218 xlviI. § papilionace^: (baker). 



8j central one roundish, 3-5 in. each way, cuspidate ; petiolule 1-1 J 

 in. long- ; lateral ones unequal-sided j texture thin but subcoriaceous, 

 both sides green, glabrous. Flowers in dense racemes 3-4 in. long, on 

 short woody peduncles. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, scarious, slightly 

 silky. Pedicels silky, 3—4 lines long. Calyx f in. long, densely grey- 

 pubescent, cut down nearly to the base, the upper lip spathulate, § in. 

 broad, slightly bifid, the side ones shorter, | in. broad, the lowest longer, 

 l in. broad, all blunt. Corolla bright red, equalling the calyx. Pod 

 oblong, equalling the calyx, £ in. broad, densely grey-velvety. — Cyano- 

 spermum calycinum, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 312. Cylista ? pycnostaohya, DC. 

 Prod. ii. 410. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet! Ingram! Sierra Leone, 

 Smeathmann ! Don! Afzelius! Vogel! Barter! Fernando Po, Barter! Mann! 

 (One of the specimens with the leaves thicker in texture and thinly silky beneath.) 



4. R. cyanosperma, Benth. mss. Stems woody, wide- climbing, 

 terete, densely grey or ferruginous-pubescent when young. Stipules 

 ovate, scarious, pubescent. Petioles 3-4 in. long, firm, clothed like the 

 branches ; leaflets 3, coriaceous, central one roundish, 4-5 in. long, 

 cuspidate, petiolule J in. long ; lateral ones unequal- sided ; upper sur- 

 face thinly and the lower densely grey-pubescent, the veins ferruginous. 

 Flowers in moderately lax racemes 6^-9 in. long on firm woody peduncles. 

 Bracts ovate-lanceolate, £ in. long, densely grey-silky, deciduous. 

 Pedicels J in. long. Calyx an inch deep, densely matted on the back 

 with grey tomentum, cut down nearly to the base, the upper lobe 

 spathulate f in. broad, deeply bifid, the others blunt about 2 lines broad, 

 the lowest the longest. Corolla bright red, sometimes white, equalling 

 the calyx. Pod oblong, equalling the calyx, densely grey -velvety. — 

 Cylista tomentosa, Roxb. DC. Prod. ii. 410. Cyanospermum tomentosum, 

 Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 260. Cylista albijora, Bot. 

 Mag. 1. 1859 fa white-flowered variety). 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Manganya hills, Dr. Metier! Dr. Stewart! 

 Also a native of the Mascarene isles and East Indies. 



5. R. resinosa, Hochst. in Schimp. Eb. Abyss. No. 317. Stems woody, 

 wide-twining, terete, finely glandular and grey pubescent. Stipules 

 lanceolate, \ in. long, scarious. Petiole 2-3 in. long, firm, glandular 

 and pubescent ; leaflets 3, broad ovate-rhomboidal, 2-3 in. each way, 

 acute, the base rounded or broad-cuneate, petiolule J-f in. long - y lateral 

 ones very unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, both sides green, lower slightly 

 downy and glandular on the veins. Flowers in dense or moderately 

 lax racemes 2-3 in. long on firm woody peduncles. Bracts ovate, viscous, 

 J in. deep, deciduous. Calyx f-f in. deep, viscous, tube ^ in. deep, teeth 

 blunt, the upper ones connate, bifid at the apex, the lowest longer than 

 the side ones, persistent and becoming membranous. Corolla yellow, 

 equalling the calyx, enclosing the pod, which is J in. long, half as 

 broad, slightly pubescent, — Fagelia resinosa, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 226. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon, Plowden ! Nubia, Petherick! 



