222 XLVII. § PAPILIONACE^E (BAKER). 



bescence. Stipules lanceolate, scarious, J in. deep. Petioles f-1 in. 

 long ; leaflets 3, central broad-ovate, 1\ in. long-, mucronate; petio- 

 lule \ in. long ; lateral ones unequal-sided, texture firm, both sides a 

 little pubescent, the veins raised. Flowers in lax racemes, which ex- 

 ceed the leaves. Calyx \ in. long, densely ferruginous, the teeth 

 linear-setaceous, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla equalling 

 the calyx ; standard yellow, veined with purple, not silky, the keel 

 obtuse. Pod not seen. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit I 



15. R. viscosa, DC. Prod. ii. 387. Stems woody, wide-twining, 

 terete, finely glandular and grey-pubescent. Stipules ovate, persistent, 

 scarious, \ in. long. Petioles 1J— 2 in. long, clothed like the branches ; 

 leaflets 3, central suborbicular or broadly ovate-rhomboidal, acute; 

 petiolule ^-§ in. long, lateral ones unequal-sided, under surface thinly 

 pubescent. Flowers in lax racemes sometimes 6 in. long on short firm 

 peduncles. Bracts ovate, deciduous. Calyx § — \ in. deep, grey-pubes- 

 cent and glandular, cut dowji nearly to the base, the teeth lanceolate, 

 the lowest much longer than the others. Corolla equalling or slightly 

 exceeding the calyx, the standard pubescent on the back. Pod 1-1 \ 

 in. long, f-J in. broad, densely clothed with glands and spreading hairs 

 when young, tipped with the persistent filiform style. — Dolichos gluti- 

 nosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 312 ; Wight, et Am. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 

 248. R. stipulosa, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 229, t. 43. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Petkerick! Binder. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon ! Karague 

 and Unyoro, Speke and Grant I 



A plant of the Mascarene isles and East Indies. 



16. R. debilis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 312. Stems firm-herbaceous, 

 slender, climbing, grey-pubescent. Stipules small, lanceolate acumi- 

 nate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, slender, firm ; leaflets 3, central one 

 broadly ovate-rhomboidal, 2-3 in. each way, cuspidate ; petiolule J in. 

 long; lateral ones unequal- sided ; texture thin, firm, both sides gla- 

 brescent. Flowers in dense subsessile heads 1-1J in. long. Bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, exceeding the pedicels, which are a line long. Calyx 

 J in. deep, grey-pubescent, the teeth linear-setaceous, reaching down 

 nearly to the base. Corolla reddish, f in. deep. Pod J-| in. long, 

 J in, broad, rather narrowed at both ends, thinly clothed with long 

 spreading grey hairs. — Dolichos debilisj Don. mss. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, O. Don 1 Cameroon mountains and banks 

 of the Gaboon, Mann ! 



This has entirely the habit of B. densiflora, differing in ,the calyx and bracts. 



17. R. densiflora, DC. Prod. ii. 389. Stems slender, firm-herba- 

 ceous, wide-twining, finely grey-pubescent. Stipules ovate or lanceo- 

 late. Petioles 1-1 J in. long, slender, finely pubescent; leaflets 3, 

 central one broadly ovate acuminate, 1J in. each way; petiolule f-^ in. 

 long, lateral ones unequal-sided, papyraceous, under surface slightly 

 grey pubescent. Flowers in dense oblong subsessile clusters 2-4 in. 



