Tephrothamnus] xliv. leguminos.e. 205 



HuiLLA. — An undershrub scarcely a foot high, with numerous erect - 

 patent stems and branches and yellow flowers. In dry shortly-bushy 

 pastures in the Lopollo country ; fl. Dec. 1859. No. 2069. 



5. ADENOCARPUS DC. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 481. 



1. A. benguellensis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl.Trop. Afr.ii. p. 47. 



HuiLLA. — A slender shrub, 2 to 9 ft. high ; branches numerous, very 

 patent, twisted, slender, sub-capitate at the apex ; leaves ^ in. long ; 

 leaflets ^ to ^ in. long, rather obtuse ; stipules narrowly lanceolate, but 

 little adnate to the petiole ; flowers yellow. On the rocky parts of 

 Morro de Lopollo, up to an elevation of 5000 f t. ; fl. and fr. end of 

 March 1860. No. 1897. A shrub, 2 ft, high, with ascending branches. 

 In stony thickets near Mumpulla, sparingly ; fr. Oct. 1859. No. 1897&. 

 An arborescent shrub, 7 to 9 ft. high ; fr. May 1860. Coll. Carp. 54. 



6. TRIFOLIUM Toimief., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 487. 



1. T. polystachyum Fresen. in Flora xxii. p. 50 (1839); Baker 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 58. 



Yar. psoraleoides (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 



A loosely csespitose perennial herb ; stems decumbent-ascending, 

 branched, 1 to 2 ft. long ; leaflets oblanceolate-linear, acute or 

 apiculate at the apex, wedge-shaped towards the narrowly rounded 

 base, sharply spinulose-serrate, glabrous, very shortly petiolulate, 

 I to Ig in. long by J to i in. broad ; stipules sheathing for nearly 

 I in. the full length of the petiole ; spikes of flowers elongate- 

 ovoid, I to 1 in. long ; calyx-tube g in. long, calyx-lobes rather 

 longer, subulate ; corolla violet ; pods shortly pedicelled. 



HuiLLA. — Abundant in marshy grassy situations along streams about 

 Lopollo ; fl. Nov. 1859, fl. and fr. March and April 1860. No. 1902. 



2. T. subrotundum Steud. et Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, i. 

 n. 303, and in Flora xxiv. I. Intell. p. 32 (1841); Baker, I.e., p. 59. 



Trigonella marginata Hochst. et Steud. in Herb. Schimp. 

 Abyss, i. n. 64; Baker, I.e., pp. 50, 596. 



Var. /?. obcordatum Welw. ms. in Herb. 



A loosely csespitose stoloniferous perennial herb ; stems de- 

 cumbent, rooting, the flowering ones sub-erect; leaflets obcordate; 

 heads of flowers axillary, on long peduncles ; standard pale-purple ; 

 wings and the obtuse keel deep-purple ; pods mostly 2-seeded. 



HuiLLA. — Very abundant in marshy meadows and inundated places 

 throughout the plateau of Huilla ; at the banks of the river of 

 Lopollo ; fl. Nov. 1859. Around Lopollo and also at the lake Ivantala ; 

 fl. and fr. March and April 1860. No. 1901- In damp pastures along- 

 side streams near Mumpulla in company with species of Lobeliaceee 

 (Welw. Herb. Nos. 1144, 1146J) ; fl. Oct. 1859; a comparatively 

 stunted form ; No. 1901&. 



7. LOTUS Tournef., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 490. 



1 . L. mossamedensis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 62. 



MossAMEDES. — An annual herb, branched from the base ; branches 

 prostrate, spread in a stellate manner : leaves and calyces white-pilose ; 



