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the underside of the leaves ; it differs also from D. Icetissimus by shorter 

 not acuminate leaflets, denser inflorescence and smaller flowers. 



9. D. debilis. 



Rhynchosia debilis G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 347 (1832); Baker, 

 I.e., p. 222. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A widely but not high climbing herb ; flowers 

 yellowish, variegated with deep violet-purple lines. Sporadic, in the 

 wooded thickets of Quibanga ; fl. and fr. June 1856. No. 4073. 



10. D. violaceus Hiern, sp. n. 



A twining widely climbing herb, sometimes prostrate ; stems 

 softly grey-hirsute, terete ; leaves trif oliolate, somewhat pubescent ; 

 petiole ^ to 2| in. long ; stipules lanceolate, | in. long, somewhat 

 pubescent outside, nearly glabrous inside ; terminal leaflet broadly 

 orbicular-ovate, narrowed to an acute or acuminate apex, truncate 

 or obtusely narrowed or subcordate at the base, membranous, 

 entire, scattered with minute glands, dull green above, paler 

 beneath, with short hairs at least on the veins beneath, 1| to 3| in. 

 long and broad, on a petiolule of | to 1 in. ; lateral leaflets unequal- 

 sided, otherwise similar to and about as long as the terminal one, 

 on short petiolules ; stipels very small, setaceous, near the apex at 

 a bend of the terminal petiolule, also at the base of the lateral 

 ones, deciduous ; racemes axillary or lateral, many-flowered, simple 

 or divided, (including a peduncle of 1^ to 3 in.) 4 to 9 in. long, 

 puberulous ; pedicels very short; bracteoles sub-linear, deciduous; 

 flowers violet-blue and variegated with yellow, ^ in. long, deflexed ; 

 calyx i in. long, scattered with short hairs, tube ^ in. long, teeth 

 ovate, the lowest somewhat prolonged, the upper two connate half 

 way ; standard hairy on the back ; petals of the keel | in. long, 

 with a long claw at the base ; wing-petals shorter, clawed at the 

 base, adhering at the middle to the keel, with a spur a little 

 below the middle ; style glabrous towards the apex, exceeding the 

 andrcecium ; ovary densely hirsute with pallid hairs ; pods pendulous, 

 crowded, oblong, rather widened above the middle, pointed at 

 the apex to the base of the often persistent style, hirsute with 

 rigid pilose hairs glistening with gold colour and having a glandular 

 base, 1 in. long by ^ in. broad ; seeds 2. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — At the bushy margins of palm-groves along the 

 banks of the streams Delamboa and Gate, not abundant ; fl. and fr. end 

 of May 1856 ; also one specimen in wooded ithickets among the moun- 

 tains of Queta, fl. end of June 1856. No. 4080. Catomba, Luinha, 

 fl. July 1856. No. 4081. 



11. D. luteolus Hiern, sp. n. 



Stems diffuse or scandent, more or less pubescent and glandular, 

 terete ; leaves trif oliolate, somewhat pubescent ; petiole 2 to 3 in. 

 long ; stipules ovate, | in. long, pubescent outside, glabrous inside ; 

 terminal leaflet broadly orbicular-ovate, narrowed to an acute 

 apex, somewhat cordate at the base, entire, membranous, softly 

 pubescent especially on the veins beneath, scattered with small 

 glands, 2 to 4 in. long and broad, on a petiolule of | to 1 in. ; 

 lateral leaflets unequal-sided, otherwise similar to and about as 



