E. Ge BAKER : POLYPETALA. 992 
Hab. Zona River, Jihu, 2000 ft. ; fl. Nov. ; п. 146. Lower Zona; fl. 
Nov. ; n. 145. Kurumadzi, Jihu ; fl. Nov. ; n. 1896. Chibabava, Lower 
Buzi ; 400 ft. ; n. 1428. A tree with birch-like papery bark and purplish- 
blue flowers. 
Mr. Dunn, to whom this plant was referred, was at first inclined to 
regard it as an undescribed species, but subsequently, after having seen 
material from the Berlin Herbarium, he considers it to be M. Stuhlmannii, 
and originally described from Mozambique. We have, however, included 
Mr. Dunn’s description as the original account is somewhat meagre. 
SCHEFFLERODENDRON GAZENSE, E. б. Baker, sp. nov. (Pl. 2. figs. 6-7.) 
Arbor altissima (sec. cl. detectorem), foliis petiolatis imparipinnatis glabris 
vel subglabris eglandulosis, petiolo communi tenui, foliolis 5-7 brevissime 
petiolulatis alternis oblongis vel oblongo-oblaneeolatis vel oblongo-ovatis apice 
acuminatis basi cuneatis vel rotundatis ; racemis multifloris laxis solitariis, 
rhachi ferrugineo-tomentosa angulata, bracteis brevibus squamiformibus, 
pedicellis tenuibus bracteis 3-5-plo longioribus, bracteolis ad basin calycis 
brevibus quam tubo calycis 3-3-plo brevioribus ; calyce ferrugineo-iomentoso 
dentibus 5; corolla calycem excedente, vexillo extus demum glabro carine 
subeequilongo, alis carinæ subæquilongis, carina basin unguiculata navicu- 
lariformi, ovario paueiovulato breviter stipitato precipue basin versus 
strigoso-piloso lineari, stylo glabro; legumine sublignoso glabro circiter 
2-spermo. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, alt. 3700-4000 ft. ; n. 13. In fl. Oct. 1905. 
Chindao name, * Mushamba." One of the largest forest trees, with ochra- 
ceous yellow bark and very hard, heavy, whitish timber. Flowers white, the 
centre of the vexillum green. Buds strongly tinged with pink. Beans 
probably poisonous. 
Petiolus communis 5-7 em. longus. Petioluli + 3 mm. longi.  Foliola 
(antica) 60-75 mm. longa, 20-30 mm. lata, (postica) 45-55 mm. longa, 
20-25 mm. lata. Racemi 6-9 cm. longi. Pedicelli 6-8 mm. longi. Bracteæ 
ad basin pedicelli 2:5—3:0 mm. longs. Bracteole ad basin calycis + 2:5 mm. 
longe. Calyx totus 6-7 mm. longus, tubus +5 mm. longus, dentes +2 mm. 
longi. Vexillum 16-18 mm. longum. Ale 217-18 mm. long. Carina 
+ 16-17 mm. longa. 
This plant is certainly eongeneric with Scheffler no. 6, from Kibwesi, 
distributed from Berlin as Schefflerodendron usambarense, Harms. It differs 
from Dr. Harms's description of Sehefflerodendron in being eglandular and 
in the ovary being shortly and broadly stipitate, but the leaflets are alternate 
and the pod is + 2-seeded and dehisces. Dalbergia brevicaudata, Vatke, is also 
an ally, but the leaflets are broader. 
In certain genera of Leguminos:e, as, for instance, Crotalaria, the ovary is 
sometimes sessile, sometimes more or less stipitate. 
