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Frencu Congo: Kassa in the great forest near the banks of the Congo, 
Chevalier, 5081. 
Conco Frer Stare: Mukengi, Pouge, 838 (type). 
S55. M. DUBIA, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, ser. 5, i. 137. 
Frutex? cortice rugoso albido, ramulis hornotinis velutinis. Folia 4-juga, 
50 em. longa, rachi tenuiter sericea, petiolo 4-plo longiora ; stipulee deciduæ; 
foliola superiora lateralia oblongo-lanceolata, gradatim acuminata, caudata, 
basi acuta vel obtusa, 10-12 em. longa, papyracea, supra glabra, subtus 
tenuiter adpresse sericea, venis marginem approximantibus — circiter 
10-paribus, infra prominulis ; petioluli 3-4 mm. longi; stipellæ setacem, 
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nodi fleriferi 2 mm. longi, Ovarium T-ovulatum. Legumen subsessile, 
oblongum, breviter acuminatum, 9 em, longum, 2:5 em. latum, sericeum, 
3-4 mm. longre. Punicula racemiformis terminalis, rachi tenuiter velutina ; 
elastice dehiscens ; valve tenuiter lignosw. Semina 2, lenticularia nigra, 
1:0 em. diametro. 
Coxao FREE Stare: Valley of the Dzuma, Gentil (type). 
89. M. SrvurLMaNNn, Taub. in Engl. Pilanzenweld Ost- Afr. C, 212; 
Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. (1900) 405; Dunn in Journ. Bot, xlix. (1911) 
221; Baker pl. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Dot. xl. (1911) 24.—Lonchocarpus 
mossambicensis, 7. R. Sim in For. Fl. Portug. E. Afr. 45, t. 53. 
Arbor 20 m. alta, cortice sepe papyraceo, aurantiaco, ramulis et foliolis 
primo pubescentibus mox glaberrimis. Gemme lenticulares. Folia é-4-juga, 
20-30 em. longa ; foliola ovali-obcordata, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 9-10 em. 
longa, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus pallida, minute adpresse sericea, venis 
in nervum marginalem currentibus 7-10-paribus regularibus reetis ascen- 
dentibus subtus prominentibus ; stipelle magn: petiolulos кере æquantes. 
Panicula terminalis, angusta, 20-35 em. longa, гасһі ramisque superne 
pubescentibus. Flores 2*6 em. longa, in ramulis 3-4 cm. longis seeus rachin 
laxe dispositi, ebracteati, singuli. Calya campanulatus, pubescens, 12 mm. 
longus, dentibus ovatis tandem reflexis, supremo 5 mm. longo emarginato, 
alis 3 paullo minoribus; pedicelli æquilongi. Petala glabra, ewrulea ; 
vexilli lamina ovata, basi cordata, auriculata, lineolata ; ale carinzeque petala 
æquilongæ, basi truneatee. Stamina monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. 
Discus calyci adnatus, crenulatus. Ovarium stipitatum, sericeum, 4-5- 
ovulatum. Legumen magnum, lineare, ad 27 cm. longum, 4 em. latum, 
glabrescens, lenticellatum, dehiscens, valvis lignosis inter semina co- 
herentibus. Semina complanata, 2 em. longa, 1:5 em. lata. 
Flowers in November, fruit in March. 
GERMAN East AFRICA : Kilwa, Kirk. 
РоктоосеѕЕ Basr Arrica : Kirk (Livingstone's S. African Expedition, 
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