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Umbels 4-6-flowered ; Eee shorter than the 
pedicels . . - 13. ZL. curviflorus. 
Receptacle and calyx obconical, 2-3 lin, long ; 
leaves 5-10 lin, broad. c : . . 15. L. kalachariensis. 
5. TaprnostemMMA. Umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled ; bract unilaterally 
developed from a saucer-shaped base ; flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous, Calyx 
truncate in bud, irregularly. split or lobed when the flower expands. Corolla 
arcuate in bud, 5-gibbous at the base of the lobes, narrowed from the base of the lobes 
to their middle, clavate above ; tube cylindric, much shorter than the lobes, provided 
inside, ashort distance above the base, with5 ascending flaps inserted on the adnate part 
of the. filaments ; lobes plicate on the inner surface below the insertion of the stamens, 
refleced or twisted about their middle. Stamens inserted some distance above the 
base of the corolla-lobes, arcuate above ; anthers linear, not transversely divided. 
Disc confluent with the base of the corolla-tube, surrounding the base of the style. 
Stigma capitate-—Tapinostemma, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc, Bot. France, xlii. 257, genus. 
Leaves petioled . 2 . ° : - 16. ZL. Acacia. 
Leaves sessile ‘ : . . . . - 17. L. nummulariafolius. 
6. Rurrescentes. Umbels, fascicles or heads, or the flowers sessile, aggregated ; 
bract unilateral ; flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Calyx cupular or reduced 
to a short rim, truncate or lobed. Intramarginal dise sometimes present. Corolla 
in bud subeylindric, or clavate above, more or less densely clothed with rusty verti- 
cillate-branched hairs, at least in a young state,in a few cases becoming minutely 
puberulous when fully developed ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes erect or, more rarely, 
reflexed, spathulate or spathulate-linear. Stamens inserted at vr shortly above the 
base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments involute ; anthers oblong or linear, divided 
transversely into numerous (10-26) small cells arranged in four vertical rows. 
Dise annular, pentagonal, rusty-pilose or glabrous, sometimes very small. Style 
skittle-shaped above ; stigma more or less capitate—Septimetula, Van Tiegh. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xiii. 266. Metula, Van Tiegh. l.c. 2638. 
Corolla 3-34 in. long ; lobes spathulate-linear . 18. L. kamerunensis. 
Corolla 1}-23 i in. long ; lobes spathulate or spathu- 
«  late-linear. 
Corolla-lobes reflexed, spathulate-linear; flower- 
buds only slightly swollen at the apex. 
Flowers shortly pedicelled ; bract shorter than 
the receptacle and calyx. : 19. LZ. leonensis. 
Flowers sessile; bract longer than the recep: 
tacle and calyx ; 20. L. nigritanus, 
Corolla-lobes erect, spathulate ; flower- buds con- 
spicuously swollen at the apex. 
Leaves sessile . ° . ° . . 21. LD. emarginatus. 
Leaves petioled. 
Leaves rusty-tomentellous beneath. 
Leaves glossy and prominently reticulate 
above, 4-2 in. broad . : 22. L. nitidulus. 
Leaves dull ete reticulation SOE very 
evident, 3-14 in. broad. 
Petiole 2—5 lin. long. 
Corolla 13-1 in. long, tomentellous 
with short hairs . : 23. L. discolor. 
Corolla 14 in. long, villous-tomentoie 
with verticillate-branched hairs . 24, L. polycryptvus. 
Petiole 7-10 lin. long . : : . 25. L. angolensis. 
