Vigna.] xlvii. § papilionacejs (baker). 197 



an inch long. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 2 lines deep, the two 

 upper teeth connate, deltoid, the three others lanceolate acuminate, 

 reaching- quite halfway down. Corolla rose-red, twice as deep as the 

 calyx ; keel truncate. Pod 1 \ in. long, under \ in. thick, subterete, 

 hispid. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon I 



5. V. heterophylla, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 218. Stems herbaceous, 

 twining, densely clothed with deflexed bristly ferruginous hairs. Sti- 

 pules small, ovate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, densely clothed like the 

 stem j leaflets 8, the central one ovate, 2-3 in. long, subacute, mucro- 

 nate, petiolule J in. long, lateral ones slightly unequal-sided, both sides 

 scabrous with short grey or ferruginous hairs. Peduncles 2-3 in. long, 

 densely silky, 3-5-flowered. Pedicels very short ; bracteoles setaceous, 

 shorter than the calyx, which is J in. deep, densely ferruginous-silky ; 

 teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the two upper ones connate. 

 Corolla red, twice the calyx ; standard densely silky on the outside ; 

 keel truncate. Pod linear, densely ferruginous-silky, not seen mature. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I Quartin- Dillon ! 



6. V. crinita, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 217. Stems herbaceous, mode- 

 rately robust, wide-climbing, densely clothed with deflexed bright-fer- 

 ruginous bristly hairs. Stipules 3-4 lines long, lanceolate-acuminate. 

 Petioles 4-6 in. long, densely clothed like the branches ; leaflets 3, 

 central one ovate, 3-5 in. long, apex acuminate ; petiolule J-J in. 

 long ; lateral ones unequal-sided, both sides thinly coated with ad- 

 pressed bristly hairs. Peduncles exceeding the leaves, 7-8-flowered. 

 Calyx subsessile, densely ferruginous-bristly, the teeth linear. Corolla 

 violet-purple, three times as long as the calyx. Pods 2 in. long, linear, 

 densely ferruginous-bristly. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon I 



7. V. membranacea, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 219. Stems very 

 slender, herbaceous, wide-climbing, thinly clothed with long spreading 

 grey-silky hairs. Stipules 3-4 lines, lanceolate. Petioles 1J-2 in. 

 long, very slender, clothed like the branches ; leaflets 3, membranous, 

 ovate-rhomboidal, 1J-2J in. long, acuminate or cuspidate, the base 

 rounded or broad-cuneate ; petiolule J-J in. long ; lateral ones unequal- 

 sided, both sides slightly hairy. Flowers. 2-4 on very slender flexuose 

 peduncles 1-2 in. long, pedicels 1 line long. Calyx f in. deep, the 

 teeth linear, setaceous, ciliated, equal and reaching two-thirds ot the 

 way down. Corolla rose, half as long again as the calyx; keel 

 truncate. Pod linear,' straight, subterete, 2-2| in. long, J in. broad, 

 finally glabrous, 10-12-seeded. — Pliaseolus microspermus, Hochst. in 

 Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1439. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I Quartin- DiUon and Petit I Nubia, Ehrenberg 

 {fide Schweinfurth). 



8. V. andongensis, Baker. Rootstock fusiform. Stems herbace- 

 ous, wide-trailing, clothed densely with spreading silky hairs. Stipules 



