Derris.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 245 



of which are a line broad ; vexillary stamen free downwards. Ovary 

 linear, sessile, silky, with several ovules. Pod unknown. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch I 



2. D. lucida, Welw. mss. A wide -climbing" evergreen shrub with 

 strong- glabrous terete branches. Petioles 1J-5 in. long ; leaves 

 6-12 in. long, with 5-9 obovate-oblong coriaceous leaflets, terminal 

 one 4-5 in. long* by about half as broad, glabrous, very shining above ; 

 petiolules 3-4 lines long*. Flowers in axillary and terminal thyrsoid 

 panicles sometimes a foot long-, the rig-id erecto-patent branches naked 

 downwards, the clusters densely fascicled, especially at the apex of the 

 branchlets. Pedicels under a line long-. Calyx campanulate, J in. 

 deep, inconspicuously velvety, the deltoid teeth reaching a quarter 

 down. Corolla 5 lines deep, whitish, the keel and narrow wings slightly 

 exceeding- the recurved ovate standard. Upper stamen free. Ovary 

 sessile, 3-5-ovulate. Pod (immature) oblong-, 2\ in. long- by half as 

 broad, membranous, with a narrow wing along* each suture. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 



3. D. nobilis, Welw. mss. A wide-climbing or rarely erect bush 

 with densely velvety woody terete branches. Petioles 4—6 in. long ; 

 developed leaves 9-12 in. long with 5-7 obovate coriaceous subacute 

 leaflets, the terminal one 4—7 in. long, 2— 3 J in. broad, glabrous above, 

 densely and permanently clothed with ferruginous tomentum below ; 

 petiolules 1-J— 2 lines long, stipellate. Flowers fascicled in panicles 

 sometimes more than a foot long with dense racemose branches. Pe- 

 dicels very short. Calyx campanulate, | in. deep, densely velvety, the 

 4 deltoid teeth reaching a quarter down. Corolla three times the 

 calyx, pale reddish when dried, the standard oblong, 2 lines broad, 

 slightly shorter than the deep keel, to which the very inconspicuous 

 wings almost entirely adhere. Upper stamen free at base, united above. 

 Pod membranous, linear-oblong, 3-3J in. long, 1 in. broad, glabrous, 

 1-seeded, with a wing J in. broad along the lower suture. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch I 



4. D. uliginosa, Benth. in PI. Jungh. i. 252. A wide-climbing shrub 

 with firm glabrous terete woody branches. Petioles 1J-3 in. long; 

 leaflets 3, 5 or 7, distant, oblong, 2-4 in. long by about half as broad, 

 acuminate, base rounded, sometimes cordate, coriaceous, both sides 

 glabrous, veins not raised, petiolules 2 lines long. Flowers in narrow 

 sparingly compound subracemose panicles from 3-6 or even 9 in. long 

 on firm short woody peduncles. Pedicels about equalling the calyx, 

 which is about \ in.' deep, campanulate, slightly oblique, subtruncate, 

 glabrous or thinly silky. Corolla pale rose, three times as long as the 

 calyx ; standard orbicular, \ in. broad. Pod 1 J in. long, about 1 in. 

 broad, upper suture nearly straight with a narrow rigid wing, the lower 

 much rounded, not winged, valves compressed, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 finely reticulated ; seeds 2. — Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 10?. 



