208 MR. S. T. DUNN: A REVISION 
96. M. HIRSUTA, Dunn, sp. n. 
Frutex seandens?, caulibus tenuiter pubescentibus mox glabris lenticel- 
latis. Folia 3-juga, 20-25 em. longa, petiolo 3-4-plo longiora, гасы laxe 
rufo-pilosa ; stipules caducee ; foliola superiora lateralia obovata vel oblan- 
ceolata, breviter acuminata, basi obtusa, 8-12 em. longa, papyracea, supra 
proter costas glabra, opaca, subtus longe laxeque sericeo-hirsuta, venis 
marginem appropinquantibus 7-8-paribus supra paullo impressis infra pro- 
minulis ; petioluli 3 mm. longi ; stipella setacese, 1-2 mm. longer. Panicule 
racemiformes in axillis superioribus, 8-12 cm. longs, rachi tomentosa ; 
ramuli floriferi breves. Petala ignota. Calye rufc-tomentosus. Legumen 
lineare, 8-12 em. longum, 2 em. latum, dense velutinum, dehiscens ; valvæ 
crasse corlacez. Semina 1—5. 
Fruits in December. 
Ivory Coast, Chevalier, 16829 (Pont de l'Agbo at the 82nd kilo. of 
railway), 22640, 22644 (Région du Moyen-Comoe). 
Distinguished from J. оуан, Taub., by its conspicuous stipels. 
97. M. GAGNEPAINIANA, Dunn in Journ. Bot. xlix. (1911) 221 (sphalm. 
М. Gagnepaineana). 
Frutex parva scandens, apice longe flabelliformis, præter stipulis aphyllis 
nuda, cortice breviter rubiginosa. Folia (3-)4-juga, 20-25 em. longa, 
petiolis quater longiora, rachi ut petiolulis breviter autem primo dense 
ferruginea ; stipulze persistentes, lineares, 0*7-1:2 em. longze : foliola lateralia 
superiora oblongo-obovata, basi rotundata, 5—10 em. longa, papyracea, supra 
preter costam glabra, subtus tenuiter adpresse brunneo-sericea, venis 6-7- 
paribus rubiginosis infra prominentibus ; petioluli 3-4 mm. longi; stipelloe 
nullae. Panicle racemiformes, axillares vel supra folia oreuntes, pedun- 
calatæ, ad 35 em. longi, rachi breviter ferruginea ; nodi floriferi 2-3 mm. 
longi, bracteati. Flores fasciculati, I:1-1:3 em. longi ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi; 
bracteæ lineares, 3 mm. longee. Calyx campanulatus, 4 mm. longus, 3 mm. 
latus, dense brunneo-sericeus, dentibus tubo 3—4-plo brevioribus, superioribus 
duobus in unum late rotundatum emarginatum connati, ceteris triangularibus ; 
bracteolwe basilares, 1 mm. longs. Petala alba, luteo-tincta ; vexilli lamina 
reflexa, rotundato-ovata, in unguem angustata, exauriculata, extus dense 
sericea ; alarum lamin:e apice sericeze, bis longiores quam late, basi truncatze; 
carinæ petala leviter faleata, ter longiora quam lata. Stamina monadelpha. 
Discus obsoletus. Ovarium oblongum, sericeum, 5-ovulatum. 
Flowers in September. 
Frexca Coxao : Libreville, Klaine, 569 (type), Burton (Ma Kau Ka). 
This beautiful climber is named after my friend M. Gagnepain, of the 
Museum d’Histoire Naturelle. 
