146 xlvii. § PAPILI0NACE.2E (baker). \JEschynomene. 



1. JE. papulosa, Welw. mss. An annual or biennial with the habit 

 of 2E. indica, the younger branches densely bristly. Stipules lanceolate^ 

 spurred, J in. long, caducous. Petioles | in. -densely bristly ; rachis 

 9—12 lines ; leaflets 6— 12-jugate, linear-oblong, sensitive, 2—3 lines long, 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers solitary on viscid bristly bractless slender 

 peduncles 1-6 lines long. Calyx \ in. deep, split down to the base, 

 with two minute lanceolate bracteoles. Corolla scarcely exceeding the 

 calyx. Pod 2 lines broad, at most an inch long, with 1-4 densely 

 muricated articulations, the upper suture slightly, the lower more 

 indented ; pedicel twice the calyx. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch 1 



2. JE. oligantha, Welw. mss. A copiously branched shrub 3-4 ft. 

 with very slender flexuose almost scandent branches, only the very 

 youngest slightly bristly. Stipules lanceolate, spurred, \ in. long, very 

 deciduous. Petioles very short, finely setose ; rachis 6-18 lines ; 

 leaflets 12-18-jugate, linear-oblong, 2-2J lines long, -J line broad, pale 

 green, sensitive, glabrous. Flowers solitary (very rarely two) on flexu- 

 ose bristly peduncles 6-15 lines long with 1-3 pairs of unequal-sided 

 ovate acuminate toothed bracts. Calyx 2J lines deep, cleft down to 

 the base. Corolla pale yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Pod 

 linear, an inch long, ± in. broad, smooth on the faces, 5-6-jointed, with 

 a pedicel twice the calyx, the upper suture not at all, the lower very 

 slightly indented. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. WelwitschI 



3. JE. uniflora, E. Meyer , Comm. 123. Slightly shrubby, the branches 

 densely bristly. Stipules lanceolate, J-f in. caducous. Petioles 2-3 

 lines, bristly ; rachis 2-3 in. ; leaflets 10-20-jugate, sensitive, glaucous, 

 linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long. Flowers 1 or casually 2 on a viscid 

 bristly peduncle 6-12 lines long. Calyx ^ in., bristly, cleft down to 

 the base. Corolla pale yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Pod 

 1 J— 2 in. long, 2^ lines broad, nearly straight ; articulations 6-8, much 

 raised and Tugose on the faces, falling easily ; both sutures, especially 

 the lower one, distinctly indented ; pedicel bristly, exceeding the 

 calyx.— Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 226. 



Upper Guinea. At the confluence of the branches of the Niger, Barter! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Island of Pemba, north of Zanzibar, Bojerl 

 Also a plant of the Comoros and Natal. 



4. JE. Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. Bb. Abyss. No. 202. An annual 

 2-3 ft. high with densely bristly pale grey branches. Stipules J-f in. 

 lanceolate, spurred, caducous. Petioles 2-3 lines, bristly ; rachis 2-4 

 in. ; leaflets 12-30-jugate, sensitive, glaucous, linear-oblong, 4-6 lines 

 long. Flowers 1-2 on bristly axillary peduncles an inch or less long. 

 Calyx 4—5 lines, densely bristly, split down to the base. Corolla 6—8 

 lines, with a round standard 6-8 lines broad. Pod 2-2^ in. long, J 

 in. broad, smooth or bristly; articulations 10-15, hardly at all raised 

 on the face or indented at either suture - y pedicel 4c-6 lines. 



