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C. ferruginea, Piper, sp. nov., OC. roseae, DC., affinis, 
sed habitu scandente et legumine ferrugineo distat. 
_ Herba scandens; caules teretes, dense deflexo-puberuli. 
Folia pinnatim trifoliolata ; stipulae lanceolatae, basi latiores, 
rubro-puberulae, caducae. Foliola membranacea, late ovata, 
apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, apiculata, basi rotundata, 
reticulata, utrinque parce praecipue subtus strigillosa, 7-15 em. 
onga, 4-10 cm. lata; petioluli carnosi, densissime ferrugine 
uberuli; stipellae lineari-lanceolatae et similiter sities: 
Racemi. 12- 20-flori; pedunculi robusti, ad 40 cm. longi, dense 
ferrugineo-reflexo-puberuli ; pedicelli brevissimi, basi glandula 
magna globosa instructi. Calyx campanulatus, dense adpresse 
ferrugineus, 15 mm. longus; labium superius latum, marginatum ; 
labium inferius parvum, dentibus 3 obtusis, late deltoideis, 
medio paullo longiore. Corolla rubella vel ‘purpureo-rubella, 
2-2°5 cm. longa. Vexillum obovatum, alte emarginatum, later- 
ibus reflexis, medio plicatum, basi bicallosum, obtuse bi-auri- 
culatum, ungue longo angusto. Alae carinis aequilongae, medio 
obtuse dentatae, basi inflexo-auriculatae, lamina unguibus bis 
longioribus. Carina lata, obtusa; petala apice libera, medio 
cohaerentia, basi anguste hamata, laminis unguibus bis longior- 
ibus. Stamina pistillo aequilonga, ad basem monadelpha. 
Ovarium dense breviter ferrugineo-tomentosum. Stylus subtus 
hirsutus; stigma terminale paullo obliquum. Legumen robuste 
pedicellatum, parce brunneo-puberulum, fere rectum, com- 
pressum, 15 cm. longum, 2-5 latum, rostro valido recurvato, 
juxta suturam superiorem utrinque costa contigua longitudinali 
instructum, costis a suturis 4-5 mm. distantibus, endocarpio 
valvis adhaerente. Semen ellipsoideum, compressiusculum, 
fulvum, micans, 16 mm. longum, 10 mm. latum, 8 mm, crassum ; 
hilum late lineare, nigrum, 10 mm. longum, anguste brunneo- 
marginatum. 
Tropicat Africa. Lake Nyasa; east shore, W. P. Johnson 
70; Nyasaland, J. Buchanan 1086; Moweh, Shire River, 
Dr. J. Kirk. 
Soutn Arrica. Transvaal; Barberton, #. EF. Galpin 866, 
Crocodile River Drift, a 2 cae 7734; Natal, W. T. Gerrard 304, 
Inanda, J. M. Wood 1 
16. C. Seating are sp. nov., Me roseae, DC., affinis, 
sed seminis figura et calyce strigilloso 
Herba annua, scandens, 1-plures m. ae omnino strigillosa ; 
caules teretes. Foliola membranacea; obscure reticulata, late 
ovata, apice acuta, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 10-13 cm. longa; 
petioluli carnosi, puberuli. Racemi circiter 10-flori. Calyx 
viridis, nigro-maculatus, strigillosus; labium superius emar- 
ginatus; labii inferioris dentes 3 late deltoidei, acuti, subaequales. 
Corolla purpurea. Alae carinam obtusam aequantes. Legumen 
lineare compressissimum, subrectum, strigillosum, 20-25 cm. 
longum, 4 cm. latum, rostro recurvo, costis a sutura superiore 
5 mm. distantibus. Semina circiter 10, ellipsoidea, compres- 
