228 MR. 8. T. DUNN: A REVISION 
130. M. sEnICANTHA, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. (1900) 404. 
Frutex vel arbor? ramis primo breviter velutina, tandem glabris pallidis. 
Folia 3-4-juga, 20-30 em. longa, petiolo 3-plo longiora, rachi ut pagina 
inferiore foliolorum panicule rachi pedicellis calycibusque breviter dense 
tomentosa ; stipulæ persistentes, oblong, apice rotundate, 5 mm. longo ; 
Foliola superiora lateralia ovato-oblonga vel ovata, apice rotundata, apiculata 
vel emarginata, basi obtusa vel acuta, 6-12 cm. longa, chartacea, supra 
tenuiter adpresse sericea, nervis marginem appropinquantibus 8-10-paribus 
subtus prominulis reticulatis ; petioluli 4-6 mm. longi ; stipelle nullie, nisi 
eristulze in earum loco tenantur. Panieulwe racemiformes 9-16 em. longa, 
in novellis brevibus ante folia enate ; nodi floriferi globulares vel ovales, 
1-2 mm. longi. Flores fasciculati, 1:6 em. longi; pedicelli 5-6 mm. longi ; 
һгас{еге bracteoleque 7-8 mm. longs, lineares. Calyæ campanulatus, 
7—8 mm. longus, breviter dense pubescens, dentibus tubo 6-7-plo brevioribus. 
Vexilli lamina rotundata, basi truncata, dorso longe et laxe sericea, basi ut 
ungue breviter velutina ; alie oblongæ, uncinate, apice basique paullo hirte ; 
"rine petala oblonga, basi obtusa, similiter vestita. Stamina monadelpha, 
vexillare basi solutum. — seus ad annulum perigynum reductus. Ovarium 
lineare, pubescens, multiovulatum. 
GERMAN Easr AFRICA : Uluguru Mts., Goetze, 142 (type). 
131. M. GRACILIS, H "elw. ex Baker in Oliver, FI, Trop. Afr. ii. 129; Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 221. 
Arbor parva, gracilis, cortice levi lenticellato. Folia 9-10-juga. 20-30 em. 
longa, petiolo 5-plo longiora, rachi ut pagina inferiore foliolorum primo laxe 
hirsuta tandem glabra ; stipulie anguste lanceolate, mox deciduæ ; foliola ad 
basin. decrescentia, superiora lateralia oblongo-elliptica, apice retusa, basi 
paullo cordata, 4-6 em. longa, glauco-viridia, papyracea, tandem glabra, venis 
marginem appropinquantibus 8—9-paribus, haud prominentibus ; petioluli 
2 mm. longi; stipellæ setaceze, 1 mm. longs. Racemi in novellis enati, 
preecoces, 15-20 em. longi, fere ad basin floriferi, rachi ut pedicellis breviter 
velutina ; nodi floriferi parvi, sessiles, pauciflori. Flores fasciculati, magni- 
tudine variabiles, nonnunquam 9-10 mm. longi; pedicelli graciles, 3-4 mm. 
longi; bracteæ decidue ; bracteolee lanceolate, 1mm. longer. Calyx tenuiter 
sericeus, 2-3 mm. longus, dentibus brevibus latis. Petala intense violacea ; 
vexilli lamina rotundata, basi obtusa, dorso dense sericea ; ale oblong, basi 
obtuse, apice paullo pubescentes ; carinæ petala. ovata, basi truncata, apice 
ciliolata. Stamina diadelpha. Discus nullus. Ovarium sericeum, lineare, 
multiovulatum. Legumen lineare, 9 етп. longum, 1:3 em. latum, facile 
dehiscens, glabrum ; valvæ tenuiter lignosæ, inter semina  coh:erentes. 
Semina compressa, castanea, 8 mm. diam. 
Flowers in March and October, fruits in September. 
ANGOLA : Welwitsch, 1854—5 ; thickets on the mountains of Serra de Alto 
