212 xlvii. § PAPitiONACE^: (baker). [Dolichos. 



subacute ; petiolule not above a line long* ; side-leaflets oblique. Flowers 

 solitary on short downy pedicels from the close nodes. Calyx 2J-3 

 lines, densely grey-downy, with two linear braoteoles at the base; 

 teeth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube, the two upper connate, the 

 lowest the longest. Corolla f in., bright yellow. Ovary linear, grey- 

 downy, multiovulate. Pod not seen. 

 Upper Guinea. Near Jeba on the Quorra, Barter 1 



6. D. rupestris, Welw. mss. A perennial with short trailing firm 

 finely grey-silky stems. Stipules lanceolate, persistent, 3-4 lines. 

 Petioles erect, 1^-2 in. ; leaflets oblong, coriaceous, blunt, mucronate, 

 1 J-2 in. long, inconspicuously grey-silky on both sides, the end one on 

 a petiolule ^-\ in. long. Flowers 2-4 together on short pedicels from 

 the axils of the leaves. Calyx 2J lines, densely clothed with adpressed 

 grey silky hairs ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube, the two upper 

 Quite connate. Corolla bright yellow, J in. long. Pod linear, 7-8- 

 seeded, nearly straight, finely silky when young, not seen fully mature. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 4000 feet, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



7. D. stipulosus, Welw. mss. An erect or diffuse perennial, with 

 csespitose finely grey-downy stems reaching a foot high. Stipules 

 3—6 lines, lanceolate, persistent, prominently ribbed. Leaflets 3, or of 

 the lowest leaves solitary, oblanceolate, rather fleshy, at first slightly 

 silky, glabrescent, acute, 1J-2 in. long ; petiolule 2-4 lines. Flowers 

 in pairs on short pedicels from the axils of the leaves. Calyx \ in. 

 long, thinly silky, with 5 subequal teeth considerably exceeding the 

 tube, below the base of which are a pair of linear braoteoles. Corolla 

 bright yellow, |-| in. long. Ovary linear, finely silky, 6-8-ovulate. 

 Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Another plant, gathered by Dr. Welwitsch in Huilla, may perhaps come in here. It 

 is an erect perennial, a foot high, with nearly sessile leaves, three short-stalked lanceo- 

 late acute leaflets 2-3 in. long, prominently triplinerved beneath, flowers in pairs on 

 short axillary pedicels ; calyx \ in. deep, with teeth exceeding the tube ; pod 5-6- 

 seeded, finely downy, 14 in. long, § in. broad, narrowed to both ends. 



8. D. Oliveri, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool. Dot. Gesell. Wien, xviii. 656. 

 Stems erect, woody, finely grey-silky, with elongated branches sub- 

 pendulous upwards. Stipules minute, lanceolate, silky. Petiole silky, 

 9-12 lines long ; leaflets 3, stipellate, the central one 18-24 lines 

 long, rhomboid with two shallow rounded lobes below the middle, on a 

 petiolule 3-4 lines long, the lateral ones unequal-sided, short-stalked, 

 both sides, especially the under one, grey-silky. Flowers 1-2 in the 

 axils of the leaves on silky pedicels 1^-2 lines long or laxly racemose 

 to the end of the branches. Bracts ovate, minute. Braoteoles minute, 

 persistent, silky, linear-lanceolate. Calyx turbinate, silky, 2J lines 

 deep, the deltoid teeth reaching a third down, the two upper connate. 

 Corolla yellow, 6-7 lines deep, glabrous. Pod linear, falcate, 2 in. 

 long, 4 lines broad, 6-7 -seeded, glabrous when mature. 

 Wile Land. Abyssinia, Matamma, Schweinfurth I 



