144 REVISION OF THE AFKICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



much more lax, and in its legume, which is tomentose^ and not 

 pilose. 



12. E. sparsiflorum, n. sp. Caulis erectus virgatus subligneus 

 inferne teres superne angulatus et pubescens e radice lignoso ortus, 

 foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis anguste oblongis subcoriaceis, foliolis 

 lateralibus infequiiateralibus fere concoloribus apice acutis vel sub- 

 acutis basi rotundatis vel cuneatis, petiolis brevibus, petiolulisque 

 subtequantibus, floribus racemosis depressis, racemis laxifloris, 

 sepalis triangularibus vel lanceolatis, leguminibus applanatis ob- 

 lique apiculatis. 



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

 1876! 



Stem virgate, erect, subligneous, terete below, angled and 

 pubescent above, 1-1^ ft. high, proceeding from a wiry woody 

 rootstock. Leaves trifoliolate ; . leaflets narrow-oblong, 2-2^ in. 

 long, ^ to rather more than ^ in. broad ; lateral leaflets unequal- 

 ■sided or only slightly so, almost concolorous, apex acute or sub- 

 acute, base rounded or cuneate, penninerved, underneath veins 

 rufescently pubescent, acute ; petiole short, ^-^ in. ; flowers race- 

 mose, subsessile, about ^ in. long ; racemes axillary, lax-flowered ; 

 flowers depressed ; calyx-teeth triangular or lanceolate, acute, 

 2-2|- lines long, externally grey-pubescent. Ovary covered with 

 white silky hairs. Legume flat, oblong, obliquely apiculate, rather 

 more than ^ in. long, J in. broad. 



Somewhat resembling E. spicatum Hook, in its lax inflorescence. 



18. E. CAJANOIDES Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 314 ; Baker, I.e. ; Engler, 

 Hocluiehinis flora, 273. E. pohjstachyum E. Mey. Com. 130. E. flori- 

 bimdum, E. ntacrophi/Ilum, and E. incannm Klotzsch in Peters, Mos- 

 samb. Bot. 33, 34. EJn/ncJiosia cnjanoides Guill. & Perr. 7^7. Sene;/. 215. 



Hab. Upper Guinea : Senegambia, Perrottet, No. 215 ! Heiidelot, 

 No. 851! Sierra Leone, Smeathmanl Niger, Barter, No. 1119! 

 Cape Coast, Brans ! Abbeokuta, Dr. Irving ! Gambia, M. Park ! 

 Falaba, Scott Elliot, No. 5099! Nile Land: Nubia, Noer Binder 

 {fide Kotsehy). Djurland, ScJmeivfurth, Nos. 1980 ! 1548 ! Bongo- 

 land, Schweinfurth, No. 2674 ! Kilimanjaro, Dr. Meyer {fide Engler). 

 Kuwenzori District, Scott Elliot, No. 8078 ! Uganda, Scott Elliot, 

 No. 7285 ! Tanganyika Reg. Niomkolo, A. Carson ! Loiver Guinea : 

 Congo, Capt. Burton; Fr. Hens, No. 316 ! Chr. Smith I Angola, 

 Monteirol Chella Mts., H. H. Johnstonl Distr. Golungo Alto, 

 Welwitsch, No. 4095 ! Distr. Pungo Andongo, Welivitsch, No. 

 4115! Distr. Bumbo, Welwitsch, No. 4118 ! Distr. Huilla, Wel- 

 witsch, No. 4117! Mozambique Distr.: Mozambique, Dr. Peters. 

 Zambesi-land, Dr. Peters; Dr. Steivartl Shupanga, Dr. Kirkl 

 Moramballa, Dr. Kirkl Zanzibar Ins., Hildehrandt, No. 932! 

 Shire Highlands, Buchanan (1881), Nos. 109 ! 364!; (1891), No. 

 188 ! River-bank, Luabo, Livinqstone Exp. I South Africa : Natal, 

 Inanda, Wood, No. 1627 ! Port' Natal, Krauss, No. 64 ! Matabele 

 Country, Dr. Holub ! Crocodile River, Burke ! Also found in 

 Madagascar, Barun ! Hildehrandt, No. 3088 ! Humhint, No. 592 ! 

 Central Madagascar, Baron, No. 4720 ! Ste. Marie, Boivin, 

 No. 2702 ! 



