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rumque trifoliolata, (petiolo foliorum inferiorum vix 4 cm, superiorum usque 
ad 4 cm longo), aliis simplicibus raro vel rarissime intermixtis, ramorum 
florigerum semper simplicia, foliolis vel foliis usque ad 5 mm longe crassius- 
cule petiolulatis vel petiolatis (petiolulis vel petiolis basi manifeste articulatis), 
ovatis vel ovato-oblongis vel oblongis vel obovato -oblongis, apice 
rotundatis vel subrotundatis vel plerumque breviter late acuminatis, apice 
ipso breviter sed manifeste apiculatis, basi rotundatis, adultis subcoriaceis, 
supra nitidulis, subtus opacis, integris, nervis lateralibus 4—5-jugis 2— 
3 mm a margine curvato-conjunctis, venis angustissime reticulatis, nervis 
venisque supra paullo, subtus alte prominentibus, lamina supra glabra, 
subtus pilis brevibus dense obtecta, 3—7 cm longa, 2—3 cm lata. Flores 
» viridi-flavescentes« in axillis foliorum ad ramos superiorum fasciculati, 41 —41-ni, 
1,3—1,4 cm longe pedicellati, pedicellis glabris ; receptaculum glabrum obovato- 
obconicum, cr. 5 mm longum, 2,5 mm crassum; sepala ovato-oblonga, apice 
acuta, extrinsecus glabra, intus dense papillosa, cr. 7 mm longa, 3 mm 
lata; petala sepalorum cr. ?/, longitudine adaequantia, in parte !/, inferiore 
latiuscule unguiculata, parte superiore ovato-oblongo, apice acutiusculo; 
discus incrassatus, margine superiore lobulatus; staminum tubus recepta- 
culum paullo superans, staminibus liberis 1,8—1,9 cm longis; gynophorum 
crassiusculum cr. 2 cm longum, stamina paullo superans, apice ovario ob- 
longo, er. 3 mm longo, 1,5 mm crasso instructum; stylus fere nullus, 
stigmate valde dilatato, crasse capitato. 
Nordost-Rhodesia: Bangweolo, auf felsigem Seeufer in der Nähe 
von Kassomo, an schattigen Standorten (R. E. Fries n. 706. — Blühend 
im September 1911). 
30. M. variifolia Gilg et Benedict n. sp. — Maerua triphylla 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. I. (1847) p. 32, Icon. t. 6. — Maerua ternata Th. Dur. 
et Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. I. 9 (1898) p. 168. — »Frutex 2—3 m altus« 
lignosus, ramis junioribus densissime longiuscule flavido-pilosis vel -tomen- 
tosis, tarde glabratis, flavido-brunneis, teretibus (densissime albido lenticellosis). 
Folia trifoliolata vel simplicia, ambis saepius in uno ac eodem ramo pro- 
miscue occurrentibus, interdum simplicibus, interdum trifoliolatis ad ramos 
praevalentibus, folia foliolaque ovali-oblonga vel oblonga, apice latiuscule 
acutata vel subrotundata, saepius emarginata, semper mucronulata, basi 
subrotundata vel late cuneata, petiolo 0,7—1,4 cm longo, petiolulis cr. 2, 
rarius 3 mm longis, petiolo vel petiolulis densissime longiuscule brunneo- 
pilosis, 2—6,5 em longa, 0,9—3 cm lata, sub anthesi chartacea vel sub- 
coriacea, utrinque aspera, supra nitida, densissime breviter pilosa vel rigide 
papillosa, subtus opaca, densissime pilis flavido-brunneis longiusculis obtecta, 
nervis lateralibus 7— 8-jugis, utrinque prominentibus, venis dense reticu- 
latis supra manifeste, subtus alte prominulis. Flores in apice caulis ramorum- 
que in racemos abbreviatos, densos, multifloros collecti, pedicellis sub anthesi 
1,3—1,7 em longis, densissime longiuscule flavido-, rarius albido-pilosis ; 
