154 XLVII. § PAPILI0NACE2E (BAKER). 



and striated, bristly on the back, the upper lobe entire, the lower deeply 

 three cleft. Corolla about equalling the calyx. Pod with 7-8 roundish 

 articulations, the faces glabrous. — Eotschya qfricana, Endl. Stirp. Mus. 

 Vind. dec. 4; Icon. Gen. PI. t. 125 ; Walp. Eep. v. 523. 

 Nile Land. Nubia, Sennaar, Kotschy. 



6. S. strobilantha, Welw. mss. A shrub with firm glabrous or 

 bristly terete woody branches. Stipules elongate lanceolate, J— § in. 

 long, scarious, persistent, not at all adnate. Petiole J-J in. long. 

 Leaflets in 3-4 pairs, arranged subflabellately, I in. long, \ in. broad, 

 one side more rounded than the other, very rigid, both sides glabrous, 

 no distinct midrib but 3 or 4 parallel longitudinal ribs. Flowers in 

 copious dense barrel-shaped heads 6-9 lines long, subsessile in the axils 

 of the leaves. Pedicel \ in. long, densely bristly, with two semicircular 

 rigid scarious persistent bracteoles at the apex. Calyx 2 lines deep, 

 the lips coriaceous and closely ribbed, the upper one blunt, 2 lines 

 broad, the lower 3-toothed with rounded divisions. Corolla slightly 

 exceeding the calyx. Pod with 1-2 articulations, which are subquad- 

 rate, the faces reticulated and bristly. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 

 South Central. Highlands of the Batoka country, Dr. Kirk I 



7. S. strigosa, Benth. Plant. Junghuhn. 211. An erect shrub 2—3 ft. 

 high with numerous erecto-patent bristly branches. Stipules 3—4 lines 

 long, adnate to the petiole at the base, the points lanceolate acuminate. 

 Leaves fascicled ; petiole 1^-2 lines j rachis 5-6 lines j leaflets 10-12- 

 jugate, ascending, folded together, 2-2J lines long, J- line broad, acute, 

 unequal-sided, strongly- veined, rigidly coriaceous, pale green, bristle- 

 ciliated. Flowers in copious dense sessile axillary heads \ in. long. 

 Calyx sessile, \ in. long, densely bristly in the lower part; teeth cus- 

 pidate, \ line broad, reaching down nearly to the base. Bracteoles 

 ovate cuspidate, coriaceous, nearly as long as the calyx. Corolla as 

 long as the calyx j standard and wings violet ; keel yellowish. Ovary 

 oblong, biovulate, silky. Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 

 Discovered by Lyall in Madagascar. 



The plant published under the name of S. spicata (Spreng. Syst. iii. 323, DC. Prod, 

 ii. 323), from Senegambia, according to Dr. Torrey was a compound of the flowers of a 

 Cassia, with the fruit of Mimosa pudica or sensitiva, and was procured by Perrin from 

 a garden in Guadeloupe. 



39. GEISSAPIS, Wight et Am.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, i. 516. 



Calyx deeply two-lipped, the upper lip entire, the lower three- 

 toothed. Standard suborbicular, with a short claw ; wings obliquely 

 obovate or oblong ; keel incurved, obtuse, rather shorter than the stan- 

 dard. Stamens all connate, the sheath slit above, or finally on both 

 sides ; anthers uniform. Ovary substipitate, biovulate ; style incurved, 



