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



clothed with spreading or deflexed tawny silky hairs. Stipules 3-4 

 lines long, linear or lanceolate, often deflexed. Petioles J— 1 in. long ; 

 leaflets 3,. central one oblong or slightly ovate, 2-3 in. long, blunt or 

 acute ; petiolule \ in. long, the lateral ones unequal-sided, under sur- 

 face downy all over, the veins raised and ferruginous. Flowers in dense 

 heads 1—2 in. long on glabrous or pubescent peduncles 4—10 in. long. 

 Bracts lanceolate-setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels very short. Calyx 

 slightly pilose, a line deep ; teeth deltoid or lanceolate, not reaching half- 

 way down. Corolla three times the calyx, yellow tipped with red. Pod 

 J in. long, \ in. broad, densely clothed with long tawny silky hairs. — 

 E. podostachyum and spicatum, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 314. Cytisus glomeratus, 

 Bojer, Hort. Maur. 89 (name only). E. consanguineum, Klotzsch 

 in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 33. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra Leone, Don I Afzelius ! Guinea 

 proper, Vogel! Avsell! and others. 



Nile Land. Karague, Speke and Grant, 420 ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer! Peters 1 

 Extends southwards to the Cape. 



7. E. sericeum, Baker. Branches firm, herbaceous, moderately 

 stout, densely clothed with erecto-patent bright brown silky hairs. 

 Stipules linear, \ in. long, scarious, erect. Leaves subsessile j leaflets 

 3, central one oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, both ends narrowed 

 gradually ; petiolule \ in. long, lateral ones erecto-patent, equal-sided, 

 both sides glabrous except that the raised veins beneath are clothed 

 with fine bright ferruginous pubescence. Flowers in dense rounded 

 heads an inch each way on firm silky peduncles an inch long. Bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the silky pedicel, which is \m. long. 

 Calyx \ in. deep, densely brown-silky j teeth linear-setaceous, densely 

 ciliated, reaching three-quarters down. Pod broad-oblong, oblique at- 

 the point, densely clothed with long brown silky hairs. 



Upper Guinea. Angiama, Niger country, Barter ! 



8. E. pauciflorum, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossarnb. Bot. i. 31. Stems 

 a foot or more high, suberect, the branches firm-herbaceous, slender, 

 densely clothed with spreading ferruginous pubescence. Stipules \ in. 

 long, lanceolate, scarious. Leaves nearly sessile ; central leaflet oblan- 

 ceolate, \\ in. long, blunt ; petiolule \ in. long ; lateral ones erecto- 

 patent, scarcely unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrescent, 

 lower finely grey-downy all over, the veins raised, ferruginous. Flowers 

 6-8 in moderately dense racemose heads, on firm pubescent peduncles 

 3-5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, shorter than the calyx, deciduous. 

 Pedicels very short. Calyx J— § in. deep, finely grey-silky j teeth lan- 

 ceolate-setaceous, reaching halfway down, densely ciliated. Corolla 

 half an inch deep. Pod not seen.. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Sena, Dr. Peters! 



9. E. radicosum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 228. Stems 1-2 ft. high, 

 woody below, the branches flexuous, densely clothed with tawny hairs. 



