KEViSION of the AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERJOSEMA. 231 



38. E. Schweinfurthii, n. sp. Caulis licrbaceus erectus e 

 radice tuberosa ortus, tubere ovoidco in colluiu angustato, foliis 

 simplicibus angusti-lanceolatis coriaceis quam latitudine sua 8-16ies 

 longioribus discoloribus apice apiculatis superne la^vibus subtus 

 griseo-canescentibus, stipulis lanceolatis oppositifoliis, floribus dense 

 vel subdense racemosis, pedunculis qnam foiiis multo brevioribus 

 giiseo pubescentibus 4-12-floris, calyce oblique campanulato griseo- 

 liirsuto, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, vexillo obovato emarginato, 

 vexillo carinaque externe pubescentibus, legumine niihi ignoto. 



Hab. Djur-land, Grosse Seriba Gliattas, SchweinJ'urth, Nos. 

 2308, 1797 ! 



A very marked species, easily recognisable amongst its allies by 

 the very long narrow lanceolate subsessile leaves. 



Stem erect, herbaceous, 3-4 in. high, slightly channelled, 

 springing from a tuberous root. Tuber woody, ovoid at the base, 

 narrowing upwards into a neck slightly over 2 in. long, f in. broad 

 at the broadest part. Leaves simple, coriaceous, subsessile, narrow- 

 lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, |-1 in. broad, thus 8-10 times longer than 

 broad, apex apiculate, smooth above, grey canescent below ; main 

 vein prominent below ; lateral veins subprominent, forming together 

 with smaller veins a fine reticulation. Stipules lanceolate, leaf 

 opposed, 6-7 lines long. Flowers closely racemose, patent or 

 slightly erecto-patent at ends of peduncles, which are i-f in. long; 

 peduncles grey pubescent, 4- to about 12-flowered. Petals about 

 f in. long. Calyx obliquely campanulate, externally covered with 

 grey hairs. 



I have named this species in honour of Dr. Schweinfurth, the 

 collector of several of the strikmg novelties described in this paper. 



34. E. cyclophyllum AVelw. MS., n. sp. Herba radice 

 tuberosa filipendala pluricipite, caulibus flexuosis subcaespitosis 

 angulatis pubescentibus pilosis prostrato-adscendentibus, foliia 

 orbicularibus subcoriaceis subsessilibus apice apiculatis basi cor- 

 datis utrinque pubescentibus, stipulis lanceolatis striatis, racemis 

 axillaribus 6-10-floris, floribus subdepressis aurantiaco-purpu- 

 rascentibus, calycis tubo campanulato externe pubescente dentibus 

 triangularibus acutis quam tubo longioribus, leguminibus late 

 oblongis rufo-villosis 2-spermis, spermis nigrescentibus. 



Hab. In short, bushy, rather stony pastures about Lopollo, 

 Distr. Huilla, Angola, but not at all common ; in flower and fruit 

 in December, 1859, Wdicitsch, No. 4096 ! 



A pubescent herb, about 6 in. high ; rootstock branched, with 

 napiform tubers suspended by wiry branches. Stems subcfespitose, 

 prostrate-ascending, rather slender. Leaves simple orbicular, mu- 

 cronate, deeply cordate at the base, chartaceous, sparingly pubescent 

 or nearly glabrate above, pubescent at least on the veins beneath, 

 1-lf in. ; petiole j^y-^ in., pubescent. Stipules ovate, pubescent, 

 parallel-nerved, ^ in. long. Inflorescence axillary and subterminal ; 

 peduncles 1-1^ in. long, tawny-pubescent ; racemes dense, spike- 

 like, ^-1 in. long. Flowers nodding, orange-purplish, f in. long, 

 subsessile. Calyx ventricose-campanulate, pubescent outside, gla- 

 brous inside, half as long as the Hower, 5-clelt; the 2 upper lobes 



