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Fructus reflexus, pipet tp rectus, fere 1-5 cm. longus, appresse 
strigoso-pubescen 
TROPICAL Ae Northern Nigeria: Kontagora, in bush 
after burning, 7 Jan. 1906, J. M. re 27; Jos, 20 March, 
A. W. Hill 4; Naraguta, H. V. Lely 
mat ies pulchra, Vahl; F.T.A. i. 76; Baker f. in Journ. Bot. 
1903, 
ie . & young fr. 21 March, No. 5 
Widely distributed in North and West Tropical Africa; 
According to Dalziel, used with grass in thatching; vernacular 
** Baki-bunu. 
Alysicarpus rugosus, DC.; F.T.A. i. 171. 
Zaria, No. 36. 
Sphenostylis Schweinfurthii, arms in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvi, 
09. 
Naraguta, fls. yellow, No. 26. 
Extends from Kontagora (Dalziel nos. 15, 402) to the Seriba 
Ghattas in the South Eastern Sudan. Vernacular “ Waken 
kurege ”’ (Dalziel). 
Dolichos Lelyi, Hutchinson, sp. nov. [Papilionaceae-Phaseo- 
leae]; affinis D. Schweinfurthii, Harms, sed foliolis maturis 
lineari- or acutis stipulis deciduis calyce subaequaliter 
lobato differ 
Caules dat ices circiter 3 dm. alti, conspicue flexuosi, plus 
minusve compressi et prominenter costati, pilosi vel fere glabri, 
internodiis 4-7 cm. longis. Folia sub anthesi immatura, trifolio- 
lata, subsessilia vel breviter petiolata, foliolis subaequalibus 
lineari-lanceolatis basi angustatis apice acutis 13-16 cm. longis 
1-2 cm. latis marginibus undulatis prominenter  trinervis 
utrinque parce pubescentibus; petioli usque ad 1-5 em. longi, 
basi tumidi; petioluli 4 mm. longi, crassi; stipulae deciduae, 
lanceolatae, acutae, circiter 1 cm. longae, costatae; stipellae 
persistentes, subulatae, 2-2-5 mm. longae. Flores axillares, 
fasiculati, 3—5—nati; pedicelli graciles, usque ad 2 cm. longi, 
glabri vel pilosi; bracteolae sub calyce duae, oppositae, subu- 
latae, 1 mm. longae, glabrae.. Calyx oblique campanulatus ; 
tubus 5 mm. longus, glaber, lobo dorsale triangulari- -lanceolato 
pubescente ceteris ‘late: triangularibus acutis circiter 1-5 mm. longis 
Bolne: Corolla violacea, 3 cm. longa; vexillum suborbiculare, 
2 cm. latum, extra minute maculatum; alae carina subaequales. 
Ovarium glabrum; stylus stramineus, basin versus incrassatus, 
stigmate terminale pilis violaceis cireumdato. Legumen 5-6 cm. 
longum, sicco nigrum, marginibus laxe pilosis exceptis glabrum. 
. Semina suborbicularia, 7 mm. lata, nitida, obscure venosa. 
TropicaL Arrica. Northern ea pag Naraguta, in clumps, 
H. V. Lely 44; Naraguta, A. W. Hill 2 
Vigna violacea, Hutchinson, sp. nov. [Papilionaceae-Phaseo- 
leae]; affinis V. pubigerae, Baker, et V. Kotschyi, Schweinf., ab 
