224 xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). [Eriosema. 



Leaves trifoliolate. 



Leaves subsessile. Eoot fleshy 2. E. tuberosum. 



Leaves stalked. Root wiry 3. E. pygmceum. 



Stems herbaceous elongated. Leaves simple 4. E. Afzelii. 



Shrubs woody at the base only. 



Calyx 1-1 ^ lines long, less than half the corolla. 



Leaves subsessile 5. E. polystachyum. 



Leaves distinctly stalked 6. E. parviflorum. 



Calyx 2-3 lines long, at least half the corolla. 

 Leaves subsessile. 



Peduncles about an inch long ....'...I.E. sericeum. 



Peduncles 3-5 in. long 8. E. paucifiorum. 



Leaves distinctly stalked. 



Peduncles equalling the leaves 9. E. radicosum. 



Peduncles twice the leaves 10. E: longepedunculatum. 



Shrubs with woody branches. • 



Leaves simple 11. E. ellipticum. 



Leaves trifoliolate. 

 Leaves subsessile. 



Flowers in elongated stalked racemes 12. E. cajanoides. 



Flowers in subsessile congested heads. 



Pod equalling the calyx 13. E. griseum. 



Pod twice the calyx 14. E. glomeratum. 



Leaves distinctly stalked. 



Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx. 



Stipules linear-lanceolate, 2 lines 15. E. Muxiria. 



Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 6-9 lines 16. E. robustum. 



Corolla twice the calyx 17. E. flemingioides. 



Corolla thrice the calyx 18. E. speciosum. 



1. E. cordifolium, Hochst. in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. No. 1542. Root 

 fufeiform or napiform. Stem a foot or more high, branched from the 

 base, firm-herbaceous, diffuse slightly pubescent. Stipules small, lan- 

 ceolate, scarious. Leaves simple, subsessile, cordate- ovate, 2-3 in. 

 long", broad, acute or bluntish, base with two deep rounded lobes, firm, 

 both sides green, slightly pubescent. Flowers in dense rounded or 

 oblong heads an inch deep on peduncles under an inch long, which are 

 denselv clothed with spreading grey hairs. Pedicels very short. Calyx 

 J in. deep, clothed with spreading tawny hairs, the teeth linear-seta- 

 ceous, densely ciliated, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Co- 

 rolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod 3-4 lines long by 

 nearly as broad, thinly clothed with spreading tawnv hairs. — A. Rich. 

 Fl. Abyss, i. 227. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others. 



2. E. tuberosum, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 1624. Root 

 fusiform or napiform. Stipules lanceolate, scarious, striated, \— § in. 

 deep. Stem suberect, simple, under a foot high, densely grey-silky 

 upwards. Leaves subsessile ; leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly 

 obovate, 2-3 in. long, both ends narrowed ; the petiolule under \ in. 

 long, upper surface grey-green, soon glabrous, lower permanently 

 matted with fine grey-silky pubescence. Flowers in dense rounded 

 heads an inch deep on short silky peduncles. Pedicels very short. 

 Calyx J in. deep, densely grey-silky, teeth lanceolate acuminate, not 



