Dolicholus] XLiv. leguminos^. 271 



13. D. huillensis Hiern, sp. n. 



A robust herb, apparently ei-ect, silvery-tomentose in most parts, 

 more than 2 ft. high ; stems and branches sub-terete, leafy ; leaves 

 trifoliolate, 3 to 5 in. long; petiole firm, 4 to l_iin, long; stipules 

 lanceolate, about i in. long, deciduous ; stipels subvilate, small, at 

 the base of the short lateral petiolules and near the apex of the 

 terminal petiolule ; terminal leaflet orbicular-ovate, somewhat tri- 

 angular as to the upper third part, pointed at the apex, slightly 

 cordate at the base, coriaceous, velvety on both surfaces, entire, 

 2 to 3 in. long and broad or sometimes a little larger; lateral 

 leaflets rather smaller and somewhat one-sided, otherwise similar ; 

 terminal petiolule ^ to 1 in. long^ more or less bent near the apex 

 at the insertion of the stipels ; flowers yellow-tawny, |^ to | in, 

 long ; calyx densely hairy outside, about as long as the corolla, 

 tube i in. long, lobes lanceolate acute, the lowest prolonged, longer 

 than the others, upper lobes connate half way, ^ to 4 in, long, 

 equalling the intermediate ones ; standard hairy on the back ; 

 keel and wings glabrous ; stamens diadelphous ; ovary hairy, style 

 glabrous towards the apex ; ovules 2 ; racemes many-flowered, 

 axillary and subterminal, crowded near the extremities of the 

 stem and branches; 1| to 2g in. long; pedicels densely hairy, 

 ranging up to h in. long; bracteoles small, deciduous. Pods 

 not seen. 



HuiLLA.— In wooded situations among shrubs and tall herbage 

 between Eme and the lake Ivantala ; fl. beginning of April 1860. In 

 the drier thickets at the borders of forests near the lake Ivantala ; 

 fl. end of Feb. No. 4076. 



14. D. venulosus Hiern, sp. n. 



A pubescent undershrub, 1 to 2 ft. high ; rootstock woody, few- 

 headed ; stems branched near the base, at the apex erect or 

 sarmentose-scandent ; branches sub-terete, rather slender, leafy 

 below, leaves pinnately trifoliolate, 1 to 2 in, long ; common 

 petiole closely pubescent, below the leaflets ^ to k in. long ; 

 stipules lanceolate or ovate, acute, g to i in. long ; terminal leaflet 

 lanceolate-oblong, obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, rounded 

 or slightly cordate at the base, entii-e, thinly coriaceous, nearly 

 glabrescent above, rather paler hairy on the veins and scattered 

 with minute glands beneath, | to 1| in. long by ^ to | in. broad; 

 reticulation clearly marked on both surfaces, paler above and in 

 relief beneath ; terminal petiolule g to | in. long, inconspicuously 

 jointed and often bent near the apex; lateral leaflets unequal- 

 sided and rather smaller, otherwise similar to the terminal one ; 

 stipels minute, narrow, deciduous ; peduncles axillary, shortly 

 hairy, slender, 2-4-flowered, 1 to 1| in. long; pedicels yV to ^ in. 

 long ; flowers 'i to h in. long ; calyx pubescent, g in. long, narrow ; 

 tube -^ in. long ; lobes lanceolate-subulate ; corolla glabrous ; pod 

 oblanceolate, compressed, somewhat hairy, not stipitate, slightly 

 curved, 1^ in. long by ^ in. broad; seeds 2; funicle central on 

 the hilum, 



HuiLLA. — Sporadic, in shortly-bushy pastures between Catumba and 



