.148 EEVISION OF THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



Queen's Kiver, alt. 2300 ft., E. E. Galinn,^o. 1138! Tropical 

 South Africa, T. Baines\ Zambesi, Lcsliumo Valley, Dr. Holub, 

 No. 499 ! Mt. Milanji, A. Whytel 



A plant collected by Schweinfurtli in Niamniam-land, No. 2908, 

 <will probably have to be referred to this species. 



23. *E. andongense Hiern MS. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Eadice 

 li^nea, caulibus erectis elatis plus niinusve brunneo-hirsutis, 

 stipulis lanceolatis, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis oblongis sfBpissime 

 obtusis et apiciilatis ad basin obtusis vel rotundatis fere con- 

 coloribus prfecipue subtus molliter brunneo-pubescentibus, foliolis 

 lateralibus infequilateralibus, petiolis petiolulisque brunneo-hirsutis, 

 floribus capitato-racemosis, calyce petalis subnequilongis, sepalis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis tubo longioribus, legumine oblongo ap- 

 planato oblique apiculato sericeo-villoso. 



Hab. Angola, Distr. Pungo Andongo. In wooded pastures at 

 Sansamanda, Pedras de Guinga, in flower and fruit in April, 1857, 

 Welwitsch, No. 4119! 



The following plant, with yellow flowers, is much like this 

 • species in general appearance, but differs by having rather larger 

 flowers and shorter calyx. 



Distr. Huilla. In thickets annually burnt near Humpata, in 

 the descent from Morro de Lopollo ; sparingly in flower and fruit 

 in December, 1859, Welwitsch, No. 4120. 



Eootstock woody. Stems several, woody at the base, about 

 If ft. high, tawny with hirsute tomentum above, leafy. Leaves 

 trifoliolate ; petiole i-^ in. long, hairy like the stem ; leaflets 

 oblong, mostly obtuse and apiculate at the apex, obtuse or rounded 

 at the base, subcoriaceous, ^-f in. long, ^—§ in. broad, pubescent 

 and with depressed venation on the upper surface, subtomentose on 

 the under surface, the terminal leaflet on a petiolule of ^-^ in., 

 which is usually bent near the apex, lateral leaflets unequal at the 

 base, subsessile, rather smaller than the terminal leaflet. Stipules 

 lanceolate, gradually setaceous towards the apex, hairy at the back, 

 glabrous and striate within, f in. long ; stipules or fugacious. 

 Inflorescence dense, pedunculate, in the upper axils, subcapitately 

 racemose, about f-1 in. diam. ; peduncles hairy like the stem, 

 1-2 in. long. Flowers i? in. long, subsessile or sessile. Calyx as 

 long as the corolla, deeply 5-lobed, densely shaggy outside, glabrous 

 inside, lobes all narrowly linear-lanceolate, gradually setaceous 

 towards the apex. Pods 2-seeded, compressed, f in. long, | in. 

 .broad, shaggy outside ; seeds f in. long, f in. broad. 



This species is closely allied to the preceding, E. oblnnr/um 

 Beuth. The stem, however, is longer, the leaflets rather larger, 

 inclined to be more pointed. If it should be found to be advisable 

 to consider it as only a variety, it may be called var. andongense. 



(To be continued.) 



* In the case of this plant, and the other Welwitschian novelties to be 

 described, the English portions of the descriptions have been drawn up by Mr. 

 W. P. Hiern. 



