258 XLIV. LEGUMINOSiE. [Vig7ia 



mvicronate, more or less trifid, 2 to 2| in. long, 1;^ to 2 in. wide, 

 with obtuse lobes and on a petiolule of | to | in. bearing the 

 stipels shortly below the apex; lateral leaflets 1| to 2^ in. long, 

 1 to 1| in. wide, similar but lop-sided, the outer lobe being only 

 or chiefly developed ; all the leaflets spread with appressed hairs 

 and scattered with small sessile shining glands, firmly chartaceous ; 

 flowers rose-purplish, | in. long, clustered a few together, sessile 

 or subsessile, near the extremities of axillary pedunculoid branches 

 of 1 to 6 in. in length ; calyx g in. long, campanulate, appressedly 

 hairy outside, shortly lobed ; upper lip or lobe deltoid, bidentate, 

 lower lobes 3, ovate-deltoid ; stamens diadelphous; vexillary stamen 

 free from the base ; the other with filaments free for | of their 

 length ; anthers uniform, obtuse ; ovary compressed, oval-linear, 

 ciliate on the edges, glabrous or nearly so on the faces ; style 

 flattened, glabrous below, bearded above ; stigma oblique ; young 

 pod appressedly hairy, sub-linear, compressed. 



PuNGO Andoxgo. — In the somewhat sandy thickets of the more 

 open forests, between Caghuy and Sansamanda ; fl. and young fr., also 

 without fl., in April and May 1857. No. 2378. 



This species is nearly related to Vifjna haatifolia Baker. 



9. V. holosericea Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 200. 



GoLUNGO Ai.TO. — Whitish-silky in all parts ; flowers very large, 

 If in. long, rose-purple ; in bushy places, at the banks of the river 

 Muia, Sobato Cabanga Cacalungo ; fl. and young fr. beginning of 

 June 1856. No. 2258. 



Cazengc ). — By thickets, between Cambondo and Luinha, rather rare ; 

 flowers about IJ in. long ; pods (young) 5 to 6 in. long ; June 1855. 

 No. 2258&. 



10. V. parviflora Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 201. 

 MossAMEDES. — Flowers greenish-purple, ^ to ^ in. long, the smallest 



of any species of this genus in the collection. Rather rare, in sandy 

 reed-beds, at the banks of the river Bero ; a unique specimen ; fl. and 

 young fr, August 1859. No. 2266. 



11. V. ambacensis Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 201. 



Ambaca. — A rather rigid herb, climbing in a twining manner ; mode 

 of growth of the flowering shoots remarkable ; rachis with dense and 

 thick nodes ; flowers violet-purple, rather small, | in. long, numerous ; 

 standard pubescent. In damp thickets and reed-beds, at the left bank 

 of the river Caringa ; fl. and young fr. June 1855, at an elevation of 

 about 2800 ft. No. 2260. 



12. V. comosa Baker in Oh v. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 202. 

 PuNGO Ax'DONGO. — Flowers yellow or turning yellow. In bushy 



places with tall grass, near Condo, above the cataract ; fl. March 1857. 

 No. 2257. 



13. V. ornata Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 203. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A much-branched rigid undershrub, climbing 

 widely, woody to a considerable height, copiously flowering, 4 to 6 ft. 

 high ; leaves chartaceous-rigid, pale-green, shining ; flowers large, 

 much-crowded, handsome, conspicuous from a long distance, purple- 

 violet and variegated with blue. Calyx shortly campanulate ; limb 



