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subcoriaceous, both sides grey-green, the main veins beneath promi- 
nent, the midrib beneath pubescent. Flowers not seen. Pod 2-24 in. 
long, 14 in. broad, rigid, quite glabrous, both ends narrowed, blunt or 
subacute, the middle raised on both sides and the reticulations deep 
and excavated. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
: Another Zambesi land species, of which we do not possess the flowers, has leaflets 
ike this in number and shape, but glabrous like the rachis and branches, the pod longer 
and narrower (about 3 in. long by ¢in. broad), blunt, the base narrowed to a long 
ein the seed prominent on one side with copious raised veins, excavated on the 
er. 
4. D. malifolia, Welw. mss. An erect tree 20-25 ft. high with the 
habit of Pyrus Malus, with glabrous woody branches. Petioles woody, 
3-4 lines long; leaves simple, oblong, rounded at the base, slightly 
omted, 3-44 in. long, 2-83 in. broad, subcoriaceous, opaque, glabrous. 
lowers in dense congested sessile axillary panicles under 1 in. broad. 
Pedicels finely velvety, under a line long. Calyx campanulate, a line 
deep, the deltoid teeth not reaching more than a quarter of the way 
down. Corolla 3-34 lines long, reddish-white, the keel shorter than 
the wings and orbicular reflexed standard. Stamens equally diadelphous. 
Ovary linear, with not more than 2 ovules, tapering into a long pedicel ; 
style abruptly incurved. Pod not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Prince’s island, Dr. Welwitsch! 
_5. D. melanoxylon, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 227, t. 58. A co- 
piously branched bush or small tree, 15-20 ft. high, with stout woody 
glabrous branches, and long sharp woody spines. Petioles under }in., 
eles ; leaflets 9-13, short-stalked, oblong or obovate, 4—? in. long, 
oth ends rounded, often emarginate, subcoriaceous, both sides gla- 
brous, veins beneath raised. Flowers in copious terminal and axillary 
vanicles, the latter equalling or shorter than the leaves. Pedicels a 
ine long’, slender, glabrous, bracteolate. Calyx 2 lines deep, glabrous, 
upper teeth deltoid, the lowest lanceolate. Corolla yellow, slightly 
exceeding the calyx. Pod 3-2 in. long, § in. broad, blunt or subacute, 
with a long pedicel, the valves glabrous and membranous. Seeds 1-4. 
—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 232; Benth. l.c. 47. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet! Heudelot! 
Nile Land. Nubia, Sennaar and banks of the White Nile, Kotschy! Cienkowsky, 
and others, Abyssinia, Schimper! Plowden! Quartin-Dillon. Madi, Speke and 
rant! 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters! Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! Dr. 
Meller ! 
“ Met with from 5° S. to 5° N.; wood considered first class, being impervious to in- 
Sects; very hard and heavy, with dull purple heart resembling rosewood when polished. 
Uses —Arrow tips, wooden hammers for beating bark cloths, rafters; root a remedy 
for toothache.”—Col. Grant. 
6. D. saxatilis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 314. A wide-climbing shrub 
many feet long, with dull grey glabrous branches. Stipules deciduous. 
Petioles 9-18 lines long; [eaflets 9-11, on a rachis 3-0 in. long, 
