366 
Racemi laterales, densi, circiter 2-5 cm. longi, conspicue bracteati ; 
bracteae ovato-orbiculares, rigide cuspidato-acuminatae, circiter 
8 mm. longae, et 4 mm. latae, nervosae, ciliatae; bracteae 
oblique ovatae, acuminatae, 7 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae; pedi- 
celli 3 mm. longi, pubescentes. Calyx bilabiatus, ciliatus, labio 
superiore ad medium bilobato 1 cm. longo, 5 mm. lato, labio 
inferiore profunde trilobato lobis lateralibus planis intermedio 
cymbiforme 1-3 cm. longo ciliato-apiculato. Petala coerulea; 
vexillum obovatum, late emarginatum, apice ciliato-mucronatum, 
1-4 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum; alae oblique obovato-oblongae, 
superne parve ciliatae, 1-2 cm. longae et 4 mm. latae; carina 
1-4 em. longa, apice minute denticulata. Ovariwm 2-ovulatum, 
sericeo-tomentosum, stylo gracile inferne laxe piloso. Fructus 
ignotus. 
- NorrHern Niceria. Naraguta, in open grass and amongst 
rocks, 2 Aug., 1921, perennial about 4-5 ft. high, branching from 
oe stems, flowers bright prussian blue, HV. Lely 
No. 
This is the first species of Smithia recorded from Nigeria, 
and it finds its nearest relative in the Mascarene and South 
East Tropical African (Nyasaland and Rhodesia) Smithia Ses 
Benth. Details of the floral structure are shown in figure 
Stylosanthes erecta, P. Beawv.; F.T.A. ii. 156. 
Bichikki, 2000 ft., 17 May, 4-2 ft., No. 178. 
Zornia diphyila, Pers.; F.T.A. ii. 158; Holland, 
Nabardo, 2300 ft., 20 ici 6-12 ‘ins., fwak greenish, 
No. 205 
Desmodium dimorphum, Welw.; F.T.A. ii 
Naraguta, ee rocks, 8 Aug. ; es 5 ‘ft. high, flowers 
mauve, No. 
Distrib.—From mee across the Zambesi Basin into Usambara ; 
this is the first record from Upper Guinea. 
odium gangeticum, DC., F.T.A. ii. 
Baradau, 3000 a 3 May, 1-14 ft. high, flowers pink, and 
in fruit, No. 
odium lasi C.; F.T.A. ii. 
Naraguta, in grasslands, 20 rae : =e plant 3 ft. high, 
with pale flowers, No. 
ascendens, DET WT A, i. 102, 
“eran haee 18 ins., flowers red, No. 18. 
Lemme, 2600 ft., 7 May, No. 147. 
Distrib—West Africa generally and in East Tropical Africa; 
occurs also in the West Indies and Eastern Brazil. 
Desmodium mauritianum, DC.; F.T.A. ii. 
Plains between Hepham and meray 1800 ik, 5 July, 9 ins. 
high, flowers dark red, No. 3 
