Sesban] xliv. leguminosa 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. Caep. 56. \ 



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

 (Sesbania pachycarpa). 



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



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

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

 March 1857. No. 1998. 



Mossamedbs.— A herb, 1 to 3 ft. high, with sub-erect branches and 

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

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

 1859. No. 19966. 



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 OH v. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 134 

 (under Sesbania). 



Emerus Sesban, var., O. 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 1857. 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 mgyptiaca Pers. Syn. Pl.ii. p. 316 (1807); Baker, £.c.,p. 134. 



Emerus Sesban O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 180. 



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

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

 fr. July 1 859. Doubtfully referred to this species. No. 1996. 



5. S. pubescens DO. Prodr. ii. p. 265 (1825), Welw. Apont. 

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



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

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

 l.c., p. 181. 



Loanda. — 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 ; 



