Dolicholus] XLIV. LEGUMINOSJE. 271 



13. D. huillensis Hiern, sp. n. 



A robust herb, apparently erect, silvery -tomentose in most parts, 

 more than 2 ft. high ; stems and branches sub-terete, leafy ; leaves 

 trifoliolate, 3 to 5 in. long; petiole firm, § to l|in. long; stipules 

 lanceolate, about J in. long, deciduous ; stipels subulate, small, at 

 the base of the short lateral petiolules and near the apex of the 

 terminal petiolule ; terminal leaflet orbicular-ovate, somewhat tri- 

 angular as to the upper third part, pointed at the apex, slightly 

 cordate at the base, coriaceous, velvety on both surfaces, entire, 

 2 to 3 in. long and broad or sometimes a little larger; lateral 

 leaflets rather smaller and somewhat one-sided, otherwise similar ; 

 terminal petiolule g to 1 in. long, more or less bent near the apex 

 at the insertion of the stipels ; flowers yellow-tawny, f to § in. 

 long ; calyx densely hairy outside, about as long as the corolla, 

 tube ^ in. long, lobes lanceolate acute, the lowest prolonged, longer 

 than the others, upper lobes connate half way, 5 to § in. long, 

 equalling the intermediate ones ; standard hairy on the back ; 

 keel and wings glabrous ; stamens diadelphous ; ovary hairy, style 

 glabrous towards the apex ; ovules 2 ; racemes many-flowered, 

 axillary and subterminal, crowded near the extremities of the 

 stem and branches; lj to 1\ in. long; pedicels densely hairy, 

 ranging up to \ in. long; bracteoles small, deciduous. Pods 

 not seen. 



Huilla.— In wooded situations among shrubs and tall herbage 

 between Erne and the lake Ivantala ; fl. beginning of April 1860. In 

 the drier thickets at the borders of forests near the lake Ivantala ; 

 fl. end of Feb. No. 4076. 



14. D. venulosus Hiern, sp. n. 



A pubescent undershrub, 1 to 2 ft. high ; rootstock woody, few- 

 headed; stems branched near the base, at the apex erect or 

 sarmentose-scandent ; branches sub-terete, rather slender, leafy 

 below, leaves pinnately trifoliolate, 1 to 2 in. long ; common 

 petiole closely pubescent, below the leaflets g to | in. long; 

 stipules lanceolate or ovate, acute, \ to \ in. long ; terminal leaflet 

 lanceolate-oblong, obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, rounded 

 or slightly cordate at the base, entire, thinly coriaceous, nearly 

 glabrescent above, rather paler hairy on the veins and scattered 

 with minute glands beneath, | to 1| in. long by \ to § in. broad; 

 reticulation clearly marked on both surfaces, paler above and in 

 relief beneath ; terminal petiolule g to \ in. long, inconspicuously 

 jointed and often bent near the apex; lateral leaflets unequal- 

 sided and rather smaller, otherwise similar to the terminal one ; 

 stipels minute, narrow, deciduous; peduncles axillary, shortly 

 hairy, slender, 2-4-flowered, 1 to \\ in. long; pedicels -^ to \ in. 

 long ; flowers § to § in. long ; calyx pubescent, \ in. long, narrow ; 

 iube y^ in. long ; lobes lanceolate-subulate ; corolla glabrous ; pod 

 oblanceolate, compressed, somewhat hairy, not stipitate, slightly 

 curved, 1|- in. long by 5 in. broad ; seeds 2 ; f unicle central on 

 the hilum. 



Huilla. — Sporadic, in shortly-bushy pastures between Catumba and 



