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very distinct second species of Leptodesmia^ endemic in Mada- 

 gascar. We have specimens from Bojer and Justice Blackburn. 

 It has a 1-jointed 1-seeded suborbicular compressed legume \ in. 

 long, tipped with the short curved, style. 



CiiiTORiA ZANZiBATiEXSis, VatJce tti (Esfer. Bot, Zeitschrift^ 

 1878, p. 261.— Baron's 4586 and 4615 quite agree with Hilde- 

 brandt's 1189 from Zanzibar, on Avhich this is founded. It seems 

 to ine only a variety of C. heterophylla^ Lam., receding from the 

 tvpe by its lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaflets 1-1^ in. long, 

 and larger flowers. 



MuciiyA (§ Stizolobittm) axillakts, n. sp. 



Herbacea, volubilis, raraulis tenuibus pilosis, foliis longe petiolatis mem- 

 branaceis facie tenuiter dorso dense adpresse hispidulis, floribiis paucis 

 axillaribusfasciculatis brevissime pedicellatis, calycis pilosi tubo campanu- 



lato dentibus ovatis acutis tubo seqiiilongis, vexillo petalis reliquis 

 duplo breviori, legumine cylindrico exalato dense persistenter hispidulo- 



velutino. 



A herbaceous climber, with very slender densely pilose stems. 

 Stipules minute, lanceolate; petiole l|-2 in, long; leaflets 2-3 

 in. long ; end one oblong ; stipellae minute. FloAvers in nearly 

 sessile fascicles in the axils of the leaves. Calyx \ in. long, very 

 silky ; tubes broadly campanulate ; teeth deltoid or lanceolate. 

 Corolla above an inch long ; petals all obtuse. Pod curved, 1;^ in. 

 long, \ in. indiam., clothed with spreading grey bristles. — Baron 

 4.^77 ! Native name Am/. Allied to M. nruriens. DC. 



EnxNcnosiA tmchocephala, n. sp.. 



VolubiUs, ramulis dense pilosis, foliis louge petiolatis trifoliolatis sub- 

 coriaceis facie parce dorso dense pilosis, foliolo terminal! cordato-ovato, 

 racemis densis axillaribus et terminalibus, bracteis magnis ovatis dense 

 pilosis, pediceUis calyci a^quilongls, calycis pilosi tubo campanulato den- 

 tibus lanceolatis, petalis conspicue venosis calyce duplo longioribus, ovario 

 dense pilose. 



A climber, with slender terete woody densely pilose branchlets. 

 Stipules scariose, lanceolate ; petiole 1-1^ in. long ; leaflets 2-3 

 in. long, acute, shallowly cordate, green and slightly hairy above, 

 persistently pubescent beneath. Eacemes copious, few-flowered, 

 dense; bracts ovate acuminate, \ in. long. Calyx pilose, ^ in. 

 long; teeth all acute. Corolla 3 in. long; petals conspicuously 

 veined with reddish brown on a yellowish ground. Stamens and 

 style abruptly up-curved. — Baron 3393 ! Near B. viscosa, DC, 



