Grey-silky herbaceous climber. Leaflets 3, central nearly round, up to 1
in. across. Racemes 2-6 in. long, lax 6-20 flowered on short peduncles;
cor. yellow. Pod ¾ in. pubescent.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.); Berber Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile
Prov.; Kordofan Prov. (South, Abu Gerad); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (near
Nuer villages).
=R. glutinosa= _Harms._
Stems branched from the base, about 2 ft. high, pubescent. Leaflets 3,
broadly ovate, rounded at base, apex subacute, 1 in. long and broad,
glandular and shortly pubescent below. Racemes few-flowered, 2 in. long;
standard very striate. Pod 1 in. long, slightly pubescent.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Derago).
=R. Schweinfurthii= _Harms._
Twiner. Leaves long-petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets obovate-orbicular,
shortly cuneate at the base, 1½ in. long and broad, rather densely
covered with golden glands below but not pubescent. Racemes nearly
sessile, axillary, few and dense-flowered; sepals very acuminate, ½ in.
long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=R. teramnoides= _Harms._
Slender twiner. Leaves shortly petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets
lanceolate, acute 1-2 in. long, very minutely pubescent below, strongly
reticulate. Flowers densely clustered in the leaf axils. Calyx silky
pubescent. Pod curved, ¾ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas, Bongo-land: Sabbi).
=R. resinosa= _Hochst._
Somewhat woody glandular and pubescent twiner. Leaflets 3, ovate-
rhomboidal, 2-3 in. long and broad. Racemes 2-3 in. long on woody
peduncles; cor. yellow. Pod ½ in. long enclosed in calyx.
Nubia.
=R. ferruginea= _A. Rich._ SINGĪD (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Herbaceous densely rusty-pubescent twiner. Leaflets 3, central broad
ovate, 1½ in. long, mucronate. Racemes lax, exceeding the leaves; cor.
yellow, veined with purple.
Fung Prov. (Harun); Kordofan Prov.
341 =Eriosema pulcherrimum= _Baker f._
Stem erect, herbaceous, 1 ft. high, covered with soft white hairs.
Leaves simple, ovate, subcordate, 4-7 in. long, 2½-4 in. broad, silky
hairy. Flowers in dense terminal racemes 2-4 in. long. Calyx villous.
Pod villous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=E. holophyllum= _Baker fil._
Stem erect, rather woody, 1½ ft. high, pubescent. Leaves simple, ovate-
lanceolate, rounded or cuneate at the base, 3½-6 in. long, finely
pubescent. Flowers in subglobose terminal and axillary racemes. Pod
oblong, villous, ⅔ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Gumba).
=E. cajanoides= _Hook. fil._
Erect, branching shrub, up to 5 ft. high. Leaflets 3, central
oblanceolate, 2-3 in. long, gland-dotted, as generally in this genus,
fine grey pubescent beneath. Racemes 2-4 in. long on firm peduncles 1-2
in. long; cor. yellow. Pod over ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas, Bongo-land: by the Dogguru River,
Niamniam-land); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=E. macrostipulum= _Baker pl._
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