Dolichos.] XLVII. § papilionace^: (baker). 213 



9. D. andongensis, Welw. mss. Stems very slender, wide-climbing-, 

 quite glabrous. Stipules \ in., lanceolate, reflexed. Petioles 12-15 

 lines, very slender ; leaflets 3, membranous, quite glabrous, the end 

 one ovate-deltoid, subacute ; petiolule 4-6 lines, side ones very ob- 

 lique. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, very slender, at most equalling- the 

 leaves. Pedicels 1-3 lines. Calyx 2| lines, campanulate, glabrous ; 

 teeth shorter than tube, the upper pair connate. Corolla red, twice 

 the calyx. Pod 21-24 lines long, 4 lines broad, glabrous, falcately re- 

 flexed, 7-8-seeded ; style twisted at base, \ in. long. 



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



10. D. debilis, Hochst. in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. No. 1440. Stems 

 very slender, wide 7 climbing, clothed when young with fine deflexed 

 tawny pubescence. Stipules 2 lines, linear, reflexed. Petioles 1 J-2 in., 

 very slender ; leaflets 3, membranous, finely-silky when young, gla- 

 brescent ; central ovate-acuminate, 1J-2 in. long; petiolule \- J in., 

 side ones very oblique. Peduncles very slender, 1-2-flowered, at most 

 equalling the leaves. Calyx j in., slightly pubescent, the teeth shorter 

 than the tube, the upper pair connate. Corolla pale red, three times 

 the calyx. Pod glabrous, linear, recurved, 6-7-seeded, not seen fully 

 mature ; style \ in. long, twisted at the base. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimperl Quart in- Dillon and Petit! 



11. D. formosus, A. Mich. Fl. Abyss, i. 225. Stems wide-twining, 

 finely downy when young. Stipules 2-2^ lines, blunt, scarious. Pe- 

 tioles 2-4 in. ; leaflets 3, membranous, ovate-acuminate, glabrous on 

 both sides when mature ; the central one 2-3 in. long ; side ones 

 very oblique. Racemes 3-4-flowered on spreading peduncles reaching 

 2-3 in. long. Pedicels |— J in., finely downy. Calyx campanulate, 

 slightly silky, | in. deep, the upper teeth connate, the side ones deltoid, 

 the lowest lanceolate. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod 2-3 in. 

 long, f in. broad, membranous, glabrous, blunt, much reflexed, 8-10- 



• seeded. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I and others ; and a variety with downy stems 

 and leaves, and pod clothed with persistent grey tomentum. 



A. Kichard describes also a D.f mitis, gathered in Abyssinia by Quartin-Dillon, 

 which, so far as known, differs from this by its rhomboidal end-leaflets and pods atte- 

 nuated at the point. 



12. D. stenocarpus, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1450. Stems 

 firm, wide-climbing, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, 1 J-2 in. Petiole 

 2-3 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, quite glabrous ; central one ovate acu- 

 minate, 3-4 in. long; petiolule 9-12 lines; side ones equal or slightly 

 oblique. Peduncles firm, spreading, 3-4 in. long ; racemes 3-12- 

 flowered. Pedicels 2-3 lines, their base swollen ana persistent. Calyx 

 glabrous, 2£ lines deep, the teeth short and bluntly rounded. Corolla 

 red, an inch long ; standard round, 8-9 lines broad. Pod 4-5 in. long, 



