^34 REVISION OF tHE AFlllCAN SPE(JIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



solitary or ovules 2. Pods compressed, more or less shaggy with 

 somewhat tawny hairs, i in. long, ^-^ in. broad. Seeds 2 or 1, 

 compressed, oval, * in. long, i in. broad, dark brown, except the 

 pale hilum towards one end. 



Nearly related to Erioseiiia tuberosum Hochst., an Abyssinian 

 species. 



89. E. leucanthum Welw. MS., n. sp. Herba tomentoso- 

 pubescens, radice tuberosa tuberibus napiformibus, caulibus erectis 

 superne ramosis, foliis plerumque trifoliolatis, foliolis anguste ovali- 

 oblongis ad apicem mucronulatis utrinque tomentosis subtus aub- 

 sericeis, pedunculis axillaribus circiter 6-floris, pedicellis brevissimis, 

 floribus depressis, calyce profunde 5-lobato, sepalis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, vexillo externe pubescente, ovario 2-ovulato, legumine 

 oblongi'Orbiculari 2-spei-mo piloso. 



Hab. In hilly, almost bushy places near Lopollo, Distr, Huilla, 

 Angola; in flower and fiuit, December, 1859, ]Velicitsvh, No. -1099! 



A tomentose-pubescenfc herb, more or less tawny above, about 

 6 in. high (as represented in the specimens). Stems erect, branched 

 above, several from the crown of the root (down to which there are 

 indications of the older stems having been buint), j\ in. diam. 

 Root somewhat woody, knotty, sinuous, leading down to a napiforra 

 tuber. Leaves mostly trifoliolate, crowded near the tops of the 

 stem and branches ; common petiole ^-^ in. long ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, parallel-nerved, tomentose-pubesceut at the back, |-| in. long; 

 leaflets narrowly oval-oblong, rather obtusely pointed or rounded at 

 the apex, mucronulate, obtuse at the base, tomentose on both sides, 

 rather silvery beneath, H-2^ by ^-| in. broad, the terminal larger 

 than the lateral ones ; terminal petiolule j^-i in. long, the lateral 

 ones very short. Inflorescence axillary, dense, about 6-flowered. 

 Flowers yellowish white, f in. long, patent-nodding ; common 

 peduncle ^-li in. long ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 deeply 5-lobed, shaggy outside, glabrous inside ; lobes lanceolate- 

 acuminate. Petals all clawed ; standard obovate, not appendaged, 

 rather hairy at the back ; wings narrow ; keel curved, obtuse. 

 Ovary subsessile, densely pilose, 2-ovuled ; style elongate-filiform, 

 curved in the middle, somewhat compressed-dilated below the 

 capitate and thinly papillose stigma. Pod oblong-orbicular, i in. 

 long, ^ in. broad, shaggy; seeds 2. 



Nearly related to K. saliijiuim E. Meyer, a plant which I have 

 placed in group B, but which subsequent investigation may prove 

 to belong to the present series. 



40. E. terniflorum Hiern MS. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Herba 

 caulibus prostratis vel adscendentibiis ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 

 radice filipendula tuberosa, tuberibus angustis elongatis fusi- 

 formibus, foliis trifoliolatis brevissime petiolatis, foliolis ovalibus 

 vel ellipticis, lateralibus raro injequilateralibus quam foliolis 

 terminalibus minoribus, junioribus superne molliter pubescentibus 

 subtus nervis prominentibus ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pedunculis 

 quam ioliis longioribus axillaribus ferrugineo-pubescentibus pie- 

 rumque ad apicem 8-floris, pedicellis brevibus, calycis oblique 



