146 REVISION OF THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



15. E. LONGEPEDUNcuLATUM A. Ricli. Fl. Ahijss, \. 226; Baker, 

 I. c. 1'2n ; Engler, HoclujehirgHjiora , 273. Rhynchosia lowjepedunculata 

 Hochst in Schimp. Uh. Abyss. No. 925. 



Hab. Abyssinia, " in cacumine mentis Scbolota," Schimper, 

 1^0, 925 ! Amba Harres mid Addi Bachdanit, Schiwper (1862), No. 

 |t40 ! Sm-ajata, urn 2700 m., Schimper (1862), No. 440. 



16. E. Kraussianum Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 91; 

 Harvey in Fl. Cnpensis ii. 261. 



Hab. Grassy places at foot of the Tafelberg, Port Natal, Krauss, 

 No. 474 ex parte! Grassy places, Mooi River, Natal, alt. 4000 ft., 

 No. 757! Kaffraria, pMinr, No. 253! Basuto-land, T. Cooper, 

 No. 2186 ! Natal, nr, Murchison, J. M. Wood, No. 3099 ! East 

 Griqualand, Kokstadt, IF. Tyson, No. 1534! 



Stems erect, angular, 6-8 in. high. Leaflets 1-1^ in. long, 

 oblanceolate or oblong. Peduncles axillary, 4-6 in. long, sometimes 

 rather more, many-flowered. Calyx 2|-8 lines long, covered 

 externally with rufous pubescence. Petals yellow. 



17. E. ramosum, n. sp. Suffrutex vel fruticulus. Caule 

 erecto elato virgato ramoso angulato pnBcipue superne brunneo- 

 pubescente, stipulis lanceolatis, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis angusti- 

 ovatis vel oblongis, apice acutis et mucronatis fere concoloribus' 

 penniuervatis, foliolis lateralibus sequilateralibus vel fere fequi- 

 lateralibus, floribus racemosis, pedunculis axillaribus et terminali- 

 bus, floribus patentibus vel subdepressis, calyce campanulato 

 externe ferrugineo-pubescente dentibus ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis, pe talis luteis calyce longioribus, legumine dense ferrugineo- 

 villoso. 



Hab. Angola, Prov. Huilla, in dumetis pascuorum de Morro 

 de Lopollo, Welxcitsch, No. 4116 ! 



Stem suffruticose, erect, branched, angled, especially above 

 covered with ferruginous or incano-ferruginous pubescence, 1^-2 ft. 

 high, possibly more. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets narrow, ovate or 

 oblong or oblong-ovate, 1^-lf in. long, about -J- in. broad, mucrouate 

 at the apex, rounded at the base, penninerved ; lateral leaflets 

 equal-sided or almost equal-sided; petiolules short, pubescent, 

 about the same length or slightly shorter than the main petiole. 

 Flowers patent or slightly depressed, in dense terminal and axillary 

 racemes ; pedicels very short ; calyx externally ferruginous, pubes- 

 cent, about 1 in. long, segments ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 about as long as the tube ; petals yellow, longer than the calyx, 

 standard oblanceolate, pubescent externally, wings keeled, auricled. 

 Legume when young densely covered with ferruginous-villose hairs, 

 flat, 2-seeded. 



This plant is allied to F. Kraussianum Meissn., from Natal. 

 The flowers are in dense terminal and axillary racemes, the calyx 

 is externally covered with ferruginous pubescence, and the i)etals 

 are short. 



18. E. Zeyheri E. Mey. Com. 129 (1835-1837). F. squarrosum 

 Walp. in Linnaa, xiii. 686 (1839). F. rcticulatum /3. canescens 

 Meissn. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 80. Hedysarum squarrosum Thunb. 

 Fl. Cap. 595. Desniodium sqiiarrositm DC. Prod. ii. 333. 



