OF THE GENUS MILLETTIA. 215 
Flores 1-2-ni, 1'0—1°1 em. longi ; pedicelli 6-7 mm. longi, ut calyces minute 
puberuli ; bracteze bracteoleeque nullæ vel caducæ. Calye campanulatus, 
3-4 mm. longus, dentibus tubo 10-plo brevioribus. Ге: lamina rotundata, 
in unguem brevissimum angustata, basi bieallosa ; ale carineeque petala 
ovate, basi obtusse. Stamina monadelpha. Discus nullus, Ovarium lanceo- 
latum, pubescens, multiovulatum. 
GERMAN East AFRICA (probably): Salanda, Fischer, 194 (type). 
109. M. THonsineu, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 128 (syn. exclus.) ; 
De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 3, 1. 62; Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 
5393.— M. Atite, /Jarms in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. (1902) 167. Robinia Thon- 
пїп її, Schum. et Thonn, Pl. Guin, 349. 
Arbor mediocris, 6-10 in. alta, preter inflorescentiam et costam foliolorum 
glabra, cortice pallido rugoso. Folia (5—)4-]uga, 15-20 cm. longa, petiolo 
5-6-plo longiora : stipulee oblongze, caducæ : folia lateralia superiora lanceo- 
lata vel ovato-oblonga, obtuse acuminata, apiculata, basi obtusa, 5-6 em. 
longa, chartacea, tandem reticulata, venis marginem approximantibus 5-7- 
paribus arcuatis infra prominulis, costa basi subtus utrinque setulosa ; 
petioluli 4—5 mm. longi: stipelle nulle. Љосе (rarissime panicule race- 
miformes) preecoces, axillares, 12-22 em. longi, ad basin sepius nodiferi 
sed solum in partibus tres superioribus floriferi, rachi pubescenti; nodi 
floriferi seepissime sessiles, uniflori. Flores approximati, L:5-1:8 em. longi ; 
braetezg oblongse, caducæ ; pedicelli 6-7 mm. longi, paullo supra medium 
bibracteolati, ut calyces bracteoleque setacez 1 mm. longs adpresse sericei. 
(«Гуе campanulatus, 6-7 mm. longus, dentibus tubo 8-ріо brevioribus. 
Petala lilacina vel rarius alba; vexilli lamina rotundata, in unguem 4-ріо 
breviorem subito contracta, leviter bieallosa, medio basi et dorso ut unguis 
tenuiter hirtula ; alie carineque petala oblonge, basi obtuse, praecipue infe- 
rius hirtulæ. Stamina monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. Discus breviter 
annularis. | Ovarium lineare, sericeum, multiovulatum. Legumen lineare, 
ad 16 em. longum, 2 em. latam, suturis immaturis incrassatis, glabrum, 
nitens, dehiscens ; valve lignosee, inter semina coherentes. Semina 4-6, 
oblonga, lenticularia. 
Flowers from August to March, fruits in the following December. 
SIERRA LEONE, /rring (Abbeokuta, ** Indigo ?). 
Согр Coast, W. H. Johnson, 456, 911 (Krobo Plains). 
DanowxEv: Cercle d'Abomey, Chevatier, 23271 (entre Massi et Goutyssa), 
Moyen- Dahomey, Cercle de Sabalon, Chevalier, 23730 (entre Gonka et 
Danté). 
Toco, Warnecke, 66, Baumann, 128 ( Misahóhe). 
NiGERIA : Old Calabar, Robb ; Lagos, Foster, 21, MacGregor, 216, Row- 
land; N. Nigeria, Dalziel, 404, 23, Elliott, 36, 37, Parsons (Zario) ; 
S. Nigeria, Unwin, 24, Barter, A81, 1618, 1624. 
