130 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEA! (BAKER). | Millettia. 
8. M. ? aboensis, Hook.f. Fl. Nigr. 820 (as a var. of IM. macrophylla). 
A tree 30-40 ft. high, the ultimate branches densely clothed with fine 
dark-brown spreading pubescence. Petioles 38-4 in. long; rachis 6-8 
in. long, both pubescent; leaflets in 5—6 pairs, the upper ones obovate- 
oblong, 4-5 in. long, 14-13 in. broad, the lower ones shorter and 
broader, petiolules 2 lines long without stipellie, texture subcoria- 
ceous, upper surface dark green, glabrous, lower more or less ferru- 
vinous-pubescent, especially on the prominent veins. Racemes 6-12 
in. long, on firm woody erect peduncles, the lower part with a few 
short branches. Pedicels 2 lines long. Bracts lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, soon falling. Calyx 3 in. deep, densely ferruginous-silky, 
the teeth nearly obsolete. Corolla an inch deep, reddish, the standard 
3-Z in. broad, glabrous on the back, the upper stamen free above the 
middle. Pod linear-oblong acuminate 6 in. long, 1 in. broad, very 
coriaceous, densely bright ferruginous-silky. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Vogel! Ansell! and others. Pe 
Our specimens received since the Niger Flora was written, show clearly that this 18 
distinct as a species from M. macrophylla ; but we have no pods in a mature state. 
9. M. nudifiora, Welw. mss. A tree 30-40 ft. high with finely 
brown-velvety branchlets, no leaves at the flowering time. Petioles 
1-2 in. long.” Leaves 6-7 in. long, with 7-9 obovate-oblong pointed 
subcoriaceous leaflets, the terminal one 3—4 in. long, 15-18 lines broad, 
cuneate at the base, green and glabrous above, thinly grey-silky over 
the surface, brown-silky on the veins beneath, on downy exstipellate 
petiolules 2 lines long. Flowers in very copious short-stalked mode- 
rately dense nutant racemes 4—5 in. long. Pedicels 2—8 lines long, 
downy. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 4 lines deep, finely brown-sillf 
the lanceolate-deltoid teeth reaching about a quarter down. Corolla 
bright violet, 9-10 lines long; standard obovate, } in. broad, recurved, 
finely argenteous on the back ; wings and keel rather shorter. Stamens 
all connate. Pod (rather immature) linear-oblong, subligneous, sessile, 
glabrous, 4—5 in. long, an inch broad, straight, 7—10-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
10. M. ferruginea, Baker. A large tree with firm terete ultimate 
branches clothed with fine short ferruginous silky tomentum. Stipules 
lanceolate, 4 in. long. Petioles 1-14 in. long, the rachis 8-12 im. 
long, ferruginous silky like the twigs; leaflets in 8-10 pairs and & 
terminal one, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, $—? in. broad, 
apex narrowed, base rounded, texture coriaceous, under surface finely 
silky, the veins ferruginous, not prominent, the petiolules a line long; 
ferruginous, without stipelle. Flowers in long-stalked lax erect 
racemes 6—9 in. long, the lower ones distant, 8—4 in a cluster. Pedicels 
silky, about equalling the calyx, which is between campanulate a” 
tubular, 3—4 lines deep, densely coated with fine brown silky pubes- 
cence, the teeth very short, subdeltoid. Corolla three times as long 
as the calyx, cream-coloured, the standard very silky on the bac 
