Mtwnna.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 187 



bristly, bilabiate, the teeth short-deltoid. Corolla 2 in. long, the wings 

 and keel nearly equal, the standard a little shorter, f in. broad. Pod 

 like that of M. pruriens, densely coated with brown silky bristles. — A 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 215. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon. 



6. M. pruriens, DC. Prod. ii. 405. Stems herbaceous, wide-climb- 

 ing-, subglabrous, stipules linear. Petioles 2-6 in. long, firm, sub- 

 glabrous; leaflets membranous, not turning black when dried; the 

 central one ovate-rhomboidal, 4-5 in. long, broad, bluntish with a 

 mucro, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly silky. Flowers in short- 

 stalked copious racemes. Bracts linear, deciduous. Pedicels silvery, 

 cernuous, 2 lines long. Calyx broad-campanulate, 3-4 lines deep, sil- 

 very, the upper lip deltoid, reaching halfway down, the lower three- 

 toothed. Corolla J-i-lJ in. deep, dark purple, the standard half as 

 long as the wings. Pod 2-3 in. long, J-| in. thick, densely clothed 

 with brown silky bristles, longitudinally ribbed, 5-6-seeded. — Carpopogon 

 pruriens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 283. Stizolobium pruriens, Pers. Syn. ii. 299. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Morson ! Afzelius ! Nupe, Barter ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



7. M. coriacea, Baker. Stems woody, wide-climbing, clothed with 

 fine grey pubescence. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 1|— 2 in. long, firm, 

 finely pubescent ; leaflets coriaceous, the central one obovate-oblong, 

 2-3 in. long, blunt with a mucro, base rounded, both sides finely 

 grey-pubescent. Flowers 12-20 in short axillary racemes on firm 

 woody pubescent peduncles 2-4 in. long. Pedicels J in. long, silky. 

 Calyx broad-campanulate, £— | in. deep, densely grey and tawny-silky, 

 cleft halfway down, the upper lip deltoid emarginate, the three lower 

 teeth lanceolate. Corolla deep purple, the keel more than 1J in. long, 

 the wings slightly shorter, standard rather shorter than the wings, J in. 

 broad, protruding f-f in. beyond the calyx. Ovary linear, densely 

 bristly towards the keel, resembling that -of M. urens. Pod not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Shupanga, Dr. Kirk I Dr. Stewart ! Manganya 

 hills, Dr.Meller! 



8. M. stans, Welw, mss. A very much branched erect shrub 5-6 

 ft. high, with terete branches thinly coated with adpressed grey-silky 

 hairs. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 12-15 lines ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 glabrescent above, clothed with, adpressed grey-silky hairs below ; end 

 erne oblong, 2-3 in. long, blunt, mucronate ; petiolule 6-9 lines. Flowers 

 6—10 in copious short-stalked axillary racemes. Pedieels 3-6 lines 

 densely grey-silky. Calyx -J- in. deep, grey-velvety ; teeth lanceolate 

 as long as tube. Coroila 1 \ in. deep ; keel three times the calyx. 

 Pod 1J-- 2 in. long, \ in. broad, recurved towards the point, 2-4'Seeded, 

 densely clothed with fragile adpressed brownish bristles. 



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



