Rhynchosia.] xlvii. § papilionace-e (baker). 219 



6. R. flavissima, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 2244. Stems 

 firm-herbaceous, wide-twining, terete, subglabrous. Stipules minute, 

 setaceous. Petiole an inch or less long-, firm ; leaflets 3 ; central one 

 broad-ovate, 1-1 i in. each way, upper half deltoid, petiolule J-|in. 

 long" j lateral ones very unequal-sided, both sides glabrous or the lower 

 slightly grey-silky when young. Flowers in lax 6-12-fiowered racemes 

 2-4 in. long on spreading peduncles which sometimes equal them. 

 Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels a line long, cer- 

 nuous. Calyx \ in. deep, glabrous ; teeth lanceolate, reaching more 

 than halfway down. Corolla | in. deep, yellow, not veined, the stan- 

 dard f in. broad, not silky. Pod J in. long, blunt, narrowed gradually 

 at the base, glabrous. — R. sennaarensis, Hochst. teste Schweinf. in 

 Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xviii. 655. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Sennaar and'the White Nile country, Schwein- 

 furth ! 



7. R. splendens, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xviii. 654. 

 Stems erect, clothed with white tomentum. Stipules deciduous. Leaflets 

 obovate, elliptical, twice as long as the petiole, thinly white-silky 

 above, densely clothed with white tomentum beneath. Racemes 12-16- 

 flowered, exceeding the leaves. Pedicels \ line long. Bracts exceeding 

 the pedicels, caducous. Calyx half as long as the corolla, grey-silky, 

 the very acute teeth reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, § in. long, 

 the standard silky on the outside. Ovary tomentose. 



Nile Li and. Abyssinia, Schweinfurth. 



Distinguished from R. Memnonia by its erect habit and larger flowers. 



8. R. minima, DC. Prod. ii. 385. Stems firm, herbaceous, slender, 

 wide-twining, subglabrous. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles an inch 

 or less long, firm, glabrous ; leaflets 3 ; central one roundish or broad 

 ovate, f-1 in. each way, blunt or subacute ; petiolule J in. long ; lateral 

 ones unequal-sided ; texture firm, both sides subglabrous. Flowers in 

 lax 6-12-flowered racemes 2-4 in. long on short firm peduncles. Bracts 

 and bracteoles minute, setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels a line long. 

 Calyx 2-2i lines deep, subglabrous ; teeth linear-setaceous, reaching 

 more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, | in. deep, the standard not 

 silky. Pod f in. long, \ in. broad, narrowed to the base, bluntish, soon 

 glabrous. — Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 214. Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras, 

 xxiv. t. 54, fig. 2; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 230. G..rhombea, Schum. et 

 Thonn. PL Guin. 346. R. nuda, medicaginea, rhombifolia, ervoidea and punc- 

 tata, DC. Prod. I.e. Copisma tenue m&falcatum, E. Meyer, Comm. 136. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottetl 

 Roger I Heudelot ! Guinea proper, Thonning, Barter I 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! Schweinfurth! Petherick! Abyssinia, Quartin- 

 Dillon and Petit! 



/3. R. flagellars, Fenzl in Flora, 1844, 132; racemes very lax, with the peduncle 

 12-18 in. long, sometimes branched with a leaf at the fork. Nubia, Kotschy ! 



Everywhere in the tropics, and also a plant of the Cape and United States. 



