166 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 



ciliated, lanceolate or deltoid cuspidate. Corolla red, \ in. deep. Pod 

 i-f in. long, \ in. broad, with 5-7 finely hairy articulations about as 

 long as broad. — -H. heterocarpum, Linn. Sp. PI. 1054 (form with pod sub- 

 abortive). D. lieterocarpum, angulatum and capitatum, DC. Prod. I.e. 



Nozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer! 

 A common East Indian and Malayan species. 



16. D. paleaceum, GuUl. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 209. Stems 3-4 ft. 

 high, erect, the branches almost woody, moderately stout, terete, thinly 

 adpressed-silky upwards. Stipules ovate acuminate, \— § in. deep, 

 scarious. Petioles f-lj- in. long, firm, flattened, glabrous or slightly 

 silky; leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate, central one 3-5 in. long, f-lj in. 

 broad, narrowed gradually to an acute point, the base round, the edge 

 not at all repand, lateral ones similar, subcoriaceous, upper surf ace- 

 glabrous, lower glaucous, slightly hispid on the veins. Racemes 

 stalked, both axillary and terminal, moderately dense. Bracts 2-3 

 lines deep, lanceolate acuminate, not ciliated. Pedicels glabrous, 2 

 lines long, erecto-patent or sub-patent. Calyx thinly silky, a line 

 deep, the teeth linear, reaching more than halfway down. Corolla 

 reddish, more than twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, J-f in. 

 long, \ in. broad, the lower suture very slightly indented, articulations 

 4 or 5, half -as long again as broad, the faces thinly clothed with long 

 stiff hairs. — D. grande, E. Meyer, Comm. PL Air. Austr. 124 ; Harv. Fl. 

 Cap. ii. 228. D. oxybracteum, DC. Prod. ii. 334 ? D. lateristachys and 

 juanense, Bojer, mss. 



Upper Guinea. Seuegambia, Leprieur and Ferrottet. Heudelot ! Guinea pro- 

 per, Vogel! 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitscht 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 



Also a plant of Madagascar, Natal, and Johanna island. 



1?. D. triflorum, DC. Prod. ii. 334. Stems wide-creeping, co- 

 piously and diffusely branched, forming a dense matted cluster, the 

 branches slender, glabrous or thinly clothed with fine spreading silky 

 hairs. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, 2 lines deep. Petioles 2—3 lines 

 long} very slender ; leaflets 3, broad-obovate, terminal one 4-5 lines 

 long and nearly as broad, lateral ones smallei, both sides glabrous, 

 or nearly so. Flowers 1-3, axillary. Pedicels 4-6 lines long, very 

 slender. Calyx ^ in. deep, silky, the teeth lanceolate acuminate, 

 reaching more than halfway down. Corolla reddish or white, fragrant, 

 about equalling the calyx. Pod 5-8 lines long, \ in. broad, the lower 

 suture waved one-third of the way down, articulations 4-6, faces sub- 

 glabrous. — D. Bullamense, G. Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 294. H. granulatum, 

 Schum. etThonn. PI. Guin. 362. Nicolsonia reptans, Meissn. in Linnaea, 

 xxi. 260. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, T. Vogel I Barter I 





