Eriosema.] xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). 225 



reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, hajf as long again as the 

 calyx. Pod densely grey-silky, f in. long by \ in. broad.— A. Rich. 

 Fl. Abyss, i. 227. Rhynchosia tuberosa, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss 

 No. 1202. J 



Nile Land. Abyssinia. Schimperl 



3. E. pygmaeum, Welw. mss. A perennial with a woody rootstock, 

 and caespitose branched herbaceous densely grey-silky stems, not 

 more than 1J-2 in. high. Stipules linear, 1 £-2 lines, persistent. 

 Petioles |-J in. ; leaflets 3, lanceolate acute, both sides persistently 

 grey-canescent, edge rather decurved, veins below raised ; end leaflet 

 8-9 lines long ; petiolule 1 line ; lateral ones smaller not unequal- 

 sided. Flowers in pairs on an erecto-patent axillary peduncle § —^ in. 

 long. Pedicels very short. Calyx J in., densely grey-silky, teeth 

 linear- lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. 

 Pod round, 4 lines each way, finely gTey-silky. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, 4000 feet, Dr. Weluritsch I 



4. E. Afzelii, Baker. Stem herbaceous, 2-3 ft. high, erect, stout, 

 densely clothed with grey woolly pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, 

 f— 1 in. long, pubescent. Leaves simple, sessile, lanceolate, the lowest 

 6 in. long by over an inch broad, narrowed gradually from below the 

 centre to both ends, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, densely matted 

 with grey pubescence beneath. Flowers in a dense terminal head 

 3—6 in. long. Calyx ^ in. long; teeth deltoid, not reaching more 

 than a quarter of the way down. Corolla reddish, three times the 

 length of the calyx. Pod 4—5 lines long, 2 lines broad, with a distinct 

 stalk equalling the calyx, densely clothed with long tawny silky hairs. 

 — Rhynchosia Afzelii, R. Br. in herb. Brit. Mus. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 

 A very distinct species. 



5. E. polystachyum, Baker. Stems 2-3 ft. high, suberect, woody 

 below, densely clothed with spreading light ferruginous pubescence. 

 Stipules lanceolate, \ in. long. Leaves nearly sessile ; leaflets 3, cen- 

 tral one ovate -lanceolate, 2—3 in. long, acute ; petiolule \ in. long ; 

 lateral ones rather unequal-sided, upper side finely pubescent at first, 

 lower thinly pubescent, the veins raised and ferruginous. Flowers in 

 dense racemes 2-3 in. long on pubescent peduncles as long. Bracteoles 

 minute, setaceous. Pedicels very short. Calyx \ in. deep, thinly- 

 silky ; teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down. Corolla more than 

 twice the calyx. Pod \ in. long by half as broad, the point oblique, 

 the faces densely clothed with long tawny silky hairs. — Rhynchosia 

 polystachya, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 231, t. 44. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I Petit. 



6. E. parviflorum, E. Meyer, Comm. PL Afr. Austr. 130. Stems 

 2-3 ft. high, suberect, woody below, copiously branched, densely 



