160 xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). [Desmodium. 



Herbaceous, densely pubescent 



Flowers 1-2 together • . . 8. D. delicatulum. 



Flowers racemose 9. D. hirtum. 



Eacemes dense ; pedicels 2-3 lines long, erecto-patent. 

 Leaflets ovate, 3^4 inches long. 



Stipellae minute, setaceous 10. D. incanum. 



Stipellae large, foliaceous 11. D. sennaarense. 



Leaflets obovate, under an inch long 12. D. mauritianum. 



Group 4. Podocarpia. — Upper suture straight, lower deeply indented. Pod 

 long-stalked. 



The only species 13. D. Scalpe. 



Group 5. Nicolsonia. — Upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. Flowers 

 in dense racemes. 



Terminal leaflet obovate. 



Articulations of pod 3-4 14. D. Dregeanum. 



Articulations of pod 5-7 15. D. poly car pum. 



Terminal leaflet ovate 16. D. paleaceum. 



Group 6. Sagotia. — Upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. Flowers 

 scattered. 



The only species 17. D.triflorum. 



1. D. umbellatum, DC. Prod. ii. 325. A shrub 3-6 ft. high with 

 densely grey-silky branches. Petioles aD inch long, silky. Leaflets 

 three, the central one obovate, 3-4 in. long, more than half as broad, 

 glabrous and green above, glaucous and glabrescent beneath. Stipellae 

 minute setaceous. Flowers 6—12 in short stalked umbels from the 

 axils of the leaves. Pedicels 1J-2 lines long, silky. Calyx densely 

 silky, obconical, 2 lines deep. Corolla red, more than twice as long as 

 the calyx. Pod 15-18 lines long, \ in. broad, with 3-4 joints, silky, 

 tipped with the persistent style. 



Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk. 

 A native of Madagascar and Tropical Asia. 



2. D. spirale, DC. Prod. ii. 332. Stems annual, 1-2 ft. high, 

 slender, slightly pubescent, and diffuse. Stipules 3-4 lines long, linear, 

 deciduous. Petioles J-l in. long ; leaflets 3, the terminal one round- 

 ish or ovate, 1-2 in. long, J-l in. broad, the lateral ones smaller, sub- 

 papyraceous, both sides green glabrous. Racemes very lax, terminal 

 and axillary, the former often compound. Bracts minute, setaceous, 

 deciduous. Pedicels 3-4 lines long, spreading, very slender, glabrous. 

 Calyx a line deep, deep-cleft, the teeth setaceous. Corolla slightly 

 exceeding the calyx, greenish, variegated with purple. Pod f-| in. 

 long, a line broad, with 4-6 articulations separated by very narrow 

 spaces, often spirally twisted, the faces minutely pubescent. — D. ter- 

 minate, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 207 ; DC. Prod. I.e. D. tortuosum, 

 Webb, Fl. Nigr. 122. non DC. D. ospriostreblum, Steud. in Schimp. PL 

 Abyss. No. 1039. Anarthrosyne aoyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 

 No. 1039 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 204. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Afzelius! Senegambia, Leprieur 

 and Perrotiet, Heudelotl 



