OF THE GENUS MILLETTIA. 227 
M. LEUCANTHA, Vatke in (екі. Bot. Zeitschr. xxix. (1879) 223 
Dunn in Journ. Dot. xlix. (1911) 221. 
Sufrutex, ramis ut paginis inferioribus foliolorum, rachi, pedicellis, calycibus 
dorsisque petalorum primo dense tomentoso-velutinis, ramis tandem glabris 
lentieellatis. Folia 3-4-juga, 12-18 em. longa, petiolo 4-plo longiora, rachi 
primo hirta tandem glabra ; stipulie minute ; foliolia lateralia superiora 
ovata vel seepius late obovata, apiculata, basi rotundata, 5-7 em. longa, 
coriacea, supra glabra nitida, subtus tandem tenuiter et laxe hirta, venis 
principibus 10-11-paribus subtus prominulis ; petioluli 3-4 mm. longi : 
stipellæ setacez, 2-3 mm. longæ. Panicula terminalis, 9-17 em. longa ; 
rami floriferi ad 1 em. longi, apice 3-4-flori. Flores fasciculati, 1:2— 
l4 em. longi; pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi; bracteæ bracteoleque obscure. 
Calyx А mm. longus, dentibus parvis. Veæilli lamina ovata, basi cordata, 
ecallosa, dorso longe hirta ; alie carinæque petala apice hirtze. basi truncate. 
Stamina monadelpha. Ovarium lineare, pluriovulatum. 
Flowers in May. 
British Easr ArniCA: Каша, Hildebrandt, 2789 ; Kassner, 807 
(Galsusha, type). 
129. M. Bvussgi, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. (1902) 170. 
Frutex vel arbor 7-20 m. altus, cortice pallido, ramulis primo ferrugineo- 
tomentellis. Folia 3-4-juga, 15-25 em. longa, rachi ut panieulis, pedicellis 
bracteis calycibusque tomentella ; foliola lateralia superiora oblongo-obovata 
vel oblanceolata vel oblique ovata, apice rotundata, mucronata basi obtusa, 
5-10 em. longa, chartacea, primo utrinque sericeo-tomentosa, tandem supra 
tenuiter adpresse puberula, infra tomentella, venis marginem appropin- 
quantibus 6-9-paribus erecto-patentibus infra prominulis ; petioluli 3—4 mm. 
longi ; stipellee nulle. Panicule racemiformes ex novellis enatæ, 10-20 em. 
longs, fere ad basin floriferse, tomentelle ; ramuli floriferi ad 8 mm. longi, 
2-3-flori. Flores laxe fasciculati, 1:7-2:0 em. longi ; pedicelli 6 mm. longi ; 
bracteze ramulorum florumque et bracteole anguste lineares, 6-8 mm. longie. 
Calyx 8 mm. longus, dentibus 4, superiore ceteris latiori bidentato, inferiore 
cieteris angustiore, tubo paullo brevioribus. Vewilli lamina rotundata, dorso 
et ungue utrinque adpresse dense sericeo-pubescens, basi truncata bisacculata ; 
alee oblongze, basi utrinque obtuse et ibi ciliate: ; carinæ petala ovata, obtusa, 
ciliata. Stamina monadelpha, vexillare basi solutum. Discus calyci adnatus 
margine brevi libera. | Ovarium lineare, pubescens, multiovulatum. Legumen 
lineare, acutum, 10 em. longum, 2 em. latum, valvis crassis lignosis de- 
hiscentibus velutinis, 2-3-spermis. 
Flowers in December. 
GERMAN East Africa: Busse, 534 (Mananda, type), 1872, 2820 (Ruangwa), 
2849 (Liho at Lagar Palikope). 
