202 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Vigna. 



long-. Pedicels silky, 1-1 J lines long. Calyx 3-3 \ lines deep, silky, 

 the upper teeth deltoid, equal to the campanulate tube, the lower lanceo- 

 late, distinctly longer. Flowers yellow, 9—10 lines deep, the glabrous 

 standard 7-8 lines broad. Immature pod linear, more than 2 in. long, 

 densely silky, 12-15-seeded. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



21. V. comosa, Baker. Stems slender, wide-twining, clothed with 

 fine spreading grey hairs. Stipules linear, very minute. Petioles 

 downy, 1-2 in. ; leaflets 3, papyraceous, finely downy on both sides, 

 end one ovate, 15-18 lines long, acute, rounded at the base; petiolule 

 3-4 lines ; lateral ones unequal-sided. Flowers in close racemes 12-15 

 lines long, on straight downy peduncles 6-10 in. long, the setaceous 

 bracts exceeding the buds. Pedicels very short. Calyx 1 line long ; 

 teeth deltoid, lowest lanceolate. Corolla yellow, f in. ; standard gla- 

 brous on the back. Pod linear, finely downy, not seen mature. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch I 



22. V. Donii, Baker. Stems slender, herbaceous, wide-twining, 

 densely clothed when young with fine deflexed tawny silky hairs. Sti- 

 pules 2 lines deep, auricled. Petioles an inch long, clothed like the 

 stems ; leaflets 3, membranous, terminal one ovate, 1 J-2 in. long, 

 subacute, lateral ones very unequal-sided, both sides finely-silky. 

 Flowers 6-12 in flexuose rather lax racemes on silky peduncles about 

 equalling them. Pedicel equalling the calyx, which is campanulate, 

 | in. deep, subglabrous, the teeth reaching about halfway down. Co- 

 rolla blue, 4-5 lines deep. Pod linear, 1-1 \ in. long, J in. broad, 

 straight, glabrous. — Clitoria racemosa, G. Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 215. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas. Q. Don ! 



23. V. Afzelii, Bakeju Stems very slender, wide-climbing, clothed 

 with fine grey pubescence. Stipules linear, very minute. Petiole 

 9-18 lines long, pubescent like the branches ; leaflets 3, the central 

 one ovate, 12-18 lines long, 5-7 lines broad, bluntish, the base del- 

 toid, the side ones shorter, unequal-sided, texture membranous, under 

 surface at first finely grey-downy. Peduncles 1 J-5 in. long. Racemes 

 dense, 3-12-flowered. Pedicels silky, 1-2 lines long. Calyx broadly 

 campanulate, a line deep, nearly glabrous, the deltoid teeth reaching 

 nearly halfway down. Corolla reddish, half an inch, the standard half 

 an inch broad. Pod linear, 6-8 lines long, a line broad, glabrous when 

 mature, 5— 6-seeded. c 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 



24. V. marginata, Benth. in Rarv. Fl. Cap. ii. 240. Stem woody, 

 suberect, the young branches subglabrous. Stipules minute, linear. 

 Petiole 12-18 lines long, firm, glabrous; leaflets 3, chartaceous, 

 quite glabrous, the central one oblong, 2-2J in. long, acute or blunt, 

 rounded at the base, with a petiolule 5-6 lines long, lateral ones 

 slightly unequal-sided. Flowers 4-6 crowded at the summit of firm 



