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silky, with a pair of large round bracteoles at the base ; teeth deltoid, 

 rather shorter than tube. Corolla rose-purple, 18-21 lines deep, much 

 the largest of all the species ; standard 1 J in. broad ; keel blunt. Pod 

 3-4 in. long*, slightly recurved, densely velvety, not seen mature ; per- 

 sistent style flattened at the point. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 



17. V. parviflora, Welw. mss. Stem slender, herbaceous, twining, 

 thinly clothed with deflexed bristly grey hairs. Stipules minute lanceo- 

 late. Petioles |— 1 in. ; leaflets 3, lanceolate, subacute, with a few ad- 

 pressed grey hairs on both sides ; end one 1 \- 2 in. long, rounded at the 

 base; petiolule 3-4 lines ; lateral ones not unequal-sided. Flowers 

 2-4 in an umbel at the tip of a slender, slightly hispid peduncle 2-3 

 in. long. Pedicels 1 line. Calyx 1 line, campanulate, slightly bristly ; 

 teeth deltoid as long as tube, lowest lanceolate. Corolla greenish, \ in. 

 Pod linear with a few adpressed bristles, not seen mature. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, in sandy soil, Dr. Welwitsch! 



18. V. pubigera, Baker. Stems herbaceous, wide-climbing, densely 

 clothed with soft deflexed pubescence. Stipules minute, linear-subulate. 

 Petiole 1 J-2 in. long, clothed like the stem ; leaflets 3, papyraceous, 

 the central one lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, acute, the base rounded, the 

 petiolule J-f in. long, the lateral ones rather unequal-sided, both 

 surfaces finely pubescent all over, the veinlets raised. Flowers 6-12 in 

 capitate racemes on densely ferruginous-pubescent peduncles 2-3 in. 

 long. Bracteoles small, setaceous. Pedicels silky, a line long. Calyx 

 campanulate, silky, \ in. deep, the teeth deltoid. Corolla J-f in. deep, 

 yellowish, the keel recurved at the point. Ovary linear, silky. Pod 

 unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Barter! 



19. V. ambacensis, Welw. mss. Stems firm, slender, very twining, 

 clothed with short spreading grey pubescence. Stipules very minute. 

 Petioles 1-2 in., pubescent ; leaflets 3, papyraceous, with a few ad- 

 pressed hairs on both sides, veins beneath raised j end one lanceolate, 

 2-3 in. long, blunt, mucronate ; petiolule J-J in. ; side ones deflexed, 

 rather unequal-sided. Racemes solitary or in pairs, sessile or shortly 

 peduncled from the axils of the leaves, and the leafless upper part of 

 the branches, many lower nodes abortive, 4-6 top flowers only deve- 

 loped. Pedicels very short. Calyx \ in., campanulate, inconspicuously 

 downy; teeth deltoid, very short. Flowers violet-purple, 5-6 lines ; 

 standard silky on the back. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Ambaca, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



20. V. Schimperi, Baker. Stems moderately stout, twining very 

 much, densely clothed with yellowish-brown silky pubescence. Stipules 

 linear, silky, 1 J-2 lines long. Petioles 6-12 lines long ; leaflets 

 ovate, acute, subcoriaceous, 1 J-2 in. long, at first inconspicuously silky 

 on both sides. Flowers about 6 in an umbel on silky peduncles J-5 in. 



