214 xlvii. § papilionace^; (baker). [Dohchos. 



hard, straight, 2J lines thick, the sutures much incrassated ; seeds 

 15-18.— A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 224. 



Nile Land. Sennaar, Knoblecher. Abyssinia, Schimper! Schweinfurth I Usui 

 slopes, Speke and Grant! 



13. D. reticulatus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 225. Stems herbaceous, 

 twining*, terete, scarcely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, striated. 

 Leaflets ovate-oblong-, acuminate, both sides glabrous, the lower with 

 the veinlets raised. Racemes 6-8-flowered, the peduncles equalling 

 the leaves. Pedicels moderately long, pubescent and glandular like 

 the calyx, the 5 teeth of which are linear-lanceolate, the lowest longer 

 than the others. Corolla violet. Pod not known. 



Nile If and. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon. Not seen. 



14. D. densiflorus, Welw. mss. Root tuberous. Stems 1-3 ft. 

 high, erect or ascending, caespitose, sufrruticose, clothed with persistent 



rey pubescence. Stipules J-f in., persistent, downy on the back. 



etioles stiff, erecto-patent, scarcely exceeding the stipules ; leaflets 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, coriaceous, reaching If -2 in. long, upper 

 side glabrous, lower persistently grey silky, blunt, emarginate ; petio- 

 lule J- f in., side ones not oblique ; stipellse minute, lanceolate, downy. 

 Flowers 6-8 in congested subsessile axillary racemes. Bracts lanceo- 

 late, densely grey-silky. Pedicels J in. Calyx £ in. deep, with a pair 

 of lanceolate adpressed bracteoles at the base, densely grey-silky ; teeth 

 lanceolate, the upper pair connate. Corolla an inch long, bright yellow ; 

 standard | in. broad, considerably exceeding the equal wings and keel. 

 Ovary linear, densely grey-silky, multiovulate ; style not twisted. Pod 

 unknown. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 



15. D. ? Dongaluta, Welw. toss. Rootstock perennial, carnoso- 

 fibrous. Stems csespitose, sufrruticose, 1-2 ft. high, erect, simple or 

 forked, glabrous. Stipules scarious, deltoid, 2-3 lines. Petioles 

 12-18 lines, rigidly erecto-patent ; leaflets 3, rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, the end one oblong or lanceolate, bluntish or subacute, reach- 

 ing 3-4 in. long, triplinerved ; petiolule 9-12 lines ; side ones scarcely 

 at all oblique. Flowers produced when the leaves are very young in 

 subsessile 6-12-flowered congested axillary racemes. Pedicels reaching 

 3-4 lines. Calyx purplish, membranous, glabrous, ^ in. deep, with 

 two minute setaceous bracteoles at the base ; teeth lanceolate-cuspi- 

 date, shorter than the tube, the upper two connate. Corolla purplish, 

 | in. ; standard reflexed, orbicular, \ in. broad. Ovary 3-4-ovulate ; 

 style glabrous, not twisted j stigma penicillate. Pod unknown. 



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

 Flowers produced in February ; fully-developed leaves in May. 



16. D. elatus, Welw. -mss. An erect shrub 6-7 ft. high, with sili- 

 cate stiff persistently grey-downy branches. Stipules linear, \ in. Pe- 

 tioles downy, erecto-patent, 1J-2 in. ; leaflets 3, subcoriaceous, gla- 



