142 REVISION OP THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



Folia trifoliolata, 



* Calyx brevis, sfepissime 1^-2^ lin. longus. 



■4- Flores ssepissime dense racemosi. 



6. E. PARViFLORUM E. Mey. Com. 130; Harvey, Fl. Cap. ii. 260; 



Baker in FL Trop. Afr. ii. 225 ; Engler, Hochfjehirfjsflora, 273. 



CytisHS glomeratus Bojer, Hort. Mnurit. 89. E. consangiiineum 



Klotzsch in Peters, Mossamh. Bot. 32. 



Hab. Masai Highlaud, Nordkikuyn, V. Hohnel, No. 101, ex 

 Engler s. Shore of Nyanza, Berkeley Bay, Scott Elliot, No. 70G9 ! 

 Mozambique District, Island of Zanzibar, Bojer, Peters, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Hildehrandt, No. 935 ! South Africa, Natal, W. T. Gerrard ! Guein- 

 zius ! Durban, J. M. Wood, No. 193 ! liehmann. No. 8696 ! Natal, 

 Inanda, Wood, No. 851 ! Between Omsamculo and Omcomas, 

 Drege I Near Omblas, Drege. Madagascar, various collectors. 



A plant gathered by Dr. Volkens at Tanga, No. 16, is rather lax 

 in the inflorescence. 



E. podostachyum Hook. Fl. Nig. 314, seems intermediate between 

 parviflorum and spicatum. E. Bojeri Benth., from Madagascar, is 

 allied to the above, but has larger flowers. 



7. E. montanum, n. sp. Caule erecto virgato striate prtecipue 

 superne plus minusve pubesceute, stipulis lanceolatis scariosis, 

 foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis vel oblongis acutis, quam iis E. 

 parvifolii majoribus, lateralibus inaequilateralibus, floribus dense 

 racemosis subdepressis, pedunculis foliis longioribus, calyce cam- 

 panulato dentibus brevibus triangularibus, petalis in sicco luteis, 

 ovario 2-spermo dense rufo-villoso. 



Hab. Ndara (Taitaj auf dem Gipfel, alt. 3000 ft., Hildehrandt, 

 No. 2445 ! Lower Plateau N. of Lake Nyassa, Thomson ! Mt. 

 Milanji, alt. 6000 ft., A. Whyte, No. 38! Shire Highlands, Bu- 

 chanan (1881), No. 339!; (1891), No, 97! Kilimanjaro, Wiss 

 Station, alt. 1550 met., G. Volkens, No. 694 ! Kilimanjaro, Ma- 

 rangu, alt. 2300 met., G. Volkens, No. 827! Nile Land, Karague, 

 Speke ,(: Grant, No. 420 ! (probably). 



This plant has generally been referred to E. parviflorum E. Mey., 

 but, as it seems to me to differ in several characters, I have 

 separated it under the above name. 



Stem erect, virgate, especially above, rufous pubescent. Stipules 

 scarious, lanceolate, acuminate, about ^ in. long. Leaves tri- 

 foliolate, leaflets 1^ to nearly 2^ in. long, about 1 in. broad, ovate 

 or oblong, acute, the lateral leaflets unequal-sided, below the main 

 nerves and also the secondary nerves rufous pubescent ; petiole 

 rufous pubescent, ^-f in. long ; petiolules short, much shorter than 

 the petiole. Eacemes axillary. Peduncles 2-3 times as long as 

 leaves, rufous, pubescent, 3-6 in., floriferous portion 1-1^ in. 

 Flowers larger than in E. parviflorum, not so depressed, apparently 

 yellow. Calyx short, 1-2 lines, tube campanulate, finely rufous, 

 pubescent, teeth triangular. Petals 3-4 lines long. Ovary covered 

 with silky mouse-coloured hairs. The flowers are larger than in 

 E. parvijiorum., and not nearly so depressed ; the leaflets are much 

 larger and acute. 



