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oblonga, apice subito et obtuse acuminata, 15 em. longa, 7-9 em. lata, char- 
tacea, przeter paginam inferiorem brevissime adpresse sericeam glabra, venis 
marginem appropinquantibus l5-paribus fere ad marginem rectis parallelis 
ascendentibus infra prominentibus; petioluli 6-7 mm. longi; stipellee 
'apillaceze, 4 mm. longi. Panicule рату, priecoces, terminales, ad 10 em. 
longe, sessiles, rachi tenuiter laxe ferruginea ; ramuli pauciflori. Flores laxi, 
З em. longi ; pedicelli 1°0—1°4 em. longi, breviter sericei ; bracteæ deciduz, 
lanceolatee, membranacesw, 1 cm. longs. Calyx turbinatus, 1-1:2 em. 
longus, dense purpureo-sericeus, dentibus tubo paullo brevioribus erecto- 
patulis anguste triangularibus, superioribus 2 fere ad apicem connatis ; 
bracteole basales bracteis omnino similes. Petala violacea ? ; vexilli lamina 
orbiculata, basi subcordata, reflexa, fortiter bicallosa, extus tenuiter sericea, 
unguem fere bis superans; alie carineeque petala valde hamatæ. Stamina 
monadelpha. Discus calyei adnatus, apice crenulatus. Ovarium lineare, 
dense albo-tomentosum, 6-ovulatum. Legumen crassum, validum, 15-20 em. 
longum, 4-5 em. latum, 2-4-spermum, primo dense sericeo-tomentosum, 
glabrescens. Semina lenticularia. 
Flowers from August to January, fruit ripe in Julv. 
GERMAN East Arnica: Mkonda, Ngourou, and Gagara, Sacleuw, 2047, 
Holtz, 1227 (types). 
95. M. Soyauxu, Taub. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii, (1896) 185. 
Frutex scandens, cortice primo ferrugineo-villoso, tandem glabro. Folia 
3-5-juga, 10-14 em. longa, petiolo 8-4-plo longiora, rachi ut foliolorum 
pagina inferiore ut rachi inflorescentige ut pedicellis et calycibus ferrugineo- 
villosa; stipulee anguste lanceolate, acute, 6-8 mm. long, persistentes ; 
foliola lateralia superiora oblanceolato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, basi 
rotundata, 4-6 em. longa, chartacea, supra glabra, nitida, venis principibus 
8-9-paribus arcuatis supra impressis infra prominentibus ; stipellae nulle. 
Рапеш racemiformes terminales et axillares, basi foliate, ad 20 em. longie; 
nodi floriferi breves globulares. Flores fasciculati, 1'8 em. longi; pedicelli 
2-3 mm. longi; bracteæ bracteolaque 1 em. longæ, lineares. Calyx 3-4 mm. 
longus, dentibus tribus inferioribus tubo bis brevioribus duobus superioribus 
latioribus minoribus coalitis. Vexilli lamina ovata, dorso laxe adpresse villosa, 
in unguem brevem acuminata ; alee oblong, vexillo breviores, basi truncate, 
ungui equales ; carin:e petala ovata, longe unguiculata, subfalcata. Stamina 
monadelpha. Piscus annularis. Ovarium lineare, sericeum, 6-ovulatum. 
Flowers in July. 
Frexca Conco: Gabun, оуан, 96 (wood-borders from Zala to Tschin- 
schoscho, type). 
