218 MR. S. T. DUNN: A REVISION 
This fine species is dedicated to my friend Dr. Otto Stapf, the distinguished 
Keeper of Kew Herbarium, to whose kindness I owe many of the advantages 
which I have enjoyed in revising this genus. 
113. M. NUDIFLORA, Welw. ev Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. її. 130 ; 
Thern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Dl. i. 228; Ficalho, Pl, Uteis Afr. Portug. 122. 
Arbor at 13 m. alta, ramis tuberculatis, ramulis pendulis mox glabris. 
Folia 4-juga, 15-25 em. longa, petiolo 5-plo longiora, rachi laxe ferruginea; 
їр ш eadueze ; foliola lateralia superiora oblongo-lanceolata, breviter 
acuminata, basi cuneata, 6-8 em. longa, molliter coriacea, fere carnosa 
(Welw.), supra atro-viridia, subtus breviter tomentosa, venis marginem appro- 
pinquantibus 7—9-paribus  erecto-patulis haud prominentibus;  petioluli 
4-6 mm. longi: stipellee паа. Racemi preecoces, ad 30 em. longi, breviter 
peduneulati; raches pedicelli calyeesque laxe ferruginei; nodi floriferi parvi, 
sessiles, paueitlori. Flores fasciculati, preecoces, 2 em. longi; pedicelli 
3 mm. longi; bracteæ deciduee, bracteoleeque paullo subtus calycem affixæ, 
setacere, 2-3 mm. longæ. Сау 9 mm. longus, basi atro-brunneus veeteroquin 
rubro-brunneus, dentibus angustis acuminatis tubo bis brevioribus setuliferis. 
Petala pulchre purpureo-violaeea ; vexilli lamina ovata, in unguem 4-plo 
breviorem abrupte contracta, dorso tenuiter sed facie in medio basis densius 
pubescens ; ale anguste oblong, basi truncate setulosee; сагіпа petala 
oblonga, basi cuneata, in parte inferiore ungueque hirtula. Stamina mona- 
delpha, vexillare basi solutum. Discus nullus. Ovarium lineare, pubescens, 
1-10-ovulatum. Legumen pendulum. 
Flowers, which appear before the leaves and cover the whole tree, in July 
and August, nearly ripe fruit in August. 
ANGOLA, Welwitsch, 1850 (primitive forests of Quibanga about Sange and 
on the left bank of the River Cuango : type). 
Deseribed by Welwitsch as “a vast and beautiful tree,” leafless at time of 
flowering. 
114. M. PALLENS, Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 593. 
Frutex cortice fusco lenticellato, preter inflorescentiam glaber. Folia 
6-juga, ad 30 em. longa, petiolo 6-plo longiora; stipule caduew ; foliola 
lateralia superiora. ovato-oblonga vel oblonga, acuminata, хере fere caudata, 
basi oblique obtusa, 6-12 em. longa, papyracea, utrinque tenuiter reticulata, 
venis marginem approximantibus 5-7-paribus arcuatis; petioluli 2-4 mm. 
longi; stipellæ setaceæ, 1-2 mm. long. Panicule racemiformes, axillares, 
15-20 em. longæ, dimidio inferiore vel plure nudo, rachi superiore pubes- 
cente; nodi floriferi ad 4 mm. longi. Flores 1-4-ni, 2 em. longi; pedicelli 
3-4 mm, longi; braeteze minute. Calye 5-6 mm. longus, dentibus tubo 6-plo 
brevioribus, laxe adpresse sericeus, basi bibraeteolatus; bracteolee minute. 
