). 
67 a. Aischynomene macropoda, DC. This plant, a native of 
Senegal, which Mr. Bentham (Fl. N igr., p. 302) believes to be a form 
of Æ. Indica, Linn., is to be added to our flora. : 
68. Desmodium azi/are, Rich. Considered in the Spic. Gorg. as a 
form of Desmodium tortuosum, Sw. Many specimens exist in our present 
collection; and it will, perhaps, be more prudent to retain it under the 
above name, until the whole groupe shall have been studied. At any 
rate, the D. ospriostreblum, Steud., appears to be a distinct species, and 
must be considered as a synonym of this plant. 
78 a. Rhynchosia Bocandeana, sp. n. Apparently an undescribed 
species. Its nearest congener seems to be R. medicaginea, DC., and it 
enters, therefore, into the section Eurhynchosia of Wight and Arnott ; 
We give a technical description of it below.* 
78 à. Lonchocarpus Formosianus, DC. This is a small tree, about 
twenty to. twenty-five feet high, a native of Western Africa beneath 
` the tropies, extending from Senegal to Guinea. It appears sufficiently 
distinet from Lonchocarpus sericeus, H.B.K., to which it has been 
likened. It approaches nearer to L. Domingensis, DO., whose flowers 
are said to be red: those of this elegant tree are rose-coloured. It 
may have been cultivated originally in the Cape de Verd islands, on 
account of the beauty of its flowers; it is, however, now found wild. 
78 a. Rhynehosia . . . . . A species nearly allied to R. Caribaa, 
but without fruit. 
* R. z : * a 5 . > viridibus, niri 
basi cuneatis, impari rhomboideo, stipulis parvis pilosis; racemis axillaribus, 2-3 
€x eadem axilla, simplicibus, folio duplo triplove longioribus, subnovemfloris ; floribus 
remotis, calyce hirsuto, bilabiato, labio superiore bidentato, inferiore trifido, laciniis 
lanceolatis acutis, infero angustiore longiore; corolla decidua, vexillo extus hirtulo, - 
eglanduloso, alas excedente ; legumine (juniore) acinaciformi, pubescente, dispermo. 
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