20 COUNT FICALHO AND W. P. HIERN 
(1753), on which Tephrosea purpurea, Pers., is supposed to have been based, has been 
specially inspected in the Linnean herbarium for comparison with our specimen; Ше. 
resemblance, however, is by no means close. 
The species is widely distributed over the Tropics. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 8. 
10. ERIOSEMA POLYSTACHIUM, Е. Н. Е. Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. Drege, р. 180 (1835). 
Е. polystachyum Е. Mey., ex Krauss in * Flora," Jahrg. 27, 1844, p. 357 et Beitr. Fl. 
Cap. und Nat. p. 55 (1846); non Baker. Rhynchosia cajanoides, Guill. et Perr. in 
Guill. Perr. et A. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. Tent. i. р. 215 (1833). Eriosema cajanoides, 
Hook. f. et Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. р. 314 (1849); Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. 
Cap. ii. p. 261 (1862); Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 227 (1871), cum syn. 
Our specimens are in flower and fruit, and quite accord with this handsome species, 
which occurs also in other districts of Tropical Africa, and extends to the Transvaal, 
Kaffraria, and Natal (among reeds near the river Umlaas). 
Serpa Pinto, no. 5. 
11. BAUHINIA SERPs, sp. п. В. molliter velutina ramosa, (in sicco) fulvo-fusca, ramulis 
erecto-patentibus, foliis transverse ovalibus bifidis chartaceis utrinque molliter 
pubescentibus apice in sinu setaceo-cuspidatis basi profunde cordatis margine an- 
guste revolutis, superioribus 12-2 poll. lat., 14-14 poll. long., lobis vel foliolis 2 
oblique ovalibus rotundatis tricostatis secus folii costam 2—5 poll. connatis, petiolo 
1-l-pollicari, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis acutis deciduis 4-poll., floribus fere bipol- 
licaribus, pedunculo oppositofolio solitario subpollicari apice bracteolato, pedicello 
solitario vel subsolitario incrassato vel compresso-dilatato 1-1}-pollicari, calyce 
` breviter pubescenti-velutino 14 poll. longo, lobis apiculatis fere usque ad apicem in 
tubum ovoideo-oblongum connatis, petalis fere 2 pollices longis 2-2 pollices latis ovali- 
oblongis margine crispo-dentatis unguiculatis lamina in unguem 4-pollicarem abrupte 
angustata, staminibus perfectis quinque 1-13. poll. longis filamentis inter se inzequa- 
libus sub apice pubescentibus antheris 1-3-роП., staminibus anantheris 5 in pha- 
langem pubescentem semipollicarem connatis, ovario 2-роШсагі in gynophoro semi- 
pollicari suffulto stylo }-pollicari stigmate hemisph:erico capitato, fructibus teste сі. 
Serpa Pinto edulibus. 
Habitat in regione alto-plana; nomen vernaculum “ Quieira.” 
This species appears to have its nearest affinity with В. macrantha, Oliv., a species 
from South Central Africa. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 9. 
12. TETRAPLEURA ANDONGENSIS, Welw., ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 331(1871) ; Benth. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxx. p. 376 (1875). 
Habitat in regione alto-plana; nomen vernaculum “ Mulolo." 
Our specimen consists only of a leaf, but appears to accord well with this species, 
which was found by Welwitsch, no. 618, in the high forests at the base of the rocks of 
