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sericeis, floribus solitariis axillaribus breviter pedicellatis, calycis brunneo- 
sericei dentibus tubo equilongis, petalis rubris quam calyx 3-4plo longiori- 
bus, ovario cylindrico piloso multiovulato. 
A branched shrub, with the old branchlets woody and calvate, 
the young branchlets densely pilose. —Petiole 4 in. long, very 
silky ; stipules lanceolate, pilose, persistent, + in. long ; leaf 2-3 
in. long; leaflets 2-2 in. long, obtuse, m T firm in texture, 
bright green and nearly alae on the upper surface, densely 
white-silky beneath. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves 
on silky pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 4 in. long, densely 
brown-silky ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, as long as the tube. 
Corolla ? in. long, petals equal in length ; standard silky on the 
outside. Ovary cylindrical, silky, many-ovuled. Mature legume 
not seen.— Central Madagascar, Baron 1852! 
MuNDULEA REVOLUTA, D. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis dense pubescentibus, foliis imparipinnatis petiolatis, 
foliolis 5-11 lanceolatis crassis coriaceis margine revolutis, floribus in 
racemos breves subdensos axillares et terminales breviter pedunculatos 
dispositis, pedicellis calyci subzequilongis, calycis pilosi dentibus parvis 
lanceolatis vel deltoideis, petalis rubellis calycem triplo superantibus, vexillo 
extus persistenter sericeo, legumine parvo lanceolato crasso dense piloso 
1-4-spermo. 
A shrub, with slender terete woody densely pubescent branch- 
lets. Leaves 2-3 in. long including the 2 in. petiole; stipules 
minute, lanceolate, deciduous; rhachis densely pilose; leaflets 
opposite, nearly sessile, the upper 15-2 in. long, 4 in. broad, the 
lower shorter, thick and rigid in texture, with E y revolute 
edges, densely pilose on both surfaces, especially beneath. 
Racemes short, dense, axillary and terminal, panicled at the end 
of the branchlets; bracts minute; pedicels finally as long as the 
calyx. Calyx campanulate, densely silky; teeth lanceolate or 
deltoid, scarcely as long as the tube. Corolla reddish, 3-4 in. 
long; standard orbicular, with a claw, densely silky on the out- 
side. Stamens nearly as long as the corolla; free part of the 
filaments dilated Hp Pod sessile, lanceolate, dehiscent, 
1-11 in. long, 1-1 in. broad, very thick in texture, flat on the 
E of the dod sericeous valves. Seeds not more than 4, 
glabrous, blackish.—Central Madagasear, Baron 957! Known 
long ago and cultivated by Mr. Barclay and in the Mauritius 
Botanic Garden. It is called Dalbergia Barclayi in the Kew 
