Eriosema.] xlvii. § papiljonacejE (baker). 227 



Stipules linear, densely silky. Leaves stalked, trifoliolate ; central 

 leaflet oblong, acute ; lateral ones slightly unequal-sided, under surface 

 principally pilose. Flowers in 8-12-flowered racemes, on peduncles 

 which equal the leaves. Calyx densely tawny-silky ; teeth subdeltoid. 

 Corolla twice the calyx. Pods oblong", silky. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-DiUon. 



Not seen. 



10. E. longepedunculatum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 226. Stems a 

 foot or more high, suberect, the branches firm -herbaceous, terete, slen- 

 der, clothed with fine tawny down. Stipules \ in. long, lanceolate, 

 scarious. Petioles J— 1 in. long, slender, firm. Leaflets 3, central one 

 ovate or oblong, 1-1 J in. long; petiolule 2 lines long; lateral ones 

 unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, the under surface slightly pubescent on 

 the raised ferruginous veins. Flowers in moderately dense 6-12- 

 flowered racemes 1-1J in. long, on slender, firm, glabrous peduncles 

 3-4 in. long. Bracts linear, deciduous, \ in. long, ferruginous. Calyx 

 2 lines deep, finely adpressed-silky ; teeth lanceolate, reaching a third 

 down. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod £ in. long by more than \ in. 

 broad, the apex oblique, the valves finely tawny-silky. — Rhynchosia lon- 

 gepedunculata, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 925. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Resembles E. parvijlorum in general habit, but the calyx twice as long. 



11. E. ellipticum, Welrv. mss. A sparingly branched shrub 2-3 ft. 

 high, with rigid sulcate grey-canescent branches. Stipules minute 

 lanceolate, deciduous. Petioles rigidly erecto-patent, \-\ in. Leaves 

 simple, rigidly coriaceous, oblong, blunt, rounded at the base, 

 2-2| in. long, dull green with immersed glands and short inconspicuous 

 hairs above, closely persistently grey-canescent below. Flowers in 

 copious subsessile congested axillary racemes much shorter than the 

 leaves. Pedicels 1-1 J lines, densely grey-silky. Calyx 2 lines, cam- 

 panulate, densely silky; teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube. 

 Corolla yellow, 6-7 lines ; standard densely silky on the back. Pod 

 oblong, f-| in. long, £ in. broad, densely grey-silky. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, at 4000 feet, Dr. Welwittch! 



12. E. cajanoides, Book. f. Fl. Nigr. 314. An erect copiously 

 branched shrub, 4-5 ft. high, branches slender, angular, densely ad- 

 pressed grey-silky. Stipules minute, lanceolate. Petioles \-\ in. 

 long. Leaflets 3, central one oblanceolate or narrow-oblong, 2-3 in. 

 long, blunt or acute ; petiolule J-J in. long ; lateral ones erecto- 

 patent, scarcely unequal-sided, subcoriaceous, under surface grey-green, 

 glabrescent, lower densely and permanently coated with fine grey pubes- 

 cence. Flowers in moderately close racemes 2-4 in. long, on firm 

 peduncles 1-2 in. long. Pedicels very short. Calyx 2-2| lines deep, 

 finely silky ; teeth subdeltoid, reaching nearly half down. Corolla yellow, 

 twice the calyx. Pod over half an inch long by rather less broad, the 



