164 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Desmodium. 



are considerably longer than broad, the faces densely hairy, the lower 

 suture waved three-quarters of the way down. — D. sparsijiorum, G. Don, 

 Gard. Diet. ii. 294. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po and Princes island, Vogel ! Barter! Mann! Dr. 

 Welwitsch ! St. Thomas and Sierra Leone, Don ! 

 A common Tropical American species, occurring also in the Mauritius. 



11. D. sennaarense, Sch7veinf.Fl. JEthiop. 8. An undershrub seve- 

 ral feet high, the branches robust, angular, sulcate, densely hispid. 

 Stipules cordate, amplexicaul, persistent, foliaceous. Petiole 2-3 in. 

 long, spreading, hispid ; leaflets 3, the central one ovate, 3-4 in. long, 

 by more than half as broad, blunt, the base broadly rounded, its pe- 

 tiolule more than an inch long and stipellse 3—4 lines long, foliaceous, 

 lanceolate, persistent, the lateral leaflets smaller and more rounded at 

 the base, texture subcoriaceous, upper surface scabrous, lower thinly 

 grey-hairy all over. Racemes stalked, moderately lax. Bracts linear, 

 equalling' or shorter than the erecto-patent pedicels, which are \ in. 

 long. Calyx a line deep, silky, the teeth linear, reaching down nearly 

 to the base. Corolla reddish, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod 

 f — 1 in. long, 2 lines broad, the lower suture not waved halfway down ; 

 articulations 4-6, the faces hairy. 



Nile Land. Sennaar, Cienkowsky. Abyssinia, Schweinfurth ! 



12. D. mauritianum, DC. Prod. ii. 334. An undershrub 3-4 ft. 

 high, with woody ascending slender branches, glabrous or slightly ad- 

 pressed grey-silky upwards. Stipules linear. Petioles §— \ in- long, 

 firm, slender, subglabrous ; leaflets 3, obovate, the terminal f-1 

 in. long by about half as broad, apex rounded, texture firm, upper 

 surface glabrous, lower glabrous or finely adpressed grey-silky. 

 Racemes mostly terminal, stalked, moderately lax, ultimately often 6 in. 

 long. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, glabrous, slender, erecto-patent. Calyx 

 \ in. deep, subglabrous, the teeth linear, reaching two- thirds of the 

 way down. Corolla reddish, about twice as long as the calyx. Pod 

 J-f in. long, \ in. broad, with 4-5 articulations, the lower suture 

 waved halfway down, the faces densely shortly hispid. — Hedysarum 

 fruticulostim, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 363. D. ramosissimum, lineari- 

 folium and tenue y G. Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 294. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! St. Thomas, Don, Vogel! Barter! 

 Guinea proper, Thonnivg, Vogel! Barter! Burton! 



Iiower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 



D. ovalifolium, G. et P. Fl. Seneg. 208, is probably this species, described from a 

 specimen in which the pod was partly abortive, and if so it is also a native of Senegal. 

 It is a plant of Mauritius and Madagascar. 



13. D. Scalpe, DC. Prod. ii. 334. An undershrub, the branches 

 subscandent, slender, angular, finely grey-pubescent upwards. Stipules 

 J— | in. long, lanceolate, scarious. Petioles 3--5 in. long, slender, sub- 

 glabrous. Leaflets 3, the central one ovate-oblong or obovate, 3-5 in. 



