Dolicholus] XLIV. LEQUMINOS^S. 267 



Golungo Alto. — A twining and widely climbing herb or under- 

 shrub ; in the living state with green-yellowish indumentum ; standard 

 sulphur-yellow, variegated longitudinally with purple lines ; wings 

 sulphur-yellow ; keel sulphur-yellow, variegated longitudinally with 

 purple lines, becoming at the apex wholly purple ; pod 2-seeded ; seeds 

 beautifully deep-blue. Rather rare, by thickets, near Sange ; fl. end of 

 May 1855. No. 4067. In thickets ; fr. July 1857. Coll. Carp. 454. 



Oazengo. — Petals yellow, even after the fecundation of the flower, 

 afterwards becoming rigid and tinged with red-brown, lengthening 

 with the pod, persistent and together with the calyx embracing the 

 pod. Rather rare, by thickets, along the banks of the river Luinha ; 

 .scarcely ripe fr. 11 June 1855. No. 4066- At the base of the Muxaulo 

 mountain, sparingly ; seeds middle of June 1855. Coll. Carp. 453. 



2. D. calycinus. 



Rhynchosia calycina Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senegamb. p. 214 (1832) ; 

 Baker, I.e., p. 217. 



Sierra Leone. — A widely but not high climbing shrub, with purple- 

 red flowers (when dried), and pretty deep-blue seeds. In bushy 

 mountainous situations, behind Freetown ; fl. and fr. without foliage, 

 Sept. 1853. No. 4065. A climbing undershrub ; seeds. Coll. Carp. 452. 



3. D. minimus. 



Rhynchosia minima DC.Prodr.ii. p. 385(1825); Baker, I.e., p.219. 



Loanda. — An annual herb, procumbent or sometimes scandent ; 

 flowers yellow ; keel and wing-petals included in the standard ; standard 

 sprinkled on the back with brownish waxy-glandular points. Rather 

 rare, in moist thickets near Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. beginning of 

 May 1858. No. 4070. 



4. D. caribaeus. 



Rhynchosia caribcea DC. Prodr. ii. p. 384(1825); Baker, I.e., p. 220. 



Loanda— Boa Vista ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1858. No. 4091. 



Zenza do Golungo. — A climbing herb, with a woody many-headed 

 rootstock, numerous stems, and orange-yellow flowers. Sparingly in 

 thickets near the river Calucala ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 4090. 



5. D. Memnonia. 



Rhynchosia Memnonia DO. Prodr. ii. p. 386 (1825); Baker in 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 220. 



Ambriz . — Bank of the river Quisembo ; fl. and f r. Nov. 1 853. No. 4088. 



Loanda.— Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1858. No. 4087. 

 A herb apparently perennial, at least persisting for several years ; 

 stems prostrate or ascending-scandent, elongated ; flowers yellowish. 

 Sporadic, in moist thickets near Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. and few fr. 

 8 June 1858. No. 4086. 



Barra de Bengo. — A twining herb, sometimes widely climbing, at 

 other times nearly prostrate, with the stems disposed in a circle ; flowers 

 from yellow to reddish or deep-yellow. In open palm-groves at the 

 banks of the river Bengo ; fl.and fr. Dec. 1853. No. 4089. 



Ambaca. — A dwarf undershrub, hardly different from a herb, 

 perennial, with a woody many-headed rootstock, prostrate stems always 

 becoming somewhat woody, and ascending flowering branches ; flowers 

 yellow, with purple calyx. Abundant, but only in a few localities, 

 in sandy wooded stations between Halo and Zemba ; fl. Oct. 1856. 

 No. 4084. ' 



Pungo Andongo. — Fl. and fr. No. 4085. 



