242 xliv. leguminosjE. [Meibomia 



I have followed Baker's determinations of Nos. 2150 — 2154, as 

 referred to this and the former species, not having seen the types of 

 either of the two species ; Welwitsch had regarded Nos. 2150, 2151 

 as one species, and each of the remaining Nos. as distinct species ; 

 Nos. 2150, 2151 certainly appear to belong together, and the fruit of 

 No. 2150 has the upper suture nearly straight, while in Nos. 2152— 

 2154 it is rather waved. 



7. M. incana Vail in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, xix. p. 118 (1892). 

 Desmodium incanum DC. Prodr. ii. p. 332 (1825) ; Baker, I.e., 



p. 163. M. adscendens, var. inccma 0. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. PI. i. 

 p. 195 (1891). 



Prince's Island.— A small shrub, 1£ to 2| ft. high ; branches 

 divaricate or rather erect ; flowers rose-coloured. In stony exposed 

 parts of the maritime region of the island, near S. Antonio ; fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1853. No. 2149. 



8. M. mauritiana O. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. PI. i. p. 198 (1891). 

 Desmodium mauritianum DC. Prodr. ii. p. 334 (1825); Baker, 



I.e., p. 164. 



Golungo Alto. — An undershrub of 1 to 1^ ft. or rarely a shrub of 

 2 to 3 ft. ; flowers whitish or whitish-violet. On sparingly bushy hills 

 between TJndelle and Cambondo and near Camilungo ; fl. and f r. Sept. 

 1854, Feb. and April 1855, March 1856. No. 2146. 



9. M. repanda O. Kuntze, Kev. Gen. PL i. p. 197 (1891). 

 Desmodium Scalpe DC. Prodr. ii. p. 334 (1825); Baker, I.e., p. 164. 



Golungo Alto. — A slender undershrub ; stem far-creeping, be- 

 coming woody ; flowers yellow and variegated with bright scarlet, on 

 some forms of the plant wholly red and beautiful but very caducous. 

 In the damp shady woods of Mata de Quibanga, but not abundant, 

 and in Serra de Alto Queta ; fl. and young fr. end of May 1855 and in 

 June 1856. No. 2155. 



Huilla. — Flowers larger than in the last number, scarlet, quickly 

 turning violet. In shady damp woods at the cataract above Lopollo 

 near Ferrao da Sola, in company with species of Eriocaulon and 

 Utricularia ; fl. and young fr. Jan. and Feb. 1860. No. 2156. 



Bumbo. — Alongside streams in the shaded parts of Serra de Xella, 

 in company with Pterin cretica L. and P. longifolia L. ; fl. and young 

 fr. Oct. 1859. No. 2156J. 



10. M. oxybractea O. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. PI. i. p. 198 (1891). 

 Desmodium oxybracteum DC. Prodr. ii. p. 334 (1825) ; Baker, 



Fl. Maurit. p. 74 (1877). D. paleaceum Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 

 Tent. i. p. 209 (1833) ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 166, cum 

 syn. M. paleacea O. Kuntze, I.e., non Kurz. 



Golungo Alto. — An undershrub or suffrutescent herb, 3 to 4J ft. 

 high, loosely branched from the base ; flowers reddish. Frequent 

 along the bushy banks of the rivulet Quiapose, near Sange, and by 

 other streams, in company with species of Jussicea and Pteris amongst 

 tall herbage ; fl. and fr. April 1856. No. 2147. 



Var. obtusifolia (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 



Leaflets oval or obtusely ovate, 1 to 2^ in. long by \ to \\ in. 

 broad ; legumes glabrescent or nearly so, separating at maturity 

 into transversely truncate divisions. 



