176 FLORA OF PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA.  [Szss. uxx. 
the Dambulla Temple. Millettia caffra,-small tree, ‘hand- 
some flowers, rather common. This is one of the trees used 
by the Cafirs for knobkerries and walking-sticks ; the wood 
is very hard, heart-wood black. Millettia Sutherland I have 
also found. Sesbania aculeata, a common annual. Sesbania 
punctata, rather a showy flowering shrub. . Aschynomene 
uniflora, a shrubby plant, not uncommon.  Smithia sensitwa, 
a herbaceous annual, Arachis hypogea, ground nut. One of 
the common native food-products of all tropical countries. 
Commonly eaten after roasting the nuts. Good food for cattle 
and pigs, also poultry. Desmodium hirtum,an annual with 
red corolla, common. Desmodium incanum, grows more in 
the form of a shrub; flowers reddish. Desmodium Drege- 
anum also to be found. Pseuwdarthria Hookeri, small shrub, 
showy and free-flowering. Abrus precatorius and A. pulchellus, 
both common climbers overrunning the bushes and small 
trees, and showing up when the pods burst and display 
clusters of pretty scarlet seeds, with one black spot. The 
natives in India convert them into ornaments. Clitoria 
Ternatea, an exceedingly attractive climber, and very 
difficult to say where it is not to be found in the tropics. 
I have cultivated it as a trellis plant. Its name is appro- 
priate. Glycine javanica, abundant. Teramnus labialis, 
common on the coast. Erythrina caffra, a characteristic 
tree of the dry country, and the scarlet seeds are used as 
ornaments by the Cafirs. Erythrina Humei and £. tomentosa 
are both common on the coast. Owing to the thorny nature 
of the branches, they all form excellent fence plants. Cana- 
valia obtusifolia and C. ensiformis, both abundant, flowers 
fragrant. Phaseolus trinervivs, climbing annual, common. 
Vigna Burchellir, V. luteola, V. margimata,and V. vexillata 
are all to be found. Dolichos Lablab, very often cultivated in 
the fields with Sorghum vulgare. D. hiflorus and D. axillaris 
are to be found in the open ground. Ahynchosia minima, 
Rh. caribea, R. hirsuta can be identified in many places. 
Eriosema parvijlorum and E. cordatum are only recognised. 
Dalbergia armata.is the only species I haye seen on the 
coast. Baphia racemosa, a small shrub, not uncommon. 
Calpurnia lasiogyne, rather. a showy shrub, with bright 
yellow racemes. Sophora tomentosa, found: at certain places 
on the coast and islands. Cordyla africona, a large tree with 
