OF THE GENUS MILLETTIA. 205 
venis marginem appropinquantibus 8-10-paribus parallelis approximatis 
in nervum marginalem exeuntibus; petioluli 5-6 mm. longi; stipellee 
fortiter setaceze, 3 mm. longs. Paniculw racemiformes terminales, 20 em. 
longæ, pedunculate, rachi ramulis pedicellis calycibusque dense velutinis ; 
ramuli floriferi ad 2 em. longi. Flores approximati, 3 em. longi; pedicelli 
1 ст. longi; bracteæ oblongæ, 2-3 mm. longw, caduce. Calyæ campanu- 
latus, dentibus 2-3-plo tubo brevioribus.  Veed//i lamina ovata, basi sub- 
sagittata, medio auriculis erectis bicallosa, dorso longe sericeo-pilosa, ungue 
3—4-plo breviore, basi stamen vexillare amplectente; alse oblong:e, transverse 
rugose, longe uncinate ; carine petala oblonga hamata. Stamina mona- 
delpha, vexillare basi solutum. Discus fimbriatus, lobulis infra calyei adnatis 
supra breviter liberis pubescentibus. Ovarium lineare, in stylum longum 
attenuatum, pubescens, 4-ovulatum. Legumen oblongo-lineare, utrinque 
obtusum, elastice dehiscens, 14 cm. longum, 3:5 em. latum, 1 em. crassum, 
suturis leviter incrassatis ; valvie lignosie, dense velutinæ. Semina circiter б, 
ovato-lenticularia. 
GERMAN Hast AFRICA, Busse, 65, Stuhlmann, 6750 (type). 
92. M. versicoLor, Welw. ev Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 129 5 Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 2215 De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 5, ii. 260, 
t. 47 ; De Wild. in Notice Pl. Utile Congo, 343; De Wild. in Compagnie de 
Kasai, 311; Ficalho, Pl. Ut. Afr. Portug. 122 5 Dunn in Journ. Bot. xlix. 
(1911) 221.—Lonchocarpus Dewevrei, M. Micheli in Durand et De Wild. in 
Compt. Rend. Soc, Dot. Bely. xxxvi. (1897) 68, t. 5 (fide De Wild.). 
Frutee 1—2 m. altus vel rarius arbor parva, 4—7 m. alta, ramulis striatis 
glabris ; gemmæ complanate. Folia 5-juga, 25-30 em. longa, petiolo 9-plo 
longiora, rachi glabra; stipulæ caduc:e ; foliola lateralia superiora oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuminata, basi obtusa, 0-11(—18) em. longa, papyracea, supra 
glabra, subtus adpresse pubescentia, venis marginem appropinquantibus 
ló-paribus erecto-patentibus approximatis parallelis in nervum marginalem 
exeuntibus infra prominulis; petioluli 23 mm. longi; stipelle setacew, 
2mm. longæ. Panicule terminales, pedunculatæ, anguste, 30 em. longæ, 
ае tenuiter pubescente ; ramuli floriferi, ad 6(-10) cm longi, adpresse 
pubescentes. — lores approximati, 2 em. longi ; pedicelli 8-4 mm. longi, ut 
‘ух vexillique dorsum indumento aureo-brunneo adpresso sericeo fulgentes. 
Calyx 6-7 mm. longus, dentibus brevibus latis. Petala glabra; vexilli lamina 
intus alba, rotundata, basi subcordata, medio duobus longitudinalibus callis 
contiguis notata; alee carineque petala purpurew, oblong, subhamatie. 
Stamina diadelpha, vexillare complanatum leviter cohærens. Discus calyci 
adnatus, annulo apice libero. Ovarium lineare, dense velutinum, 4-ovulatum. 
Legumen oblongum, velutinum, 7-13 em. longum, 3-4 em, latum, dehiscens, 
suturis incrassatis ; valvee lignosm, inter semina paullo cohrerentes. Semina 
2-3, oblonga, compressa, 2 em. longa, 1:3 em. lata. 
