

H. Harms, Leguminosae africanae. VI. 441 



Congo-Gebiet: Lubemba valley, unter Baumen (Kaess.ner n. 2385. 

 — Januar 1908). 



Die Art erinncrt an CI. dcnsi/lora Benth. von Brasilia), die aber groBere Bluten 

 besitzt. 



Glycine L. 



61. co rdi folia Harms n. sp. — Caulis tenuis, proslratus vel adscendens 

 hirsutus, pilis retrorsis; folia longe vel longiuscule petiolata (petiolo 

 ca. 2 — 4 cm longo, hirsuto), unifoliolata, foliolum brevissime petiolulatum, 

 ovatum vel late ovatum vel suborbiculari-ovatum, basi cordatum, apice 

 obtusum vel rotundatum (apiculo interdum brevissime protracto), membra- 

 naceum margine subintegro vel leviter undulato, supra glabrum vel sub- 

 glabrum, subtus parce pilosum ; 3 — 6,5 em longum, 2—5,5 cm latum; stipulae 

 lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, longiusculae, 9 — 1 I mm longae, stipellae ad 

 basin petioluli anguste lineari-lanceolatae, setaceae; inflorescentiae racemi- 

 formes axillares, folio breviores vel longiores, pauciflorae vel pluriflorae et 

 elongatae, tenues, graciles, hirsuto-pilosae; pedicelli tenues, pilosi, 4 — 6 mm 





L- 



longi, bracteis parvis lanceolatis suffulti; flores parvi, calyx hirsutus, 

 dentatus, dentibus lanceolatis, acuminatis, inter se subaequilongis, tubo 

 longioribus, superioribus in unum apice bifidum connatis; corolla glabra, 

 vexillum suborbiculare, apice emarginatum, ca. 5 mm longum, carina ob- 

 tusiuscula; stamen vexillare serius liberum; ovarium lineare, hirsuto- 

 pubescens, stylo brevi, stigmate minuto capitellato. 



Congo-Gebiet: Kipaila, unter Baumen (Kaessner n. 2538. — Marz1908). 



Erythrina L. 



E. decora Harms n. sp.; arbor ad i — 1 m (?) alta, ramulis dense 

 albido- vel incano-villosis, serins glabrescentibus, aculeis dissitis validius- 

 culis recur vis vel subrectis armatis; folia longe vel longiuscule petiolata, 

 trifoliolata, petiolo inermi vel aculeis dissitis obsito villoso vel villosulo, 

 5 — 8 cm vel ultra longo, foliola rhomboideo-ovata vel obovata vel sub- 

 orbicularia (lateralia obliqua, fere trapezoideo-ovata), basi emarginulata vel 

 rotundata, apice obtusa vel rotundata vel late brevi terque acuminulata vel 

 emarginulata, juvenilia dense villosa, serius supra subglabrescentia vel pube- 

 rula, subtus molliter villosula, terminale ad 8 cm longum, 8 — 9 cm latum: 

 paniculae racemiformes longe vel longiuscule pedunculatae (pedunculo al- 

 bido- vel incano-villoso, pube detergibili, 2,5— 18 cm longo, cum inflores- 

 centia circ. 12 — 24 cm longo), densiflorae, dense villosae, apice saepe 

 bracteis comatae; flores brevissime pedicellati; prophylla lineari-lanceolata, 

 ad 4 mm longa; calyx incano-villosus vel subsericeus, ad 12 mm vel ultra 

 •ongus, demum uno latere spathaceo-fissus, dentes 5 brevissimi, crassius- 

 culi, saepe vix prominuli; vexillum subglabrum (minutissime subvelutinum), 

 oblanceolato-oblongum, complicatum, basin versus in unguem angustatum, 

 3--t3,5 cm longum, alae oblique oblongo-ovales, rotundatae, late unguicu- 



