Deguelia] xliv. leguminos^e. 283 



at the base ; leaflets coriaceous, glossy, evergreen ; flowers white. In 

 the primitive forests of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta ; fl. 

 beginning of June 1856. No. 1878. 



3. D. nobilis Taub. in Bot. Centralbl. xlvii. p. 387 (1891). 

 Derris nobilis Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 245. Pterocarpus nobilia 



0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 203. 



Golungo Alto. — An ample shrub, climbing to a considerable height, 

 25 ft. long in one case, rusty-tomentose generally except the older 

 stems and the petals ; the ultimate branchlets twining ; adult leaves 

 18 in. long, impari-pinnate ; leaflets 7 or 9 rarely 3, stipellate, ranging 

 up to 7 by 3 in., ovate-olong or elongate-obovate or -lanceolate, rounded 

 and more or less emarginate at the base, glabrescent and glossy above, 

 densely tomentose beneath ; flowers whitish, nearly ^ in. long (in the 

 dry state) ; bracteoles small, ovate-orbicular, ciliate, appressed to 

 the distinctly 4-toothed calyx ; standard obovate-oblong, cymbiform- 

 concave, not reflexed, somewhat hooded at the vertex, shortly auriculate 

 on both sides, subtending the larger calyx-tooth ; wings shorter than 

 the standard and keel, narrowly oblong, adhering to the keel above the 

 claw, furnished with a long subsulcate acuminate appendix ; keel 

 nearly straight, its petals obovate, slightly cohering at the back, append- 

 aged with a short triangular auricle ; vexillary stamen free at the base, 

 connate in the middle with the rest in a tube ; anthers uniform, 

 versatile ; ovary substipitate, elongated, pilose, gradually passing into 

 the incurved style ; stigma rather small, terminal ; ovules few. In the 

 primitive forests of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta ; fl. August 

 and Sept. 1856. At Zenzas do Queta, in flower-bud, lasting in this 

 condition during three months, June 1856. No. 1890. An erect 

 shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, often with large leaves, but rarely flowering ; 

 branches few, rather patent. In moist spots on the exposed stony 

 slopes of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta facing towards the 

 river Luinha ; without fl. August 1856. No. 18906. 



Pungo Andongo. — A shrub climbing to a great height or decumbent 

 over rocks and covering them over an extensive surface ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate, coriaceous ; flowers white. In rocky places, at the 

 skirts of Mata do Pungo within the lines of fortification in company 

 with Hugonia Afzelii Br., var. melanoealyx Welw. (Herb. No. 1586) ; 

 fr. Dec. 1856. No. 1891. 



4. D. brachyptera Taub. in Bot. Centralbl. xlvii. p. 386 (1891). 

 Derris brachyptera Baker, I.e., p. 246. Pterocarpus brachypterus 



O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 203. 



Golungo Alto. — An arborescent shrub, climbing to the height of 

 80 ft. (or in secondary thickets a shrub as tall as a man), obscuring by 

 the panicles of its whitish flowers the tree on which it grows ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate ; leaflets 3 to 7, opposite, tomentose beneath, ranging up 

 to 10 by 6J in., truncate or emarginate or sub-bilobed at the apex, 

 stipellate ; flowers \ in. long or more (in the dry state) ; calyx 

 puberulous ; standard a little shorter than the keel, densely bearded- 

 ciliate at the apex, cymbiform. In the dense forests of Cungulungulo 

 in brilliant fl. and young fr. Feb. 1855. No. 1889. A low shrub, 

 always barren when seen, perhaps young ; in secondary thickets 

 between Sange and Bango ; without fl. Nov. and Dec. 1854. No. 18896. 



The following three ISTos. appear to belong to Deguelia or to a 

 genus of the same tribe ; but the pods of the first No. seem to be 

 dehiscent : — 



