Vigna] xliv. lequminosje. 259 



4-oleft ; 3 lobes broad, obtuse, the lowest ovate ; the top lobe more or 

 less deeply emarginate ; standard broad, obliquely reflexed, at the base 

 with a lanceolate callus and downward gibbous appendages ; petals of 

 the not twisted keel a little unequal ; beak obtuse, bent inwards ; 

 standard and wing-petals violet-purple ; keel whitish-yellowish ; 

 vexillary stamen free, its filament kneed at the base, with a short 

 obtuse appendage ; style compressed, deeply channelled on both sides, 

 above spathulate-dilated, puberulous ; stigma crest-shaped, hispidulous. 

 By thickets along the banks of the river Quiapoze near Sange, a 

 remarkable ornament of the place ; fl. and young fr. April, May, and 

 June 1856. No. 2259. 



14. V. triloba Walp. in Linnsea, xiii. p. 534 (1839) ; Baker, I.e., 

 p. 204. 



Loanda. — A herb persisting for several years but scarcely perennial ; 

 stems branched, sarmentose, climbing widely ; leaves very poly- 

 morphous ; flowers rose-violet ; fruiting peduncles much elongated. 

 Frequent in sandy thickets composed of Euphorbia, Alto das Cruzes ; 

 fl. and fr. 13 Feb. 1858. Morro da Cruz, April 1854. No. 2262. 



Golungo Alto. — A herb of 4 to 8 ft., climbing far and high ; 

 branches at times 3 to 4 ft. long ; flowers green-purplish ; standard 

 violet, quickly marcescent, greenish-violet on the external surface, 

 spotted with yellow at the base inside ; wing-petals beautifully blue or 

 of a deep red- violet colour ; keel white or slightly violet. A form with 

 leaflets broader, shorter and more compact than usual. Common and 

 polymorphic, in reedy thickets and in grassy places with tall herbage, 

 around Sange, Undelle, and by the Ambaca road ; Sept. 1855, April, 

 May and July 1856. No. 2277. . 



Pungo Andongo. — A herb enduring apparently for several years ; 

 stem climbing, divaricately branched, angular ; flowers yellowish in 

 the bud, when expanded with a pale rose-whitish keel, and standard 

 and wing-petals pale-purple. In grassy thickets between Candumba 

 and Lombe ; fl. March 1857. Seen previously in Dec. 1856 near Condo 

 within the fortifications. No. 2263. 



The following No., destitute of leaves, appears to belong to this 

 species ; the stipules accord : — 



Ambeiz. — On sandy hills near the city of Ambriz; fr. Nov. 1853. 

 No. 2261. 



15. V. huillensis Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 204. 



Htjilla. — A perennial twining herb, glabrous throughout ; stem 

 with several furrows ; stipules peltate, rigid, nerved ; leaves trifolio- 

 late ; stipels suboval-spathulate ; odd leaflet truncate-cuneate at the 

 fcase ; calyx-teeth rather shorter than the papillose-rugose tube, 

 broadly deltoid ; bracteoles orbicular-elliptic or broadly obovate ; 

 flowers about 1 in. long and broad, bright rose-violet ; standard 

 marked at the base with two yellow spots. In bushy pastures between 

 Humpata and Lopollo ; fl. and young fr. Dec. 1859 ; at an elevation of 

 from 4000 to 5000 ft. No. 2264. 



16. V. Catjang Walp. in Linnsea xiii. p. 533 (1839). 



V. imguiculata Walp. Rep. i. p. 779 (1842) ; Welw. Apont. p. 573 

 {1859). V. sinensis Endl. ex Hassk. PI. Jav. Ear. p. 386 (1848); 

 Baker, I.e., p. 204 ; Ficalho, PL Uteis, p. 142 (1884). 



Loanda. — An annual climbing herb ; corolla open only for a few 

 hours, soon closed being covered by the standard ; standard of a 



