170 xlvii. § PAPiLioNACEiE (baker). [Alysicarpus. 



long*. Leaves cordate -ovate, or oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, firm, 

 both sides pale green and prominently veined, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Eacemes axillary and terminal, stalked, laxly 4-6-flowered. Pedicel 

 1— 1J lines long. Calyx a line deep, subglabrous, cleft nearly to the 

 base, the teeth linear. Pod \— § in. long, \ in. thick, articulations 3-4, 

 oblong with deep constrictions between them, glabrous, and very slightly 

 wrinkled. — A. vaginalis, Hochst. in Kotsch. PI. Nub. 27, and Schimp. 

 Hb. Abyss. 2251,nonDC. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy, 27 ! Abyssinia, Schimper! 



A common East Indian species. 



2. A. vaginalis, DC. Prod. ii. 353. Stems annual or biennial, 

 copiously and diffusely branched, sometimes 3 or 4 ft. long, tough, 

 slender, glabrous or finely hairy. Stipules lanceolate, pale, striated, 

 generally exceeding the petioles, which are 2 or 3 lines long. Leaves 

 cordate-ovate or oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, texture firm, both 

 sides pale green and prominently veined, glabrous or nearly so. Racemes 

 axillary and terminal, rather denser and more numerously flowered 

 than in the preceding. Pedicel a line long. Calyx obconical, slightly 

 hairy, 2 lines deep, scarious, striated, the teeth lanceolate, reaching 

 more than halfway down. Pod sessile, |-f in. long, more than a line 

 thick, 4— 6-jointed, scarcely at all constricted, the articulations rather 

 longer than broad, deeply wrinkled, slightly pubescent. — Guill. et Perr. 

 Fl. Seneg. 210. A. nummular if olius, DC. Prod. I.e. Hedysarum bupleu- 

 rifoliwn, Reich, in Sieb. PI. Seneg. No. 39, non Linn. A. Harnieri, 

 Schweinf. Rel. Kots. 24, t. 19. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone; Afzelius! Senegambia, Sieber ! Heudelot! 

 Guinea proper, Yogel! Barter! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! PethericJc! 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Loando, and highlands of Ambaca, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 



A common weed in the Tropics of the Old World, and introduced into America. 



3. A. ferrugineus, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. lib. Abyss. No. 306. An 

 undershrub 2-3 ft. high, with firm ascending branches, clothed upwards 

 with fine silky spreading brown hairs. Stipules lanceolate, | in. deep, 

 much exceeding the very short petioles. Leaves cordate-oblong, the 

 largest 1 J in. long by 1 in. broad, apex rounded, mucronate, subcoria- 

 ceous, both sides pale green and prominently veined, glabrous or 

 nearly so. Racemes stalked, terminal, the upper part or the whole 

 dense, sometimes 6-9 in. long. Pedicels silky, 1J— 2 lines long. Bracts 

 obovate cuspidate, equalling, the calyces, which are f in. deep and like 

 them clothed, especially along the edge, with ferruginous silky hairs, 

 the teeth imbricated, reaching down nearly to the base. Pod equalling 

 or exceeding the calyx, 1 line thick, deeply constricted, articulations 

 3-4, subglobose, not wrinkled. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 207. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon and Petit! Plovoden! 



4. A. Zeyheri, Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 230. A copiously branched as- 

 cending perennial, not more than a foot high, with obscurely grey- 



