REVISION OF THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 148 



8. E. POLYSTAOHYUM Baker, I. c. 225. Rhynchosia polystachia 

 A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. 231, t. 44. 



Hab. AbysBinia, Petit ; Schimper, No. 708 ! Steudner, No. 57 ! 

 Sasaga, Steudner, No. 128 ! Between Zanzibar and Uyui, W. E. 

 Taylor ! South African Gold Fields, T. Barnes ! 



Eacemes dense, many-flowered. Terminal leaflet ovatelanceo- 

 late, acute, 2-3^ in. long. 



A plant collected by Dr. Gregory at Alng'aria, on the Leikipia 

 Plateau, may possibly be a form of this species. 



9. E. macrostipula, n. sp. Caulis erectus subflexuosus her- 

 baceus canaliculatus augulatus pubescens e radice crasso et lignoso 

 ortus, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis molliter teniiiter pubescentibus ovatis 

 acutis vel subacutis basi rotundatis, foliolis lateralibus insequilate- 

 ralibus penninervatis, stipulis magnis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceo- 

 latis longitudinaliter striatis, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus, 

 floribus dense aggregatis patentibus vel parce depressis, sepalis 

 deltoideis, leguminibus oblongis oblique mucronatis brunneo-villosis. 



Hab. Djur Land, Grosse Seriba Ghattas, Schweinfurth, No. 

 2010 et bis ! 



Stem herbaceous, erect, 1^-2 ft. high, somewhat flexuous, 

 grooved, angled, pubescent, proceeding from a thick woody root- 

 stock. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, acute, subacute or 

 rounded, base rounded, especially when young, softly pubescent ; 

 lateral leaflets unequal-sided, penninerved, 2|^-3^ in. long, IJ-lf 

 in. broad ; petiole about 1 in. long. Stipules large, lanceolate or 

 narrow ovate-acuminate, f in. long, longitudinally striate. Eacemes 

 ^-1^ in. long, lateral and axillary ; flowers densely aggregated, 

 patent or slightly depressed, just under ^ in. long ; calyx about 

 2 lines long, teeth deltoid ; ovary covered with white silky hairs ; 

 legume oblong, f in. long, |- in, broad, somewhat tapering to an 

 oblique apiculate point, covered with mouse -coloured villose hairs. 

 The seed is attached at the end of a linear hilum. The leaflets of 

 this plant are large, and 2-3 times longer than broad. The 

 stipules are large and longitudinally striate. 



10. E. RADicosuM A. Eich. FL Abyss, i. 228 ; Baker, I. c. 226. 

 Hab. Abyssinia, Quartin-JDiUon. 



The root of this plant is thick, woody, and much developed ; 

 the leaflets are elliptical-oblong, and the racemes of 8-12 flowers 

 about equal in length the leaves. Only known to me from a flower 

 and leaf kindly sent from the Paris Museum. 



4l Flores laxiuscule racemosi. 



11. E. spicATUM Hook. f. Fl. Niy. 313. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, Don ! Afzelius ! Gaboon, Mylne ! Near 

 Lusenuja, Scutt Elliot, No. 4123 ! Senegal, Heudelot, No. 759 I 



Stem suberect, about a foot high, sparingly branched. Leaflets 

 ovate or elliptical. Peduncles 4-G in., floriferous portion 1-2 in. ; 

 flowers laxly racemose. Calyx campanulate, teeth very short, 

 triangular. 



This plant differs from E. parviflorum E. Mey., with which it 

 was united in the Flora of Tropical Africa, in its raceme, which is 



