Dolichos.] XLVII. § PAPILI0NACE2E (BAKER). 215 



brescent above, persistently thinly grey-canescent beneath, the end one 

 rotundate- deltoid, 3-4 in. long and broad, bluntish with amucro; pe- 

 tiolule 9-12 lines ; lateral very unequal-sided. Flowers in ample ter- 

 minal panicles, with dense-flowered erecto-patent racemose branches. 

 Pedicels very silky, ^ in. Calyx 2 lines, finely grey-silky ; upper lip 

 truncate ; 3 lower teeth deltoid, very short. Corolla red, \ in. long. 

 Ovary linear, densely grey-velvety, multiovulate ; style \ in., twisted 

 at base. Pod not seen. 



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



17. D. pseudo-cajanus, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub 2-3 ft. 

 high with sulcate terete finely grey silky branches. Stipules lanceolate, 

 5-6 lines. Leaflets 3, glabrescent above, persistently thinly grey 

 silky beneath, end one oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 in. long ; petiolule 

 6-9 lines ; lateral ones scarcely unequal-sided. Flowers in copious 

 subsessile axillary corymbs passing at the top of the branches into a 

 short raceme. Pedicels 1-2 lines, densely silky. Calyx 2J lines, finely 

 silky,; teeth lanceolate," shorter than the tube, upper pair connate. 

 Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. Pod linear, straight, 18-21 lines long, 

 f in. broad, slightly downy, 6-7-seeded, narrowed at the base ; style 

 \ in., twisted at the base. 



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



18. D. splendens, Welw. mss. An erect simple or slightly branched 

 undershrub, 2-3 ft. high, with stout sulcate densely grey-silky stems. 

 Stipules lanceolate, 5-6 lines. Petioles 2-3 in. ; leaflets 3, glabrescent 

 above, densely clothed beneath with persistent shining thick grey silky 

 tomentum ; end one ovate or lanceolate, acute, reaching 3-4 in. long ; 

 petiolule 12-15 lines ; lateral ones rather unequal- sided. Flowers in 

 long lax terminal racemes reaching down among the leaves. Pedicels 

 J-J in., densely silky. Calyx £ in., finely grey-silky ; three lower 

 teeth linear, exceeding tube, upper pair connate. Corolla bright red, 

 1 in. deep, standard J in. broad. Pod linear, 2-2J in. long, 4 lines 

 broad, recurved, 7-8-seeded, persistently grey downy j style £ in. long, 

 twisted at the base. 



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



69. CAJANUS, DC.j Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 541. 



Calyx with the two upper teeth connate, the others equal. Standard 

 orbicular, reflexed, the base appendiculate with inflexed auricles ; wings 

 obliquely obovate ; keel with an incurved apex, truncate. Upper sta- 

 men free, the others connate ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, multi- 

 ovulate ; style incrassated above the middle, beardless, slightly dilated 

 below the obliquely terminal stigma. Pod linear, obliquely acute, 

 compressed, two-valved, with transverse constrictions between the seeds 

 on the outside, scarcely septate within. 



A single species. 



