186 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEJE (BAKER). [MuCUTia. 



Bracteoles cymbifornv grey-silky, an inch or more long, deciduous. 

 Pedicels 4—5 lines long, cernuous. Calyx broad-campanulate, J-| in. 

 deep, adpressed grey- silvery and scattered over with deciduous yellow 

 bristles, the upper lip rounded entire, the lower with three short del- 

 toid teeth. Corolla pale yellow, protruding an inch beyond the calyx. 

 Pod oblong, 4-5 in. long, 1J in. thick, coriaceous, lamellated and 

 bristly as in the preceding, 2-3-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Plentiful on the banks of the Nun, Yogel ! Fernando Po, Barter ! 

 Mann ! 



The whole plant turns black like the preceding when dried. A specimen gathered 

 by Mann at Fernando Po not unlikely represents a distinct species. The ped is sub- 

 ligneous, 7-8 in. by more than 2 in. broad, 4-seeded, and the lamellations are reduced to 

 mere ribs. The peduncle is stated to be 7 ft. long, and the leaf agrees precisely with 

 that of M. Jlagellipes. 



3. M. cylindrosperma, Welw. mss. A wide-climbing shrub, the 

 ultimate branches glabrous, scarcely more than herbaceous. Stipules 

 minute, lanceolate, reflexed, persistent. Petioles 2J-3 in. ; leaflets 

 membranous, both sides quite glabrous ; end one ovate acute 4-5 in. 

 long; petiolule 10-12 lines; lateral ones very unequal-sided. Racemes 

 and flowers not known. Pod 6-7 in. long, 1 in. broad, narrowed at 

 both ends, with numerous oblique lamellae and no stinging bristles ; 

 seeds 2-3, oblong, chestnut-brown, 1^ in. long. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



4. M. quadrialata, Baker. Steins woody, wide-climbing, slender, 

 glabrous. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 2-3 in. long, -firm, slender, 

 glabrous ; leaflets subcoriaceous, the central one ovate-oblong, 4 in. 

 long, subacute, base rather rounded; petiolule under an inch long, 

 both sides glabrous. Flowers in capitate clusters of about a dozen each 

 on short woody glabrous peduncles. Pedicels \-\ in. long, thinly sil- 

 very, with a pair of linear-oblong bracteoles adpressed to and exceed- 

 ing the calyx. Calyx 5 lines deep, shallowly bilabiate, densely ad- 

 pressed yellow-bristly ; teeth very short. Standard orbicular, pro- 

 truding | in. beyond the calyx, the keel in the fully expanded flower 

 protruding 1J in. Pod coriaceous, 4-5 in. long, lj-lf in. broad in- 

 cluding the wings, narrowed to the base, rostrate, with two broad 

 coriaceous wings both above and below, the faces flattened, densely 

 adpressed yellow-bristly, 2-3-seeded. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk ! Island of Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk. 



5. M. melanocarpa, Hochst. in Schimp. Bb. Abyss. No. 1425. Stem 

 woody, wide-climbing, slender, glabrous. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 

 4-5 in. long, firm, slender, glabrous ; leaflets subcoriaceous, the cen- 

 tral one broadly obovate, 3-5 in. long, blunt or acute, the base nar- 

 rowed or subcuneate ; petiolule more than an inch long ; upper surface 

 glabrous, lower finely ferruginous-pubescent. Flowers in dense racemes 

 6-12 in. long on firm glabrous peduncles. Pedicels \ in. long", cernu- 

 ous. Calyx broadly campanulate, f in. deep, thinly silvery and yellow- 



