OF THE GENUs MILLETTIA. 197 
solutum. Discus in lobos 10 fimbriatus. Ovarium lanceolatum, in stylum 
longum angustatum. 
Flowers in March. 
FnENCH Guinea: Labé, Chevalier, 12378, 12399 (types). 
77. M. BIPINDENSIS, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. (1902) 169 ; Dunn in 
Journ. Bot, xlix. (1911) 220. 
Arbor? cortice mox glabro rugoso., Folia 6-8-juga, 20-30 em. longa, racbi 
glabra ; stipulae caduce ; foliola lateralia superiora anguste oblonga, caudata, 
basi obtusa, 7-8 em. longa, papyracea, supra glabra, subtus tenuiter et 
obscure adpresse sericea, venis marginem appropinquantibus 8-paribus diver- 
gentibus, nee supra nec infra prominentibus ; petioluli 3—4 mm. longi ; 
stipellee persistentes, setacew, 1 mm. longm. Panicula terminalis, angusta, 
16-20 em. longa, rachi primo breviter velutina ; ramuli floriferi 5 mm. longi, 
siccitate ut calyces purpureo-velutini. Flores 156 cm. longi: braetew 
caducæ ; bracteole late ovate, 1 mm. long; pedicelli 15-2 mm. longi. 
Calyæ campanulatus, dense adpresse sericeus, 7-8 mm. longus, dentibus tubo 
æquilongis. Petala glabra; vexilli lamina rotundata, basi bicallosa, auricu- 
lata, auriculis minutis inflexis ; alee carinæque petala oblonga, uncinata. 
Stamina monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. Ovarium oblongo-lanceolatum, 
sericeum, 5-ovulatum. 
KAMERUN : Bipinde, Zenker, 2299 (type). 
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'\ 78. M. MELANocALYX, Dunn, nom. nov.—Lonchocarpus macrostachyus, 
Hook. f. in Hook. Nig. Fl. 317. M. macrostachya, Dunn in Journ. Dot. xlix. 
(1911) 220, non Coll. et Hemsl. 
Frutex scandens, 5 m. altus, cortice dense lenticellato. Folia 2-juga, 
25-35 cm. longa, petiolo 5-plo longiora, rachi glabra; stipule caducæ ; 
foliola lateralia superiora obovata, obtuse breviter acuminata, basi rotundata, 
13-17 em. longa, ehartacea, supra glabra, infra tenuiter obseure adpresse 
sericea, utrinque paullo reticulata, venis marginem appropinquantibus 12- 
paribus erecto-patentibus infra prominulis; petioluli 5 mm. longi; stipellæ 
minute. Panicule terminales et axillares, inflorescentias magnas ad 70 em. 
longas formantes, basi paullo гатовае, rachi ut ramulis fusco-velutina ; ramuli 
floriferi ad 6 em. longi. Flores primo approximati, 1°4—1-5 ет. longi ; 
pedicelli ‘5-1 mm. longi; bracteole late ovate, L5 mm. longe. Calyx 
anguste campanulatus, adpresse nigro-sericeus, dentibus tubo 7-8-plo bre- 
vioribus. Petala alba vel albo-viridula, glabra; vexilli lamina rotundata, 
basi bicallosa, inter callos stamen vexillare tenens, breviter cordata ; alee 
oblong, faleate, transverse rugosa 5 carinæ petala oblongo-ovata, faleata. 
Stamina monadelpha, basi eum petalis consolida et vexillare ibi solutum. 
Discus calyei adnatus, apice lobatus. Ovarium lineare, in. stylum longum 
abiens, sericeum, multiovulatum. 
