Herminiera.] xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). 145 



Upper Guinea. Senearambia, Perrottet 1 Heudelot ! Leprieur ! Guinea, Barter ! 



Nile Land. Banks of White Nile, Dr. Brownell! Petherickl Speke and Grant! 



Lower Guinea. Angola and Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk I Dr. Meller 1 



Grows in or near water. Very ornamental, from its large bright-coloured flowers. 



" The ' Ambash,' or pith, tree of the Nile, from 3° to 8° N. lat. Natives use its light 

 logs to assist them in swimming across the river. It grows so rapidly that in three 

 years it almost choked up the channel of the Bahr el Gazelle." — Grant. 



H. excelsa, Kotschy, from the "White Nile country, and H. humilis, Kotschy, from 

 Sennaar, are known to us by name only. 



37. ^SCHYNOMENE, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 515. 



Calyx deeply bilabiate, the divisions entire or shortly toothed. 

 Standard roundish with a short claw ; wings obovate-oblong, about 

 equal to the standard ; keel more or less incurved. Staminal tube slit 

 either below or both below and above ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 stalked, 1-2- or multiovulate ; style incurved beardless ; stigma ter- 

 minal. Pod stalked, the articulations finally separating, smooth or 

 muricated on the flat or slightly convex faces. — Undershrubs or herbs 

 with usually very numerous crowded small more or less sensitive 

 leaflets and fugacious flowers. 



A middle-sized genus, belting the world in the tropics. 



§ Eueeschynomene proper. — Stipules with a distinct spur. Ovary multiovulate. 



Leaflets membranous ; stipules caducous. 

 Flowers solitary or casually geminate. 



Articulations of pod 1-4 1. ^E. papulosa. 



Articulations of pod 5-8. 



Sutures hardly at all indented 2. JE. oligantha. 



Sutures distinctly indented 3. JE. uw flora. 



Articulations of pod 10-15 . 4. jE. Schimperi. 



Flowers 2-4 in lax corymbose racemes. 



Lower suture deeply indented 5. uE. sensitiva. 



Lower suture very slightly indented. 



Corolla 4-6 lines long 6. jE. indica. 



Corolla 8-9 lines long 7. jE. aspera. 



Leaflets rigidly coriaceous ; stipules persistent 8. jE. acutangula. 



§§ Ochopodium (Vogel). — Stipules not spurred at the base. Ovary 1-2 ovulate; the 

 pod often reduced to a single joint. 



Flowers in terminal racemes separate from the leaves. 



Leaflets 10-15-jugate, 1-14 lines long 9. JE. pygmwa. 



Leaflets 6-9-jugate, 6-9 lines long 10. JE. glabrescens. 



Flowers all in axillary racemes. 



Leaflets 3-6-jugate ; corolla minute .... 



Leaflets 8-1 2-jugate; corolla middle-sized . . 



Leaflets 2 0-35-jugate; corolla large .... 

 Racemes copious, both terminal and lateral, all simpl 



Bracteoles at base of pedicels very persistent 14. JE. bracteosa. 



Bracteoles all very fugacious 15. /B. tenuirama. 



Racemes copious, both terminal and lateral, some forked . .16. JE. debilis. 

 Flowers in large terminal panicles, only the lower branches sub- 

 tended by leaves. 



Leaflets dimidiate, the midrib close to the upper edge . . 17. JE. dimxdyda 



Leaflets equal-sided, the midrib central 18. M. siifolia. 



11. JE. pulchella. 



12. jE.Ruppellii. 



13. JE.fulgida. 



