Deguelia] xliv. leguminosj5. 283 



at the base ; leaflets coriaceous, glossy, evergreen ; flowers white. In 

 the primitive forests of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta ; fl. 

 beginning of June 1856. No. 1878- 



3. D. nobilis Taub. in Bot. Centralbl. xlvii. p. 387 (1891). 



Derris nohilis Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 245. Pterocarirus 7iohilis 

 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 203. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An ample shrub, climbing to a considerable height, 

 25 ft. long in one case, rusty-tomentose generally except the older 

 stems and the petals ; the ultimate branchlets twining ; adult leaves 

 18 in. long, impari-pinnate ; leaflets 7 or 9 rarely 3, stipellate, ranging 

 up to 7 by 3 in., ovate-olong or elongate-obovate or -lanceolate, rounded 

 and more or less emarginate at the base, glabrescent and glossy above, 

 densely tomentose beneath ; flowers whitish, nearly | in. long (in the 

 dry state) ; bracteoles small, ovate-orbicular, ciliate, appressed to 

 the distinctly 4-toothed calyx ; standard obovate-oblong, cymbiform- 

 concave, not reflexed, somewhat hooded at the vertex, shortly auriculate 

 on both sides, subtending the larger calyx-tooth ; wings shorter than 

 the standard and keel, narrowly oblong, adhering to the keel above the 

 claw, furnished with a long subsulcate acuminate appendix ; keel 

 nearly straight, its petals obovate, slightly cohering at the back, append- 

 aged with a short triangular auricle ; vexillary stamen free at the base, 

 connate in the middle with the rest in a tube ; anthers uniform,, 

 versatile ; ovary substipitate, elongated, pilose, gradually passing into 

 the incurved style ; stigma rather small, terminal ; ovules few. In the 

 primitive forests of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta ; fl. August 

 and Sept. 1856. At Zenzas do Queta, in flower-bud, lasting in this 

 condition during three months, June 1856. No. 1890. An erect 

 shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, often with large leaves, but rarely flowering ; 

 branches few, rather patent. In moist spots on the exposed stony 

 slopes of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta facing towards the 

 river Luinha ; without fl. August 1856. No. 1890/a 



PuNGO Andongo. — A shrub climbing to a great height or decumbent 

 over rocks and covering them over an extensive surface ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate, coriaceous ; flowers white. In rocky places, at the 

 skirts of Mata do Pungo within the lines of fortification in company 

 with Hugonia Afzelii Br,, var. melanocalyx Welw. (Herb. No. 1586) ; 

 fr. Dec. 1856. No. 1891. 



4. D. brachyptera Taub. in Bot. Centralbl. xlvii. p. 386 (1891). 



Derris brachyptera Baker, I.e., p. 246. Pterocarjyus hrachypterus 

 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 203. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — An arborescent shrub, climbing to the height of 

 80 ft. (or in secondary thickets a shrub as tall as a man), obscuring by 

 the panicles of its whitish flowers the tree on which it grows ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate ; leaflets 3 to 7, opposite, tomentose beneath, ranging up 

 to 10 by 6^ in., truncate or emarginate or sub-bilobed at the apex, 

 stipellate ; flowers | in. long or more (in the dry state) ; calyx 

 puberulous ; standard a little shorter than the keel, densely bearded- 

 cilia te at the apex, cymbiform. In the dense forests of Cungulungulo 

 in brilliant fl. and young fr. Feb. 1855. No. 1889. A low shrub, 

 always barren when seen, perhaps young ; in secondary thickets 

 between Sange and Bango ; without fl. Nov. and Dec. 1854. No. 1889^>. 



The following three Nos. appear to belong to Deguelia or to a 

 genus of the same tribe ; but the pods of the first No. seem to be 

 dehiscent : — 



