58 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). [Trifolium. 



the stem, reaching up quite to the base of the leaf, the free points lan- 

 ceolate-setaceous. Leaflets sessile, 1—1 J in. long-, 1 line broad, nar- 

 rowed to both ends, firm and subrigid, teeth sharp. Flowers in dense 

 rounded stalked heads J— § in. broad. Peduncles 1—2 in. long, downy. 

 Calyx nearly sessile, J in. long, glabrous, teeth linear- subulate, reach- 

 ing halfway down. Corolla purplish, nearly twice as long as the 

 calyx.— A. "Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 171. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 8000 ft., Mann I Cameroon Mountains, 7000 ft., 

 Mann! Old Calabar, Kewan! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others. 



15. T. polystachyum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 50. Stem 1-2 ft. 

 long, copiously and diffusely branched, glabrous. Stipules J in. long, 

 reaching up to the base of the leaves and sheathing the free points 

 linear. Leaflets subsessile, oblanceolate, |— § in. long, £-§ in. broad, 

 finely sharply toothed, apex rounded or slightly pointed. Flowers in 

 stalked oblong heads finally 6-12 lines long. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, 

 glabrous or slightly pilose. Pedicels very short. Calyx 2— 2 J lines 

 deep, 10-nerved, slightly hairy, the teeth linear-subulate, reaching 

 halfway down, the two upper ones shorter than the rest. Corolla pur- 

 plish, about a third as long again as the calyx. Pod oblong-acumi- 

 nate, 1-2-seeded, equalling the tube. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 167. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 



Lower Guinea. Angola ; Huilla (a variety with a slightly longer calyx and more 

 setaceous teeth), Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Lat. 6°'38, S., alt. 4700 ft., Spehe and Grant! 



16. T. Ruppellianum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 51. Stem erect, 

 branched, slightly pilose. Stipules broad, veined, the free points lanceo- 

 late, acuminate or cuspidate. Petioles 1—1 \ in. long, leaflets obovate- 

 cuneate, apiculate, toothed, glabrous. Flowers in rounded stalked 

 heads, peduncles slightly pilose, longer than the leaves. Calyx 10- 

 nerved, glabrous, the teeth subulate, equal, slightly hairy below, at 

 first a little hooked^ longer than the tube, shorter than the corolla. — 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 170. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ruppell. 



17. T. bilineatum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 52. Annual, stem her- 

 baceous, erect or suberect, 1 ft. or more long, densely clothed with 

 spreading or deflexed pale silky hairs. Stipules \ in. long, half adnate, 

 the free points lanceolate. Petioles 1 in. or more, leaflets subsessile, 

 nearly glabrous, oblong-cuneate, about f in. long by half as broad, the 

 teeth and veins towards the edge very distinct. Flowers in dense 

 rounded heads § in. broad. Peduncles 1 in. or more lung, pilose like 

 the stem. Calyx subsessile, \ in. long, silky, faintly 10-nerved, the 

 teeth linear-subulate, reaching halfway down, the lowest longer than 

 the rest. Corolla reddish, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod ovoid, 

 1-seeded.— A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. 170. 



Nile Land. Abyssiuia, Ruppell. Schimper! Plowden! 



