Sesbmi] xliv. leguminos.e. 231 



remarkably large bright-golden flowers. In palm groves, at the banks 

 of the river Cuanza near Sansamanda, rather rare ; fl. April 1857. 

 No. 1997. 



HuiLLA. — An elegant slender undershrub, hardly a shrub, in the 

 form of a tree, 6 to 8 ft. high, very loosely branched ; stem below and 

 branches muricate, black-punctate ; branches elongated, patent ; flowers 

 yellow. In bushy places, along the banks of the river Monino ; fl. and 

 fr. April 1860. A muricate variety. No. 1995. Flowers racemose, 

 yellow ; pods linear, a foot long. In rocky stations by the river 

 Monino ; fr. April 1860. Coll. Carp. 56.', 



2. S. pachycarpus DC. Prodr. ii. p. 265 (1825), Baker, I.e., p. 134 

 {jSesbania pachycarpa). 



Emerus /Sesbanvar. occidentalis 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 181. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An erect herb, afoot high, with glaucous foliage. 

 In fields formerly cultivated with Arachis hypogcBu L., near Condo ; fl. 

 March 1857. No. 1998. 



MossAMEDES. — A herb, 1 to ?> ft. high, with sub-erect branches and 

 fruits. Sporadic in the damp saudy thickets of Mata dos Carpenteiros, 

 plentifully, but not seen in other parts of this distxict ; fl. and fr. July 

 1859. No. 1996&. 



In this case, as also in others in this genus, I have followed the deter- 

 minations of Mr. Baker, who had the specimens under his inspection. 



3. S. cinerascens Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 134 

 (under Seshania). 



Emerus /Sesban, var., 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 181. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An undershrub, about 4 ft. long, wholly ashy- 

 pubescent, virgately branched ; pods nearly a foot long. In thickets 

 near the river Lombe ; flower-bud, fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 1999. 

 A tall arborescent herb, 7 to 12 ft. high, with an ashy aspect, patently 

 branched ; leaflets glaucescent, puberulous ; floral racemes yellow, 

 nodding or even pendulous ; pods 12 to 16 in. long, linear, terminated 

 by the style which is indurated, nearly half an inch long and rather 

 blunt. In bushy places by streams, near Pedra Cabondo ; fl. and fr. 

 April 1867. No. 2000. A very elegant bush, 12 ft. high, wholly 

 herbaceous ; leaves very long, densely pinnate ; flowers racemose, 

 yellow ; racemes sub-nutant. In moist thickets by the river Cuanza 

 near Candumba ; fr. March 1857. Coll. Carp. 386. 



4. S. segyptiacus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. vii. p. 128 (1806). 

 Sesbania (egyptiaca Per.s. Syn. Pl.ii. p. 316(1807); Baker, ?.c.,p. 134. 



Emerus Sesban 0. Kuntze, ^.c, p. 180. 



MosSAMEDES. — Slightly muricate on the upper part of the branches. 

 In damp sandy thickets, near Mata dos Carpenteiros, frequent ; fl. and 

 f r. July 1 859. Doubtfully referred to this species. No. 1996. 



5. S. pubescens DC. Prodi-, ii. p. 265 (1825), Welw. Apont. 

 p. 585, n. 24 (1859), Baker, I.e., p. 135 (under Sesbania). 



Emerus pubeseens Schum. Guin. PI. p. 354 (1827). Sesbania 

 sericea Welw., I.e. ; non DC, nee Link. E. Sesban, var., 0. Kuntze, 

 I.e., p. 181. 



Loan DA. — Annual ; stem erect, 2 to 4 ft. high, as well as the leaves 

 silky-pubescent ; standard sordid-yellow outside, very densely black- 

 dotted, pale yellow inside ; wings deep yellow ; keel yellowish-green ; 



