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apice puberula; nodi floriferi 1-5 mm. longi; bracteis parvis setaceis. 
Flores fasciculati, 1:8 ст. longi; pedicelli 8-4 mm. longi; bractes nulli. 
Calyx late campanulatus, 4 mm. longus, 3°5 mm. latus, breviter aureo-sericeus, 
dentibus brevibus; braeteole oblongæ, 1 mm. longe. — Ve«illi lamina alba, 
rotundata, in unguem abrupte angustata, dorso breviter dense sericea; alee 
earineque petala miniaria, albo-maculata, oblonga, uncinata. Stamina 
monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. Discus tubularis. Ovarium lineare, 
sericeum, multiovulatum. 
Coxao Fn&E STATE, Seret, 793 (Gagara, type). 
117. M. prastica, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 128; De 
Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 3, i. 61, sér. 4, 193; De Wild. in Compagnie 
de Kasai, 310; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bangala, 218; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. 
Pl. і. 226; Ficalho, Pl. Ut. Afr. Portug. 132. 
Frutex vel arbor 2-30 m. alta, cortice fusco lenticellato. Folia 8-10-juga, 
95-35 em. longa, petiolo 10-plo longiora, rachi eanalieulato paullo rufo- 
pubescente; stipulæ oblongæ, 4-5 mm. longæ, persistentes; foliola lateralia 
superiora oblanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, basi obliqua, obtusa, 5-8 cm. 
longa, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus, præter venas plus minus sericeo- 
pubescentes, glabra, glauca, venis marginem approximantibus 6—8-paribus 
porrectis utrinque obscuris; petioluli 2 mm. longi; stipellie setaceze, 1-1:5 mm. 
longe. Рапісше racemiformes axillares, et in summo caule fasciculati, 
15-20 em. longi, pedunculo brevi, rachi robusta breviter velutina ; nodi 
floriferi globulares, sessiles vel subsessiles, 1-3 mm. longi. Flores in nodo 
quoque pauci, fasciculati, 1°6—1°8 em. longi; pedicelli 3 mm. longi; bracteze 
caduem. Calye dense brunneo-velutinus, campanulatus, 5 mm. longus, 
dentibus tubo 7-plo brevioribus, inferiori paullo ceteris longiore. Petala 
violacea; vexilli lamina ovata, in unguem brevem angustata, dorso brunnea 
adpresse sericea; ali oblong, uncinatæ; carinze petala subhamata. Stamina 
monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. / Niscus annularis. | Ovarium pubescens, 
lineare, multiovulatum. Legumen immaturum lineare, 17 em. longum, 
2 em. latum, suturis incrassatis, glabrum. 
Flowers in January and February. 
Kamerun, Ledermann, 2070 and 2082 (Ngom), 2572 (Mba), Zenker, 670, 
711 (Jaunde Station). 
Frencu Coxao, Tessmann, 834, Soyauw, 57 (Loango). 
Conco Free STATE, Sehweinfurth, 3470 (Monbuttu), Chr. Smith, 60, 
Mildbraed, 2355 (Fort Beni), 2466 (Lumengo), Marques, 33 (Malange). 
ANGOLA, Welwitsch, 1856-8 (types). 
Welwitsch describes M. drastica as а tree with strong wood used for making 
charcoal. It has an ample crown and the habit of an Ash. In Angola it is 
called Ditenda or Quitenda. 
