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typical form), distinctly and often long acuminate leaves, and 
glabrous, neither undulate nor bullate fruits. 
Ostryocarpus major, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis O. ripario, 
Hook. f., differt foliolis 7-foliolatis, foliolorum venis utrinque 
plane ineonspieuis, panieule ramis longioribus, floribus paulo 
majoribus. 
Folia T-foliolata; rhachis gracilis, basi incrassata, circiter 
4 poll. longa, glabra; foliola infima 3 poll. supra basin, terminale 
elliptieum, breviter aeuminatum, basi subobtusum, 34 poll. 
longum, 2 poll. latum, coriaceum, glaberrimum, nervis later- 
alibus utrinque 5-6 obliquis pertenuibus, venis plane incon- 
spicuis ; petiolulus 3j lin. longus. Panicule pedales, breviter 
pedunculate, ubique dense tenuissime ferrugineo-pubescentes ; 
rhachis subrobusta, curva; rami racemos densos exhibentes ad 
2 poll. longi, patuli; bractew ad ramorum bases mox deeilusm, 
ad pedicellos vix ullæ ; bracteole ad calycum bases 2, minute; 
pedicelli inferiores sspe geminati, graciles, 1-14 lin. longi. 
Calyx obovoideus, 2-23 lin. longus, eodem indumento induto ae 
rhachis et ramis panieule, dentibus latissime brevissime tri- 
angularibus. Corolla 5-53 lin. longa, exsiecando nigrescens ; 
vexillum orbiculare, emarginatum, brevissime unguiculatum ; 
ale et carina vexillo æquilongæ, unguibus 2 lin. longis. Sta- 
minum tubus 33 lin. longus. Ovarium dense minute pubescens ; 
ovula 8. 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte. 
Macrolobium obliquum, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis JM. diphyllo, 
Harms, differt folis 7-jugis, floribus majoribus, longius pedi- 
cellatis. 
Folia 7-juga; rhachis ad 10 poll. longa, basi incrassata, atro- 
ferrugineo-hirtella, demum glabrescens ; foliola ima 3 poll. supra 
rhachidis basin, vix 23 poll. longa, intermedia et summa ad 6 poll. 
longa, ad 13 poll. lata, omnia oblique lanceolata vel lanceolato- 
oblonga, oblique tenuiter acuminata, basi obtusa, dimidio extus 
spectante quam altero fere duplo latiore, glabra, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 13-15, 1-12 lin. sub margine nervo collectivo eleganter 
connectis subtus prominentibus, venarum retieulatione utrinque 
tenui prominula ; petioluli llin. longi. Panicula ultra à-pedalis 
ramis paucis divaricatis ad 3 poll. longis ubique tenuiter ferru- 
gineo-hirtella; bracteæ obovate, naviculares, 5 lin. longe, mox 
