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bracteolie sepius magne. Саух sepe longe lobatus, dense sericeus. Petala 
glabra, siepe alba ; vexillum fortiter auriculatum, auriculis inflexis hamos 
alarum. tenentibus : alee sepius transverse rugosæ. Stamina monodelpha. 
Discus siepissime fimbriatus, calyei inferius adnatus. Ovarium breve, teres, 
in stylum longum tenuem angustatum, pauci-ovulatum. 
Distributed all through tropical West Africa from the Congo to Sierra. 
Leone. Spp. 25, n. 65-88. 
A remarkably compact and natural section, though large. 
10. CoMPRESSO-GEMMATA, Dunn in Journ. Dot. xlix. (1911) 220. Arbores 
sepe magne. Gemme complanat». — Foliola stipellata, venis multis approxi- 
matis parallelis in nervum marginalem euntibus. Paniculæ terminales. Flores 
magni. Calycis dentes magni, spe paullo reflexi. Petala sericea ; vexillum 
auriculatum. Discus striatus. 
From German East Africa and the Congo to S. Africa. Spp. 6, n. 89-94. 
Allied to the fulgentes through M. micans. 
11. ArRoscANDENTES, Dunn, sect. nov.  Frutices scandentes. Folia 
sepissime stipellata, venis impressis. Paniculee racemiformes, terminales et 
axillares. Flores fasciculati. Petala sericea ; vexillum exauriculatum. 
All West African climbers, except M. Goetziana. M. Barteri reaches from 
this region to the northern watershed of the Congo. Spp. 8, n. 95-102. 
The section is nearly allied to Sercanthe, being distinguished chiefly by 
habit. 
12. TRUNCATICALYCES, Dunn, sect. nov. Arbores рагу. Foliola ex- 
stipellata. Paniculæ racemiformes, axillares. Flores in ramis floriferis 
congesti. — Calyces truncati, Petala glabra. Vexillum exauriculatum. 
Discus annularis. Ovarium breviter stipitatum vel basi angustatum. 
All are small trees from Equatorial Africa, and all on the western watershed 
of the continent. Spp. 5, n. 103-107. 
Connected with the L/fulgentes by its glabrous petals. 
13. NERICANTH.E, Dunn, sect. nov. Arbores vel frutices erecti. Foliola 
stipellata vel exstipellata. Racemi axillares. Flores in nodis fasciculati, 
Petala sericea ; vexillum exauriculatum. ` Discus ssepius annularis. 
East and West Tropical Africa. Spp. 23, n. 108-130. 
Connected, as indicated above, with Afroscandentes and through M. usara- 
mensis with the Polyphylle. M. sanagana has a close superficial resemblance 
to Lonchocarpus sericeus. 
14. PoLypHYLL&, Dunn, sect. nov. Arbores. Folia multijuga ; foliola 
parva, oblonga, sæpius stipellata. Racemi axillares. Flores in nodis sessilibus 
fasciculati. Vexillum exauriculatum. Discus nullus. 
