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basi solutum. — Orarium pubescens, lineare, pluriovulatum. Legumen imma- 
turum lineare. 
Flowers in January. 
ANGOLA : District Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 1853 (wooded or bushy 
slopes near Caghuy) ; District of Golungo Alto, 1852 (banks of Mata de 
Quisueula). 
The tree is called Quisecua by the natives, who highly value its aromatic 
wood. 
121. M. pura, Dunn in Journ. Bot. xlix. (1911) 221.—M. ferruginea, 
Harms in Wiss. Erg. Deutsch. Жент. Afr. Eep. 1901-8, ii. 256, non Hochst. 
Arbor vel frutex 2-12 m. alta, gracilis vel scandens, cortice olivaceo lenti- 
cellato primo ferrugineo mox glabro. Folia 8-9-juga, 25-35 em. longa, 
petiolo 5-6-plo longiora, rachi ut pagina inferiore foliolorum primo laxe 
ferruginea mox præter costa glabra : stipule tarde deciduæ, lineares, obtuse, 
5-7 mm. longz; foliola lateralia superiora anguste oblanceolato-oblonga, 
gradatim acuminata, basi rotundata, 6-9 em. longa, chartacea, venis marginem 
approximantibus 8-paribus erecto-patentibus infra prominulis ; petioluli 3:5— 
4°5 mm. longi; stipelle setacew, 15-2 mm. longæ. Panicule racemiformes 
in caule summo axillares, 20-25 em. longe, in partibus tribus superioribus 
vel paullo majus floriferz, rachi ut pedicellis calyceque breviter laxeque 
ferruginea ; nodi floriferi sessiles. Flores 2—4-ni, fasciculati, 2:5—2'7 em. 
longi; pedicelli L:0-1:3 em. longi. Calya campanulatus, 6-8 mm. longus, 
dentibus tubo 6-plo brevioribus; braeteole parvee, paullo infra calycem 
affixæ. Petala pulchre roseo-violacea ; vexilli lamina rotundata, basi cordata, 
medio rugosa, in unguem angustata ; ale basi truncate, carinæ petala. sub- 
hamata. Stamina monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. Discus calyci adnatus. 
Ovarium pubescens, lineare, multiovulatum. Legumen lineare, 12 em. 
longum, 2 em. latum, suturis haud incrassatis, dehiscens, valvis inter semina 
coherentibus. Semina 1'2 em. longa, ovati-lentieularia ; radicula in com- 
missura basis truncate cotyledonum accumbens. 
Congo Frere STATE : Ruwenzori, Mildbraed, 2479. 
UGANDA, Dawe, 452, 459, 481, Scott Elliot, 7544 (Ruwenzori), Tufnell, 
Bagshawe, 1071 (near Mpanga, River Toro). 
GERMAN East Arrica: Ruanda, Kandt, 112 (Berg Niansa). 
CULTIVATED: Kew. 
122, M. OBLATA, Dunn, l.c. 221.—M. ferruginea, Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenw. 
Ost- Afr. C, 212, non Hoechst. 
Arbor ad 30 m. alta, ramulis rugosis brunneis paullo ferrugineis. Folia 
pallida, 8-10-juga, 20—45 em. longa, breviter petiolata, rachi laxe ferruginea 
glabrescente; stipule oblongæ, 1 em. longze, persistentes ; foliola superiora 
lateralia lanceolato-oblonga, apice angustata, acuta vel acuminata, basi rotun- 
