Lo7ichocarpus.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 243 



4. L. cyanescens, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 96. A woody 

 climber, 20 or 30 ft. long-, the branches glabrous or slightly silky. 

 Petioles firm, woody, 2-3 in. long; leaflets 9-11, oblong-, 3-5 in. 

 long, pointed, the base rounded, the lower ones much shorter, coria- 

 ceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in copious often fascicled panicles 

 sometimes a foot long, the branches short, spreading, densely-flowered 

 but not fascicled. Bracts linear, equalling the pedicels, 1 line long. 

 Calyx 1 line deep, finely grey-silky, the teeth deltoid, reaching a 

 quarter of the way down, the two upper ones connate. Corolla three 

 times as long as the calyx, violet, the standard glabrous, J in. broad, 

 not appendiculate. Pod 6-7 in. long, 1 in. broad, narrowed to both 

 ends, stalked, membranous, glabrous, 4-5-seeded. — Robinia cyanescens, 

 Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 351. 



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

 and others. Guinea proper, Schumacher and Thonning! Barter! Fernando Po, 

 Mann I 



5. L. ? macrostachyns, Hook.f. Fl. Nigr. 317. A woody climber 

 25 ft. long, the branches glabrous. Petioles 2 in. long, firm, glabrous ; 

 leaflets 5-7, obovate-oblong, the terminal one 5-6 in. long, cuspidate, 

 the base rounded, subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in 

 ample thyrsoid panicles often a foot long, the branches numerous, 

 slender, erecto-patent, regular, not more than 2 in. long, the flowers 

 dense in the upper part. Pedicels a line long. Calyx 2 lines deep, 

 ferruginous-silky, the teeth very short. Corolla rose-red, | in. deep, 

 the orbicular standard J in. broad, reflexed, glabrous on the back. 

 Ovary linear, finely brown-silky, subsessile, multiovulate. Pod un- 

 known. — Benth. 1. c. 97. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country, Vogel! Mann! 



We have an allied species from Zambesi land in too imperfect a, state to describe. 

 The full-grown pod is quite woody, a foot long, 1^ in. broad, the faces flat and glabrous, 

 the upper suture not at all winged, and the full-developed leaflets are six inches long 

 by more than half as broad, obovate, subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous. 



6. L. ? fasciculatus, Benth. I. c. 100. A/ woody climber with finely 

 ferruginous-velvety branches. Petioles 2-3 in. long, firm, glabrous ; 

 leaflets 7-9, oblong or with a slight obovate tendency, 3-6 in. long, 

 shortly cuspidate, the base rounded, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. 

 Flowers in a thyrsoid panicle reaching 1 J ft. long, in dense fascicles 

 of 6-12 on a short branchlet with a space between the clusters. Calyx 

 subsessile, | in. deep, ferruginous-silky, tubular, the teeth deltoid, 

 reaching a quarter down, the two upper ones connate. Corolla whitish, 

 three times as long as the calyx ; standard linear-oblong, not more 

 than a line broad, glabrous ; wings very narrow ; keel incurved, its 

 petals a line broad. Ovary linear, sessile, silky, 2-3-ovulate. Imma- 

 ture pod linear, densely ferruginous-silky. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Morson! Afzelius! 



7. L. Barteri, Benth. I. c. 99. A woody climber, with glabrous 

 branches. Petioles 1-4 in. long, firm, glabrous; leaflets b-7, oblong or 



