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first glance for a distinct species; but the structure and general 
aspect of the leaflets (apart from the size) and of the flowers are 
absolutely as in Dalbergia Ecastaphyllum. The only other 
pinnate-leaved specimens of D. Ecastaphyllum examined by me 
are from Liberia (Grand Bassa, Vogel ; Dinklage, 1986) and the 
Cameroons (Zenker, 2153). In these the leaflets are exactly 
(also in size) like those of the typical unifoliolate leaves of 
D. Ecastaphyllum. They were, probably on account of the 
number of leaflets, distributed as D. Monetaria, which has 
glabrous glossy long acuminate leaflets with a more marked 
venation. I have seen no examples of D. Monetaria from 
Africa, Heudelot’s specimens quoted under this name in ‘ Flora 
of Tropical Africa,’ ii. p. 236, belonging to a distinct species, 
for which I propose the name D. Heudelotit, Stapf. I add a 
description of it :— 
Dalbergia Heudelotii, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis D. Ecastaphyllo, 
Taub., differt foliis normaliter 3-7-foliolatis, fructibus asym- 
metrice obovatis majoribus crassioribus sublignosis, bullatis, 
ferrugineo-velutinis. 
Frutex ramis cinerascentibus vel fuscescentibus. Folia 3- vel 
sepius 5- rarius 7-foliolata ; rhachis ad 34 poll. longa, tenuiter 
ferrugineo-pubescens, demum glabrata; foliola ovata vel elliptica, 
breviter obtuseque acuminata vel subobtusa, basi rotundata, 
terminale maximum ad 6 poll. longum, ad 34 poll. latum, supra 
glabra arcte tenuiterque reticulata, subtus pallide fuscescentia, 
pilis minutissimis adpressis aspersa, nervis lateralibus (in ma- 
joribus) utrinque 8-10 prorsus arcuatis tenuibus uti venis 
prominulis; petioluli 2-3 lin. longi. Racemi vel paniculi pauci- 
ramosi ad 14 poll. longi, ubique rufo-villosuli; bracteæ bracteo- 
leque minute, oblonge ; pedicelli ad 13 lin. longi. Calyæ 13 lin. 
longus, breviter perlate dentatus, rufo-tomentosus. Corolla 5 lin. 
longa, petalorum unguibus demum e calyce exsertis; vexilli 
lamina late orbieulari-ovata, 2-loba. Legumen immaturum dense 
rufo- vel fulvo-tomentosum marginibus latis undulatis, maturum 
asymmetrice obovatum, ad lj poll. longum, ad 10 Jin. latum, 
uno latere convexum, bullatum, ferrugineo-velutinum, sutura 
incrassata, valvis ad 2 lin. crassis lignosis; stipes tenuis fere 
2 lin. longus. Semen unicum. 
Senegambia, Rio Nunez, Heudelot, 623. Sierra Leone, Kah- 
reni, Scott Elliot, 5626*, Without precise locality, Afzelius. 
D. Monetaria, Linn. f., differs in having glabrous (in the 
