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Petala rubida vel purpurea, exodorata ; vexilli lamina ovata, in unguem 
brevem angustata, dorso tenuiter adpresse sericea; ale oblongze, basi hamate; 
carin: petala subhamata. Stamina monadelpha, vexilare basi solutum. 
Discus breviter tubulosus. Ovarium pubescens, lineare, multiovulatum. 
Legumen lineare, 7 cm. longum, 1°8 em. latum, suturis incrassatis, 
subglabrum. Semina 3. 
Flowers January to March. 
FnENOH GUINEA, Chevalier, 12637 (Timbo), Farmar, 259, Heudelot, 193. 
SIERRA Leone, Scott Elliot, 4609, 5771, 9889, H. H. Johnston, 68 (Free 
Town), Sierra Leone Herb. 7 (Furca). 
LIBERIA, Whyte (within 6 miles of. Munrovia, type), Dinklage, 1787, 1962, 
1994. 
115. M. Coxnavr, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. (1902) 168. 
Arbor parva, cortice brunneo lenticellato. Folia 9-6-juga, 22-28 cm. 
longa, omnino glabra, nigrescentia ; stipule caducie ; foliola lateralia superiora 
oblonga, caudata, 5-10 em. longa, chartacea, venis marginem appropin- 
quantibus 7—9-paribus supra et subtus paullo prominulis; petioluli 4 mm. 
longi; stipelle breves, setaceæ. Panicule racemiformes ad ramorum apices 
fasciculatee, 10-20 em. longze, pedunculate, гас ut pedicellis calycibusque 
breviter aureo-velutina ; nodi floriferi globosi vel breviter clavati. Flores 
fasciculati, 1°7—1°9 em. longi; pedicelli 5 mm. longi. Calyx campanulatus, 
7 mm. longus et latus, dentibus 3—5-plo tubo brevioribus. Petala pallide 
violacea; vexilli lamina late ovata, reflexa, basi truncata, bicarinata, extus 
dense sericea, ungue paullo longior; alæ fortiter hamatæ; carinæ petala in 
unguem angustata. Stamina monadelpha. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium 
lineare, sericeum. 
Flowers in February. 
Var. TYPICA. Calycis dentibus tubo 5-plo brevioribus rotundatis. 
Kameru, Conran, 71 (Bangwe, type). 
Var. LEbERMANNIL, Dunn, var. nov. Calycis dentibus tubo 3-plo brevi- 
oribus, triangularibus. 
KAMERUN, Ledermann, 2154 (Tehape Pass). 
116. M. SEenxkTI, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 5, iii. 204. 
Arbor ligno durissimo, preter inflorescentiam glabra, ramulis levibus 
paullo lenticellatis. Folia 8-juga, 30-40 em. longa, petiolis 7-plo longiora ; 
stipulze рагу, oblong, persistentes; foliola superiora lateralia oblonga, 
subito acuminata, caudata, basi obtusa, 10-12 em. longa, papyracea, utrinque 
reticulata, venis marginem propinquantibus 9-paribus parum prominentibus; 
petioluli 4 mm. longi: stipellie setaceæ, 2 mm. longæ. Paniculæ racemiformes 
axillares, 15-25 em. longi, parte florifera duplo longiore quam sterili; rachis 
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