OF THE GENUS MILLETTIA., 211 
M. Demeusei, Me Wild. in Aun. Mus. Congo, sér. 5, ii. 37. M. Gentilii, 
De Wild. l.c. 138, 958, t. ii. ; De Wild. Etude Fl. Bangala, 325. Loncho- 
carpus Barteri, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soe., Bot. iv. Suppl. 99 (1860) ; Bot. 
Mag. t. 6948 ; Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 248; Baill. Adansonia, vi. 
222. L. Heudelotianus, Baill. l e. 
Fruteæ magnus scandens (nonnunquam arborescens 2), ramis primo ferru- 
gineo-pubescentibus mox glabris lenticellatis. Folia (2—)8—4-juga, 15-30 em. 
longa, petiolo 2-3-plo longiora, rachi glabra vel rarius pubescente ; stipulæ 
caducæ ; foliola superiora lateralia ovato- vel obovato-oblonga, apice abrupte 
acuminata, acumine caudata emarginata, vel rarius gradatim acuminata, basi 
rotundata, 7-15 em. longa, chartacea, glabra vel rarius, præcipue in costa, 
pubescentia, venis marginem approximantibus 7-9-paribus arcuatis infra pro- 
minentibus, petioluli 4-7 mm. longi: stipellie nullæ. Panicule racemiformes, 
terminales et axillares, laxze, 30—40(—80) em. longe, rachi ut pedicellis ealyci- 
busque breviter ferrugineo-velutine ; nodi floriferi ssepius globulares, 1-2 mm. 
longi, rarius oblongi ad 4 mm. longi. Flores fasciculati, 1°2—1°4 em. longi. 
Calyx 4—5 mm. longus, dentibus late triangularibus tubo 4—5-plo brevioribus. 
Petala rosea, хере violaseentia ; vexilli lamina ovata, in unguem brevem 
angustata, dorso pubescens; ale lineari-oblongze, basi truncate: ; саті 
petala, oblonga, subhamata. Stamina primo monadelpha, vexillare basi 
solutum mox omnino liberum. Discus breviter annularis. Ovarium pubescens, 
lineare, multiovulatum. Legumen oblongum, 4-7 em. longum, 2 em. latum, 
dense brunneo-velutinum, 1-2-«permum. Semina 2:5 cm. longum, L8 em. 
latum. 
Flowers February to May. 
SkNEGAMBIA : Rio Nunez, //eudelot, 803 ; Chevalier, 13174 (Guinée Fran- 
caise, Tarauna), 13244 (Haute Guinée Francaise, Valée de la Kaba), 15206 
(Fonta Djallon, Kouria). 
SIERRA LEONE, Scott Elliot, 4202. 
LIBERIA, Whyte. 
Ivory Coast: Bouroukrou, Chevalier, 16984. 
Nicerta, Barter, 67 (Brass River), 1609 (Nupe), 3253, 3401 (R. Obba, 
types), Millson (Yoruba), Shaw, 23 (Lokoya), Mann, 822 (Bagroo River), 
W. С. Thomson, 64 (Old Calabar), Bowland (W.* Lagos). 
KAMERUN, Zenker, 971, 1029, 2532, and 3266 (Bipindi), 1703, 2367, 3440, 
3796, Staudt, 92, Preuss, 1187. 
NIAMNIAM, Schiveinfurth, 3189, 3221. 
Frencu Сохсо, Klaine, 5, 69, Lecomte, b 97 (Mazomba), 723 (Poste de la 
Mission), Chevalier, 14356 (San Thomé), оуан, 444. 
Сохсо Free Starr, Burton, Chr. Smith, 63, Schweinfurth, 3189 (Monbuttu). 
ANGOLA, Weiwitsch, 1851. 
Cut. Kew Gardens. 
