236 EEVISION OF THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ERIOSEMA. 



the longer hirsute hairs, the acute leaflets, and the more numerously 

 flowered inflorescence. 



The widely distributed E. chlneme Vog., including E. viniatiwi, 

 also belongs to this group. 



J. Caulis erectus parce ramosus. Folia simplicia coriacea. 

 Flores in racemos axillares et subsessiles dispositi. Petala 6-7 liu. 

 longa. 



42. E. EixiPTicuM Welw. MS. ex Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 227. 



Hab. Highlands of Huilla, Angola, alt. 4000 ft., WehvUsch, 

 No. 4102! 



K. Caulis erectus. Kami dense griseo-pubescentes. Folia 

 trifoliolata subcoriacea. Flores in racemos terminales dispositi. 

 Bracteae lanceolatfe. Petala f-f poll, longa. 



43. E. MuxiRiA Welw. MS. ex Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 229. Mn.vuia 

 utUis Welw. Ajxmt. 573 (1859). 



Hab. Angola, Distr. Pungo Audongo, IVdwitsch, No. 4094 ! 

 Petals almost blue or violet variegated with yellow and purple. 

 Native name, "Muxiri" or "Mugiri." 



L. Caiiles erecti ramosi. Folia trifoliolata. Flores speciosi 

 vel subspeciosi ^ ad fere 1 poll, longi. Bracte;e ovatie vel ovato- 

 acuminatffi vel lanceolata3 cuspidatfe |-^ poll, longte. 



* Corolla quam calyx paullo longior. 



44. E. ROBUSTUM Baker I.e. 229 ; Engler, llodujebiiuisjiora, 273. 

 Hab. Abyssinia, Parlnjua ! Amba Harres, Schinqjer (1803-8), 



Nos. 441 ! 807 ! 



*'" Corolla quam calyx duplo longior. 



45. E. FLEMiNGioiDEs Baker I. c. ; Oliver in Speke & Grant, Bot. 

 t. 34. 



Hab. Nile Land, Madi, Speke d- Grant \ Bongolund, Duggu, 

 Schwehi/urth, No. 57 ! 



The plants collected by Dr. Welwitsch in Angola, Nos. 4111, 

 4112, and 4113, will probably have to be referred to the above 

 species; and No. 4116, with narrower and smaller leaflets, may 

 perhaps be a variety of the same. 



*/ Corolla quam calyx triplo longior. 



46. E. sPECiosuM Welw. MS. ex Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 230. 

 Hab. Angola, Prov. Huilla, Welwitsch, No. 4103. 



Planta? mihi solum ex descriptionibus notte. 



47. E. iNsiGNE 0. Hofim. in Lrniicca, xliii. 128. 

 Hab. Angola, Malange. 



" Eamis omnibus in racemos multifloros desinentibus." Corolla 

 1-2 cm. 



48. E. PAUciFLORUM Klotzscli in Peters, lUise nacli Muasamb, i. 

 31 ; Baker I. c. 226. 



Hab. Zambesi-laud, Sena, Dr. Peters, 



