Alysicarpus.] xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). 171 



downy branches. Stipules lanceolate, 2-3 lines, exceeding petioles. 

 Leaves cordate-oblong* or roundish, reaching 6—7 lines long, bluntish 

 with a mucro, subcoriaceous, pale green, prominently veined on both 

 sides, subglabrous. Racemes terminal, lax, usually stalked, reaching 

 6—9 lines long. Pedicels 1—1 \ lines, erecto-patent, finely grey-downy. 

 Bracts \ in. long, lanceolate cuspidate, closely ciliated with pale brown 

 silky hairs. Calyx \ in. long, teeth reaching down nearly to the base, 

 imbricated, ciliated like the bracts. Pod 4-5 lines, obscurely downy, 

 usually exserted ; articulations 3-4, deeply constricted, scarcely 

 wrinkled. 



Ziower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 5500 ft., Dr. Welwitsch! 



5. A. porrectus, Welw. mss. A copiously branched annual 1-2 ft. 

 high with obscurely grey-downy branches. Stipules lanceolate, 3-4 

 lines, exceeding the petioles. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 15-21 lines 

 long, bluntish with a mucro, subcorniceous, nearly glabrous. 

 Racemes lax, usually terminal, short-stalked, 4—6 in. long. Bracts 

 lanceolate, 2-2J lines, obscurely ciliated. Calyx 2|-3 lines, teeth 

 linear, \ line broad, not imbricated. Pod twice the calyx ; articula- 

 tions 5—6, deeply constricted, much wrinkled on the faces. 



Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welivitsch! 

 General habit just that of A. vaginalis and rugosus. 



6. A. rugosus, DC. Prod. ii. 353. A copiously branched diffuse 

 annual or biennial herb reaching 3-4 ft. high, with tough subglabrous 

 stems. Stipules linear, 3-4 lines, equalling or exceeding petioles. 

 Leaves, varying from linear to oblong, acute or blunt, 1-3 in. long, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous. Racemes moderately dense, usually terminal, 

 stalked, 2-4 in. long. Pedicels erecto-patent, 1 J-2 lines. Bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, 2|-3 lines. Calyx J in., teeth lanceolate, glabrous, 

 reaching down nearly to the base, 1 line broad, imbricated even in the 

 latest stage. Pod seldom exserted, ■ 1 line broad ; articulations 3-5, 

 much wrinkled on the faces. — Hedysarum rugosum and ovalifolium, Schum. 

 et Thonn. PI. Guin. 358. A. WallicMi, Wight et Arn. Prod. 234 ; 

 .Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 230. A. glaber, E. Meyer. Comm. 125. A. Hochstet- 



teri, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 209. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur! Perrottet! Niger country, Thonning, 

 Barter ! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! PethericJc! and others. Abyssinia, Schimper! and 

 others. 



Lower Guinea. Ambaca and highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Dr. MeUer ! Dr. Kirk ! 



Var. /3. A. styracifolius, DC. Prod. ii. 353. 



Branches slightly pubescent. Bracts and calyx-lobes slightly grey-downy on the 

 back and edge. 



Nile Land. Callabat, Schweinfurth ! 



Var. y. A. Quartinianus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 208. 



More robust, with broader stipules. Upper part of the stem and bracts, especially 

 along the margin, clothed with fine brown silky pubescence. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon ! Karague, Speke and Grant 1 



Extends to the Cape and through Trooical Asia to Australia, and is, naturalized in 

 the "West Indies. 



