; Knglish colonists. The green pods and seeds 

 .ctable, the mature seeds as a kind of pulse. 



Rhynchosia calycina, GnilL and Pen: : an ornamental climber with 



'iiulate leaves, dense racemes of cream-coloured papilionaceous 



:-; in. long, with a large velvety calyx, the corollas 



turning orange or red when dry, and with grey velvety pods, 



In. long and containing I 2 shining bluish black seeds; 



Kakatown and Sino Basin, \\ r hy te\ 



Eriosema parviflorum, /:. Mcy. : a low softly hairy shrub with petioled 

 iiulate leaves, dense long-pcduncled racemes of reddish 

 papilionaceous flowers, { in. long, and flat shaggy pods, \ in. 

 by \ in. ; (irand Basa, }\)gcl\ ; Anselll 



E. glomeratum, Jlook.f.: an erect low softly hairy shrub with almost 



ile 3-foliolatc leaves, dense axillary subsessile heads of yellow 



papilionaceous flowers, \ in. long, and shaggy pods, \ in. by J in. ; 



Monrovia, \Vliyte ! ; Sino Basin, Wliyte \ ; Cape Palmas, Aiisell\ ; 



;</, 60 ! 



Dalbergia saxatilis, Hook.f. : a straggling or climbing glabrous shrub, 

 often of considerable size, with pinnate 9 ii-foliolate leaves, 

 oblong very obtuse leaflets, J 2 in. by J I in., axillary and 

 terminal, sometimes large, panicles of white or rose-coloured 

 flowers, ,| in. long, and I -seeded thin glabrous iridehiscent pods, 

 up t< over 3 in. by almost I in.; Monrovia, Kakatown, and 

 Sino Basin, \Vhytc \ ; Cape Palmas, Anselll 



*D. dinklagei, llanns. : a densely branched shrub, similar to the 



preceding, but with smaller leaflets (the longest rj in. by | in.), 



\ >hort d-n>c axillary and terminal panicles and firmer rusty 



ny pod* ; in the bush of the littoral, Grand Basa, /)//Mr^r, 



D. ecastaphyllum, 1 iiiih. : a prostrate shrub with ascending stems (up 



ft. hiL;h_. usually simple leaves, i! 6 in. by I 4 in., dense 



t axillary panicles of white papilionaceous flowers, J in. long, 



and flat indchisccnt pods of the size of a halfpenny ; very 



imon in the bush of the savannahs of the littoral, Grand 



Dhtklrt^c, 19X6! ; and in a peculiar form (var. 



liala, Stapf , distinguished by very large oblong leaves or 



terminal leaflets, in the Sino basin, //7/r/v! 



1 would refer here to D. melanoxylon, GnilL and /\T>: (Plate 



II much-branched glabrous tree with a trunk up to 



