Rhynchosia.\ xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 221 



/3. R. discolor, Klotzschin Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 30. Stems slender, wide-twining ; 

 leaves not so densely silky, racemes short and few-flowered, the axis slender and flexuoae'. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Beuguela, Dr. Welwitsch. (Perhaps distinct, more 

 shrubby, with the few flowers solitary or geminate.) 



Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Peters! 



Descends southward to the Cape, eastward to Arabia and Afghanistan. Var. /3. con- 

 nects this with the preceding. 



11. R. filicaulis, Welw. mss. Stems very slender, wide-twining, 

 obscurely pubescent. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 1-2 lines ; 

 leaflets 3, subcoriaceous, lanceolate, acute, glabrescent above, glaucous 

 and persistently downy below, the veins raised ; end one 6-9 lines 

 long ; petiolule 1 line or less ; lateral ones not at all unequal-sided. 

 Flowers copious 1-2 together on short downy peduncles. Calyx 3-4 

 lines, finely downy, teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Corolla violet. 

 Pod 1 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, narrowed to both ends, 2-seeded, 

 densely clothed with fine silky hairs. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, in fields of Arachis, Dr. Welwitsch I 



12. R. latissima, Welw. mss. A wide-climbing shrub with slender 

 terete branches a little downy only towards the end. Stipules linear, 

 deciduous. Petioles 1-3 in. ; leaflets 3, membranous, quite glabrous 

 on both sides ; end one broad-ovate acuminate, 2 J-3 in. ; petiolule 

 6-12 lines ; lateral ones very unequal-sided. Flowers 2-12 in copious 

 short-stalked terminal and lateral racemes. Pedicels J- J in., finelv 

 downy. Calyx f in., finely downy ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the 

 tube. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx ; standard § in. broad. Ovary 

 short-stalked, densely viscous. Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Cazengd, Dr. Welwitsch! 



13. R. elegans, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 228. Stems slender, firm, 

 wide-twining, slightly grey-pubescent. Stipules \ in. long, ovate- 

 acuminate, scarious, reflexed. Petioles J-l-J- in. long, firm ; leaflets 

 3, the central one broad ovate-acuminate, 1J-2J- in. long by 1-2 in. 

 broad, the base rounded ; petiolule J in. long ; lateral ones unequal- 

 sided, texture firm, upper surface glabrous, the lower finely grey- 

 pubescent especially on the raised veins. Flowers in lax 6-20-flowered 

 racemes 3-4 in. long on short peduncles. Bracts like the stipules. 

 Bracteoles linear, deciduous. Pedicels J-J in. long, cernuous, pubes- 

 cent. Calyx \ in. deep, pubescent, the teeth linear-setaceous, reaching 

 three-quarters down, the lowest longer than the others'. Corolla | in. 

 deep ; standard glabrous, yellow, distinctly veined with purple. Pod 

 \\ in. long, f in. broad, narrowed at the base and point, finely grey- 

 pubescent when young. — Glycine elegans, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 

 No. 88. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others. 



14. R. ferruginea, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 229. Stems herbaceous, 

 slender, wide-twining, densely clothed with spreading ferruginous pu- 



