180 xlvii. $ PAPiLioN>CEi£ (baker). [Glycine. 



half as long- again as the calyx. Pod 18-21 lines long-, f in. broad, 

 flat, nearly straight, glabrescent, 5-6-seeded. — Schum. et Thonn. PL 

 Guin. 345. Johnia Willdenovii, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 305. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning, Don! Vogell 



Xiower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch I 



6. G. biflora, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 345. Stems sufrruticose, 

 the branches long, filiform, climbing, terete, pubescent. Stipules 

 ovate, acute, striated, Petioles 1-1 J in. long, pilose ; leaflets 3, 

 ovate-oblong, 1— 1J in. long, rounded and mucronate at the apex, sub- 

 coriaceous, both sides thinly pilose. Flowers axillary in pairs on a 

 very short common peduncle. Pedicels J in. long, pilose, with a pair 

 of setaceous bracteoles at the apex. Calyx pilose, the teeth setaceous, 

 the two upper ones subconnate. Corolla white, half an inch long. Pod 

 linear-oblong, an inch long, mucronate, flattish, quite glabrous, 4-5- 

 seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning. 



This we have not seen, so that we cannot vouch for its belonging to the genus as 

 here defined. 



7. G. Borianii, Baker. Stems slender, wide-climbing, thinly 

 grey-silky. Stipules linear, 2-3 lines. Petioles J-l in. ; leaves 

 simple and pinnately trifoliolate intermixed, subcoriaceous, glabrescent 

 above, glaucous beneath with pubescent veins; end or only leaflet 

 oblong, acute, reaching 3—4 in. long ; petiolule 3—4 lines. Flowers 

 12-20 in copious congested subsessile axillary racemes. Pedicels very 

 short. Calyx 2 lines, finely silky ; teeth linear, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod linear, thinly silky, 2-seeded, not 

 seen mature. — Ilhynchosia Borianii, Schweinf. Rel. Kots. 30, t. 23. 



Nile Land. Sennaar and Abyssinia, Schweinfurth / 



55. TERAMNUS, Sw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant i. 550. 



Calyx with the two upper teeth connate or separate, the others sub- 

 equal. Standard obovate, narrowed at the base, exappendiculate ; wings 

 narrow, adhering to the keel ; keel shorter than the wings, ' almost 

 straight, obtuse. Stamens all connate, the alternate anthers small, 

 abortive. Ovary sessile, multiovulate ; style short, thick, beardless; 

 stigma capitate. Pod linear, 2-valved, septate between the seeds, ros- 

 trate. — Twining herbs. 



A small genus, diffused through the tropics. 



1. T. labialis, Spreng. Syst. iii. 235. Stems slender, firm, wide 

 twining, more or less hairy. Stipules minute, lanceolate. Petioles 

 \- 1 in. long, silky ; leaflets 3, oblong or obovate, 1-1 \ in. long, blunt 

 mucronate, the terminal one short-stalked, subcoriaceous, both sides 

 more or less silky. Flowers in lax stalked axillary, or casually sessile 

 abbreviated racemes. Calyx 2 lines long, silky, the segments subequal 

 or the two upper ones subconnate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 

 reddish, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod linear, 1^-2 in. long, \ in. 



