Dolichos.] XLVII. § PAPILIONACE.E (BAKER). 211 



the axils of the leaves. Calyx 1J-2 lines, slightly downy, the upper 

 teeth quite connate, the side ones lanceolate, the lowest linear, twice 

 the tube. Corolla 6-8 lines long, yellow, the standard considerably 

 exceeding the other petals. Pod linear, subsessile, nearly straight, 

 glabrous, 12-15 lines long, 2 lines broad, 6-8-seeded, tipped with a 

 persistent style \ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Barter! 



Lower Guinea. Loando and Golungo Alto, and a variety with small blunt, more 

 pubescent leaflets and rather larger flowers, in Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsck! 



Mozamb. Distr. Inhamagera, 7° S. lat., Spehe and Grant! Zambesi land. Dr. 

 Kirk! 



Common in Tropical Asia. 



3. D. axillaris, E. Meyer, Comm. PL Afr. 144. Stem very wide- 

 climbing, firm, slender, glabrous or finely downy. Bracts lanceolate, 

 2-3 lines. Petioles 12-18 lines ; leaflets ovate, acute, quite glabrous, 

 the end one 1J-2 in. long on a petiolule | in. long, lateral ones un- 

 equal-sided; stipellae minute setaceous. Flowers 2-3 on short pedicels 

 in the axils of the leaves. Calyx \ in.- long, glabrous, the upper teeth 

 quite connate, the others lanceolate, about equalling the tube. Corolla 

 yellow, tinged with green, |-| in. long, the standard 5-6 lines broad, 

 not longer than the other petals. Pod 1^-2 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, 

 glabrous, narrowed into a pedicel as long as the calyx, slightly recurved, 

 5-8-seeded, tipped with a persistent style 5-6 lines long. — Clitoria 

 viridiflora, Bouton in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 152. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Between Tette and the coast, Dr. Kirk! 



Also a plant of Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Cape'. 



4. D. uniflorns, Lam. ; DC. Prod. ii. 398. Annual, with pubescent 

 stems, suberect, or when elongated more or less twining. Stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 lines. Petioles 1-2 in. ; leaflets ovate, blunt, 

 faintly mucronate, glabrescent above, finely downy below, the end 

 1^-2 in. long on a petiolule 3-4 lines long ; lateral leaflets unequal - 

 sided ; stipellee minute linear-setaceous. Flowers copious, solitary in 

 the axils of the leaves on very short pedicels. Calyx 4-6 lines ; teeth 

 linear-setaceous ; upper not connate more than halfway up; lowest 

 3-4 times the tube. Corolla yellow^ 6-8 lines. Pod linear, much 

 recurved, sessile, 1J-2 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, finely downy, 6-8- 

 seeded, tipped with a persistent style 3-4 lines long. — D. Daltoni, 

 Webb, Fl. Nigr. 125. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Schweinfurth ! 



Common in Tropical Asia, and the Cape Verde D. Daltoni is evidently the same. 



5. D. brevicaulis, Baker. A perennial with a wide-creeping 

 slender rootstock. Stems erect, densely grey-downy, a few inches 

 high. Stipules lanceolate, persistent, 1J-2 lines. Petioles erecto- 

 patent, 8-12 lines ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, both sides, especially 

 the under one, closely grey-pubescent, the end one 15-18 lines long, 



