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non ciliatus. Corolla glabra, lutea; vexillum 7 mm. longum; 
alae 7-5 mm. longae; carina 6 mm. longa. Ovariwm glabrum, 
dorso ciliatum, stylo 2 mm. longo glabro. Legumen stipitatum, 
1-2-articulatum, articulis 6-7 mm. longis 5 mm. latis semi- 
circularibus compressis glabris marginibus incrassatis. 
TropicaL ArricA. South-eastern Congo:  Elisabethville, 
F.. A, Rogers 26159, 26161. 
Adenodolichos nanus, V. 2. Brown [Leguminosae-Phaseoleae] ; 
. pachyrhizo, De Wild., affinis, sed — et floribus majoribus 
et racemis et pedicellis brevioribus differ 
Caules ad 1 dm. (vel ultra?) longi, Ss glabri, internodiis 
)-5-1 em. longis. Folia alterna, trifoliolata : petioli 4-9 em. 
longi; foliola 5-9-5 cm. longa, 3-5-5 cm. lata, rhomboideo- 
ovata, lateralia obliqua, basi obtusa, apice obtusissima vel 
emarginata, supra glabra, subtus glabra glandulis minutis 
aurantiacis parce conspersa, margine et venis prominentibus 
et parce pubescentibus. Racemi ad nodus ramulorum aphyllorum 
2-3 em. longorum subsolitarii, 9-15 cm. longi, pedicellis et 
calycibus glanduloso- pubescentibus. Bracteae 4 mm. longae, 
anguste lanceolatae, acutae, pubescentes. Pedicelli 3-5 mm. 
longi. - Bracteolae 1-2 mm. longae, subulatae. Calycis tubus 
4mm. longus; lobi 5 mm. longi, lanceolati vel oblongo-lanceolati, 
acuti, duo superiores ad medium connati. Corolla f om. 
longa, glabra, atroviolacea. Ovariwm puberulum, eglandulosum, 
stylo glabro apice unilateraliter dense piloso 
TropicAL Arrica. South-eastern Conve Elisabethville, 
F. A, Rogers 26212. 
The leaves of this plant, being erect, rise to the level of or 
overtop the stem, and seem large for the size of the plant. 
Alistilus, NV. £. Brown [{Leguminosae-Phaseoleae]; genus 
novum affine Dolicho, Linn., sed stylo plano et bialato superne 
dilatato glabro, stigmate truncato, et foliolis lobatis differt. 
Calyx ebracteatus, campanulatus, breviter 5-dentatus, dente 
infimo acuto, ceteris rotundatis vel obtusis. Vezillum orbicu- 
latum apice brevissime bilobum, basi bicallosum. Alae prope 
basin gibbositate oblonga instructae, nec hamatae. Carina 
incurvata, obtusissima. Stamina ad medium monadelpha, basi 
et apice diadelpha, unico libero basi intra appendiculato. 
Ovarium lineare, 5-ovulatum. Stylus abrupte inflexus, planus, 
hialatus, obcuneatus, I cenit stigmate terminali truncato glabro. 
ilus us, V. H. Brown; species unica. Herba 
procumbens. Cazles teretes, ad 3 mm. diametro, puberuli, 
internodiis 3-7 em. longis. Folia trifoliolata, stipellata ; petiolus 
2-4 cm. longus, teres, supra canaliculatus, puberulus; foliola 
3-6 cm. longa, 2-5-7 cm. lata, utrinque parce puberula, marginibus 
minute et dense ciliatis; foliola lateralia rhomboideo-biloba, lobo 
exteriore rotundato, lobo interiore acuto; foliolum medium 
deltoideum acutum; stipulae 5-6 mm. longae, ovatae, acutae, 
nervosae, puberulae. Pedunculi erecti, 1-5-2-4 dm. lon ngi, 
