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segmentis linearibus elongatis, petalis luteo-rubellis calyce equilongis, 
vexillo orbiculari, carina haud rostrata. 
Habit of the widely-spread F. vexillata, Benth. Stems, 
leaves, and calyx densely pilose. Petiole above an inch long ; 
leaflets 2-3 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, not at all lobed or toothed. 
Peduncle 3-4 in. long. Calyx 2 in. long. Standard glabrous, 
orbicular, above 4 in. broad; keel broad, only obscurely beaked 
at the tip. Legume not seen.— Baron, next 5799! 
Barra ($ BRACTEOLARIA) CAPPARIDIFOLIA, n. sp. 
B. ramulis apice pilosis, foliis oblongis acuminatis subcoriaceis glabris, 
cymis parvis axillaribus paucifloris, pedunculis pedicellisque pilosis, 
bracteolis ovatis minutis persistentibus, calycis segmentis 2 ovatis reflexis, 
petalis parvis oblongis, ovario piloso, stylo curvato. 
Branchlets slender, woody, not sarmentose, calvate below the 
young tips. Petiole 4 in. long; blade simple, 2-8 in. long, 1-1 
in. broad, rounded at the base, tapering gradually to the point, 
green and glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes few, shorter than 
the petiole; pedicels spreading, } in. long. Calyx i in. long, 
split down to the base into two subequal pubescent spreading 
or reflexing lobes. Petals yellow, 4-4 in. long. Stamens free, 
nearly as long as the petals; anthers oblong, minute. Fruit 
not seen.— North-west Madagascar, Baron 5358! 
DALBERGIA TRICHOCARPA, n. sp. 
D. ramulis tenuiter pubescentibus, foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis multi- 
jugis sessilibus confertis oblongis obtusis rigide coriaceis, panicule ramis 
pilosis, calyce minuto dentibus obtusis, legumine oblongo monospermo 
persistenter piloso. 
A shrub or small tree, with terete slender branchlets. Leaf- 
rhachis about 3 in. long, including the 3-in. petiole ; leaflets in 
10-12 close pairs, under i in. long, truncate at the apex, thick 
and rigid in texture, thinly pilose, the veins beneath quite hidden 
and immersed. Flowers forming a long panicle, of which the 
lower branches are subtended by developed leaves. Calyx 75 in. 
long. Pod an inch long, 4 in. broad, obtuse, cuneate at the base, 
sessile, with a single seed in the centre.— Province of Androna, 
Baron 5920! Near D. eriocarpa, Bojer. Native name, Manary. 
DALBERGIA MYRIABOTRYS, n. Sp. o. l 
D. ramulis gracilibus glabris, foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 7-9 ovatis 
acutis longe petiolnlatis, floribus permultis minutis in panieulam amplam 
ramulis densifloris scorpioideis dispositis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis tubo 
