228 REVISION OF THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



do Golimgo, Welwitsch, No. 4104 ! Distr. Arabaca, Wehvitsch, No. 

 4105 ! Bongo-land, near Gir, Schweinfnrth, Nos. 1386, 1388 ! 



A copiously-branched shrub, densely clothed with grey pubes- 

 cence. Root thick, woody. 



D. Caules erecti vel suberecti ramosi. Eami ferrugineo-pubes- 

 centes. Folia trifoliolata. Flores dense capitato-congesti. Bractese 

 iis E. grisei minores. 



25. E. GLOMERATUM Hook. f. 7*7. Xii/r. 313 ; Baker, I. c. Glycine 

 riifa Sebum, et Thonn. PI. Guin. 344. Bhynchosia (/lomemta Guill. 

 &"Perr. Fl. Senc;/. 216. E. rufitm Baill. in Ada7is. vi. 226. E. <jra- 

 eile Klotzsch in Peters, Mossanih. Bot. 35. 



Hab. Senegambia, Heudelot, Nos. 682 ! 758 ! 752 ! Gaboon, 

 Soyau.v, No. 402 ! Mann, No. 1005 ! Sierra Leone, Afzrlins ! 

 Sitieathman ! Near Mahela, Scott Elliot, No. 3948 ! Cape Coast, 

 Brass \ Niger, JJarterl Voyeil Congo, Hens, Nos. 33 & 277! 

 Congo, below Stanley Pool, H. H. Johnston ! Congo, Chr. Smith ! 

 Consul Burton ! Monbuttu Land, Schweinfurth, No. 3414 ! Angola, 

 Distr. Congo, Welwitsch, No. 4109 ! Distr. Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 

 Nos. 4107 ! 4108 ! Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk ! Hildehrandt, No. 934 ! 



Var. ft. ELONGATUM Baill. in Adans. vi. 227 (ad not.). 



Hab. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



Yar. y. ALBiDUJi. Bhynchosia i/lomerata Guill. & Perr. var. alhida 

 Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senerj. 216. Foliis pube sericea albida utrinque 

 onustis. 



Hab. Senegal, Berrotet, No. 214 ! Herb. Mus. Brit. 



26. E. sERicEUM Baker /. c. 226. 



Hab. Niger Country ; Angiama, Barter \ 



E. sericeuin of Ecklon & Zeyher's Enumeration, 256, must, 

 I think, be referred to Bhynchosia Orthodanum Benth. 



E. Caulis erectus virgatus. Folia 3-5-foliolata. Foliola an- 

 gustissima latitudine sua 20-30ies longiora. Flores sparsim 

 racemosi parvi. 



27. E. linifolium, n. sp. Caulis erectus virgatus subligneus 

 inferne teres superne paullo angulatus, foliis 3-5-foliolatis, foliolis 

 longissimis anguste lanceolatis quam latitudine sua 20-30ies longi- 

 oribus, ad extremitates atteuuatis coriaceis discoloribus superne 

 viridibus laevibus subtus albo-pubescentibus, petiolis petiolulisque 

 brevissimis, floribus racemosis depressis vel subdepressis, racemis 

 terminalibus laxifloris, calyce externe flavo-virido-pubescente, 

 sepalis triangularibus acutis vel acuminatis duobus superioribus 

 brevioribus, leguminibus irregulariter obovatis. 



Hab. Niaraniam Laud, Bendo, Schireinfurth, No. 3888 ! Bongo 

 Land, Gir, Schweinfurth, No. 2161! Djurland, Schweinj'urth, No. 

 1976! 



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

 above, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets very loug, 

 5-7 in. by i-^ iu. broad, narrow lanceolate-acuminate, and also 

 tapering to the base, coriaceous, smooth and green above, whitish 

 pubescent below. Petiole aud petiolules very short. Stipules 



