150 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). \2Eschynomene. 



bracteole half as long as itself; lips entire. Corolla bright orange- 

 yellow, twice the calyx, subpersistent. Articulations 1-2, hemispherical, 

 2J— 4 lines long, smooth on the faces. Pedicel 1J— 2 lines. 

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14. JE. bracteosa, Welw. mss. A copiously branched erect under- 

 shrub 1J-2 ft. high with slender firm terete branches finely setose only 

 towards the top. Stipules lanceolate, caducous, 1— 1J lines. Petioles 

 1-1 J lines ; rachis 9-15 lines, both viscous ; leaflets 15-25-jugate, 1-ly 

 lines, rigidly coriaceous, oblong-dimidiate, blunt, mucronate, the costa 

 parallel with and contiguous to the upper edge. Flowers in copious 

 elongated terminal and axillary racemes together forming an ample 

 panicle, the end ones reaching 6—8 in. long, the axis flexuose, densely 

 finely glandulose-setose, each node with a pair of lanceolate coriaceous 

 setose-ciliated persistent bracteoles 1 line long. Calyx 2 lines long, 

 glabrous; lips entire. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, moderately 

 persistent. Articulations 1—2, hemispherical, £ in. long, smooth on the 

 faces. Pedicel 1 line long. 



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15. iE. tenuirama, Welw. mss. An erect copiously branched un- 

 dershrub 2—3 ft. high with very slender rigidly erecto-patent branchlets 

 finely setose in the upper part. Stipules 2-3 lines, linear-lanceolate, 

 caducous. Petiole 1—2 lines; rachis J-2 in., both bristly; leaflets 

 20-50-jugate, rigidly coriaceous, blunt, mucronate, 1-2 lines long; 

 midrib subcentral ; veins prominent. Flowers 12-20 in copious ter- 

 minal racemes 2—3 in. long, with a finely bristly axis. Pedicels erecto- 

 patent, 1-2 lines; .bracteoles lanceolate, very fugacious. Calyx \ in. 

 long, glabrous ; lips entire. Corolla bright yellow, subpersistent, 

 twice the calyx. Articulations 1, rarely 2, hemispherical, upper suture 

 rather recurved, 4 lines long, glabrous on the faces. Pedicel 1J-2, 

 lines. 



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16. JE. debilis, Welw. mss. A copiously branched undershrub 2—3 

 ft. high with very slender weak trailing branches, clothed in the upper 

 part only with spreading grey pubescence and bristles. Stipules lanceo- 

 late, 4-6 lines, coriaceous, persistent. Petioles 1-3 lines; rachis 

 1 J-2 in., leaflets 18-24-jugate, linear, 1^-3 lines long, blunt, mucro- 

 nate, subcoriaceous, veins immersed, midrib central. Flowers in very 

 lax copious simple or forked axillary and terminal racemes reaching 

 5-6 in. long. Pedicels 1-3 lines, often curved, with a pair of small 

 lanceolate persistent bracteoles at the base. Calyx 2J lines, membra- 

 nous, glabrous, clasped by a pair of lanceolate pubescent bracteoles 

 nearly as long as itself; lips entire. Corolla brig-ht yellow, Jin. long, 

 subpersistent. Articulations 1-2, hemispherical, J in. long, smooth on 

 the faces. Pedicel J in. long. 



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