JEschynomene.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 149 



lines broad, the upper suture nearly straight, the faces flat, quite 

 smooth. Pedicel 4-5 lines. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, in sandy pastures, Dr. Welmtsch ! 



11. -SE. pulchella, Planch, in Herb. Kew. A copiously branched 

 shrub about a foot high with very slender but tough and woody glabrous 

 or slightly viscous bright chestnut-brown terete branches. Stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, 1J— 2 lines deep, firm, persistent, striated. Leaves 

 subsessile, rachis about an inch long ; leaflets in 3-6 pairs, oblanceo- 

 late, | in. long, J in. broad, apex rounded, mucronate, both sides gla- 

 brous, coriaceous, under surface with a raised wiry midrib and the 

 finer veins in relief. Upper racemes 6-8-flowered, exceeding the 

 leaves, the lower ones often compound, the rachis and pedicels viscous, 

 the latter spreading at right angles, very slender, |-| in. long. Brac- 

 teoles minute, ovate, membranous. Calyx a line deep, cleft nearly to 

 the base. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, bright yellow. Pod 

 sessile, with only a single articulation, ovoid, acuminate, I in. long, 

 the faces tubercled and slightly reticulated. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



Very distinct from all the other African species. Near to JE. interrupta, Benth., of 

 Guiana. 



12. JE. Ruppellii, Baker. A copiously branched low shrub with 

 firm viscid terete chestnut-brown twigs. Stipules minute, lanceolate, 

 deciduous. Leaves on short spreading petioles ; rachis an inch or less 

 long j leaflets in 8-12 pairs, linear-oblong, J in. long, 1 line broad, 

 apex rounded, mucronate, texture firm, both sides glabrous. Flowers 

 in elongated 6-8-flowered regular racemes, which are ultimately 1^2 

 in. long on as long firm viscid erecto-patent peduncles from the axils 

 of the leaves. Bracteoles ovate, adpressed to the calyx, deciduous. 

 Pedicel as long as the calyx, which is cleft nearly to the base, glabrous, 

 J in. long j the lips entire. Corolla bright yellow, twice as long as 

 the calyx. Pod distinctly stalked, 3-4 lines long, half as broad, wjth 

 2 articulations, a very deep constriction between them, the faces flat 

 and naked. — Ruppellia dbyssinica y A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 203 t. 37. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon 1 Both! 



A very closely allied plant from Madagascar (JZ . laxijlora, Bojer, mss.), has more 

 slender and quite glabrous stems, persistent ovate cuspidate bracts and fewer flowers in 

 the racemes. 



13. JE. fulgida, Welw. mss. An erect copiously branched under- 

 shrub 2-3 ft. high with bright purplish-brown viscous branohes, only 

 the youngest faintly setose. Stipules 2-3 lines, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 caducous. Petioles l£-2 lines ; rachis 8-15 lines, both glabrous ; 

 leaflets 20-35 -jugate, linear, 1-1J lines long, blunt, mucronate, subco- 

 riaceous 5 veins immersed ; midrib central. Flowers 3-12 in copious 

 short-stalked axillary racemes 1-3 in. long with a very downy rachis. 

 Pedicels 1-3 lines, articulated at the base, very caducous. Calyx gla- 

 brous, I in. long, clasped on the upper side by an ovate membranous 



