Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: shady Khors and woody places); Mongalla Prov.
(Mongalla); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=D. dimorphum= _Welw._
Branched undershrub, 2 ft. high. Leaves oblong, rounded or cordate at
base. Racemes 1 in. long, sessile, axillary and terminal; cor. red. Pod
¼ in. long, lower margin deeply sinuate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=D. lasiocarpum= _DC._
Erect undershrub, 3-6 ft. high, densely brown pubescent.
Leaves cordate-ovate, 4-5 in. long. Racemes axillary and terminal; cor.
red. Pod ¾ in. long, hispid, 4-5; jointed lower margin deeply sinuate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir, Niamniam-land).
=D. sennaarense= _Schwfth._
Densely hispid undershrub. Stipules cordate, amplexicaul; leaflets 3,
central ovate, 3-4 in. long. Racemes stalked; corolla reddish. Pod 1 in.
long, joints 4 to 6, lower margin slightly waved.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung. Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El
Zeraf).
=D. Scalpe= _DC._
Erect undershrub. Leaves 3-fol., ovate, 1½-2½ in., the terminal somewhat
larger, rhomboidal; flowers light red, in pairs on terminal panicles;
pods constricted; joints 3-4, as broad as long, much sinuate.
Blue Nile Prov. (Geneib Assad); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Wadi Gindi,
7,300 ft.).
=D. Dregeanum= _Benth._
Grey silky undershrub. Leaflets 3. Flowers in short terminal panicles.
Pod ½ in. long, slightly waved beneath, 2-4 jointed.
Æthiopia.
=D. paleaceum= _Guill._ & _Perr._
Semi-woody, erect, 3-4 ft. high. Leaflets 3, central ovate, 3-5 in.
long. Racemes axillary and terminal, stalked; cor. reddish. Pod ab. ¾
in. long, slightly indented below, articulations 4-5, stiff-hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=D. delicatulum= _A. Rich._
Annual, 9 in. high, silky. Lower leaves simple, upper 3-fol. Racemes
terminal, sessile, 2-4 flowered. Pod ab. ½ in. long, 4-6 jointed,
glabrous, lower suture indented ⅓ down.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=D. triflorum= _DC._
Matted, trailing herb. Leaves small, lower ones often 1-fol., otherwise
3-fol., glabrous ab. slightly silky beneath; flowers very small, usually
3 together in axils of leaves; pods up to ½ in. long, slightly
constricted on ventral margin, 2-4 jointed.
Mongalla Prov. (Kenissa).
Would make a good green manure and cover crop.
318 =Pseudarthria confertiflora= _Baker._
Erect undershrub. Leaflets 3, terminal one 3-4 in. long, ovate-oblong.
Racemes axillary and terminal, the latter often compound. Pod linear,
not articulated.
White Nile Prov.
=P. Hookeri= _Wight_ & _Arn._
Undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, downy. Leaflets 3, central obovate, 4-6 in.
long. Flowers red, in dense terminal panicles. Pod 1 in. long, linear,
torulose, downy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Addai & Niamniam-land: Nganye).
=P. sp.=
Leaflets 3, the central ovate, acute, 5 in. long, 3 in. broad, softly
pubescent below, widely crenate. Flowers very small in lax terminal
panicles.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas, Niamniam-land: Kulensho).
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