Glycine.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 179 



2. G. micans, Welw. mss. Stems wide-climbing-, angular, densely 

 clothed with tawny silky hairs. Stipules lanceolate, deciduous. Petioles 

 reaching- 3-5 in. ; leaflets 3, papyraceous, obscurely grey-downy above, 

 thinly clothed with adpressed persistent shining grey hairs below ; end 

 one obovate, acute, reaching 5-6 in. long ; petiolule |-f in. ; lateral 

 ones unequal-sided. Racemes copious, very lax, reaching" 6-9 in. lon<--, 

 shortly peduncled. Pedicels very short. Calyx 1J-2 lines, densely 

 silky ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube, upper two connate. Corolla 

 reddish, slightly exserted. Pod linear, 15-18 lines long, slightly re- 

 curved, matted with adpressed grey hairs like the leaves below, 8-9- 

 seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Wehvitsch I 



3. G. andongensis, Welw. mss. Stems wide-climbing, very slender, 

 densely brown-velvety. Stipules. minute lanceolate deciduous. Petioles 

 12-15 lines, densely velvety ; leaflets 3, coriaceous, shining and gla- 

 brescent above, thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs below ; end 

 one obovate-oblong blunt, reaching 2-3 in. long; petiolule 1-J— 2 lines; 

 lateral ones also blunt, slightly unequal-sided. Racemes short, 

 peduncled, very lax, 6-12 in. long 1 . Pedicels very short. Calyx 2 lines, 

 tubular, densely brown-velvety ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long" as 

 tube. Corolla pale reddish, slightly exserted. Ovary linear, silkv, 

 multiovulate. Pod unknown. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch I 



4. G. Petitiana, Schweinf. mss. Stems woody, slender, copiously 

 branched, wide-climbing*, finely brown-silky. Stipules small, lanceo- 

 late. Petioles an inch long, silky ; leaves digitately trifoliolate, the 

 central leaflet ovate, 2-3 in. long, the lateral ones unequal-sided, thick 

 and coriaceous, upper surface thinly silky, lower glaucous and densely 

 grey-silky, veins raised and ferruginous. Flowers in lax or dense 

 stalked axillary racemes finally 6-9 in. long. Pedicels a line long. 

 Calyx 2J— 3 lines, densely brown-silky ; teeth linear, reaching halfway 

 down, the lowest longer than the others. Corolla red, half as long 

 again as the calyx. Pod 1-1 1 in. long, 2 lines broad, linear, nearly 

 straight, densely clothed with spreading brown silky hairs, 5-7-seeded, 

 slightly torulose. — Johnia Petitiana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 210, t. 40. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit 1 



5. G. hedysaroides, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1060. • Stems shrubby at 

 the base, wide-climbing, terete, pubescent. Stipules small, setaceous. 

 Petiole J-l in. long, slender, pubescent ; leaflets three, subcoriaceous, 

 oblong, the central one 1|— 2 in. long, by about half as broad, rounded 

 at both ends, apex emarginate, its petiolule \ in. long, lateral ones 

 similar but rather smaller, upper surface glabrescent, the lower densely 

 adpressed grey silky. Flowers 4-6 together in short-stalked congested 

 axillary racemes. Bracts setaceous. Calyx silky, 2 J lines deep, the 

 teeth linear, reaching two-thirds of the way down. Corolla pale red, 



