Eriosema.] xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). 229 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Peters! 



Var. (3. E. elongatum, Baillon in Adans. vi. 227, (ad not.). Internodea 4 in. long ; 

 clusters about 10-flowered on a peduncle nearly an inch long. 

 Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



15. E. Muxiria, Welw. mss. An erect shrub, with branches clothed 

 with dense short grey persistent pubescence. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 

 2 lines. Petioles erecto-patent, 1J-2 in. ; leaflets 3, subcoriaceous, 

 green and shining above, persistently matted below with adpressed grey 

 pubescence ; petiolule §-g in. ; end one ovate-rhomboidal, almost cor- 

 date, blunt with a mucro, 2 J-3J in. long ; lateral ones very unequal- 

 sided. Flowers in short-stalked moderately dense terminal racemes 

 3-4 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, silky, subpersistent. Pedicels H-2 

 lines. Calyx J-| in., densely clothed with long spreading grey silky 

 hairs, with a pair of setaceous bracteoles at the base, the lanceolate 

 acuminate teeth much exceeding the tube. Corolla slightly exceeding 

 the calyx, variegated with violet and yellow, sometimes almost blue. 

 Pod densely brown-velvety, not seen mature. — Muxiria utilis, Welw. 

 Apont. 575. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, sometimes cultivated, Dr. Welwitsch*! 



16. E. robustum, Baker. A bush with moderately stout woody 

 branches densely clothed with ferruginous pubescence. Stipules broad- 

 ovate, scarious, reflexed, J-j in. long. Petioles an inch long, firm, 

 woody, ferruginous-pubescent ; leaflets 3, central one ovate, 5-6 in. 

 long, narrowed gradually to. a point, coriaceous, upper surface finely 

 downy, lower densely downy all over, the veins raised and ferruginous. 

 Flowers in a terminal panicle and dense short-stalked axillary racemes. 

 Bracts broad-ovate, J in. deep, brown, membranous, finely ferruginous- 

 silky. Pedicel a line long. Calyx half an inch deep, densely clothed 

 with long ferruginous silky hairs, the upper teeth lanceolate, reaching 

 about half down, the lowest longer and narrower than the rest. Corolla 

 slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod not seen. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Parhyns! 



In its leaves and general habit this resembles the next, but the flowers are very 

 different. 



17. E. fiemingioides, Baker. A bush with moderately woody flexuose 

 branches densely clothed with fine yellowish-grey or ferruginous down. 

 Stipules ovate, scarious, silky |— | in. deep. Petioles lj-l^-in. long, 

 woody, clothed like the stem ; leaflets 3 ; central one oblong 4-5 in. 

 long, 2J-3 in. broad, acute, rounded at both ends, petiolule ^ in. long, 

 lateral ones spreading, scarcely unequal-sided, coriaceous, upper sur- 

 face finely downy at first, lower grey-downy all over, the raised veins 

 and veinlets bright ferruginous. Flowers in short-stalked moderately 

 dense racemes 2-3 in. long. Bracts and bracteoles ovate acuminate, 

 §-Jih. long, scarious, with pale ferruginous silky hairs, subpersistent, 

 the unexpanded heads forming a cone with bracts only visible. Rachis 

 very zigzag. Pedicels very short. Calyx under \ in. deep, grey-silky ; 

 teeth lanceolate, reaching half down. Corolla |-| in. deep, the stan- 



