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of detlexed or spreading linear-setaceous or subulate bracts of 3—$ in. 
Sepals obtuse, glabrous or nearly so, 4-7 lines long. Petals narrowed 
to the base, 1 in. or slightly longer. Three longer stamens exceeding 
the petals, their filaments distinctly dilated near the middle. Ovary 
adpressed-puberulous. Legume 12-20 in. long, about 1 in. diameter, 
hard and woody, terete, smooth, glabrous, at length tardily longitu- 
dinally dehiscent.—Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 249, t. 47; Ferret et Galinier, 
Abyss. Atlas, Bot. t. 3. Cathartocarpus Atteleh, Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 453. 
C. Fistula, in Sched. Herb. Schimp. Abyss. No. 896. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Sennaar, Cienkowsky! Nubia and Kordofan 
(Schweinf. et Asch. Enum.). 
3. C. abbreviata, Oliv. Shrub or tree, attaining 15-25 ft., ex- 
tremities leaves on expansion and inflorescence shortly pubescent. 
Leaves 1 ft. or shorter; leaflets in 8-12 pairs, elliptical or oblong- 
elliptical, obtuse, rounded or broadly cuneate at base, pubescent or 
subvillous at least beneath at first, at length sometimes nearly glabrous, 
venation reticulate ; 14-1} in. long; petiolules 1 line; common petiole 
eglandular. Racemes terminal and from lateral shoots towards the 
ends of the branches, rather short and subcorymbose, the pubescent 
rachis 2—6 in. long, nearly concealed by the recurved bracts and brac- 
- teoles. Bracts linear, acute, hairy, {—-} in. long. Pedicels ascending, 
straight, pubescent, 2-3} in. long. Sepals elliptical or evate obtuse 
pubescent, 4 in. long. Petals obovate-oblong, 7-1 in. long, narrowed 
at the base. Longer stamens exceeding the petals; filaments subfili- 
form or but slightly dilated near the middle. Ovary shortly and 
densely villous with ascending or adpressed tawny hairs. Legume 
12-15 in. long, subterete, slightly curved, with moderately prominent 
sutures, clothed throughout with a short dense tawny velvety tomentum. 
Mozamb. Distr. Near Lupata and Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! Manganya Hills 
(flowers bright ochre-colonred), Dr. Meller! West shore of Lake Nyassa, Dr. Kirk! 
Dr. Kirk describes the pods as “long, dry, divided by transverse septa.” 
4, C. Kotschyana, Oliv. A small tree, the extremities, common 
petioles, unfolding leaves and inflorescence shortly yellow or tawny- 
ubescent or puberulous; leaflets approximated in 4-10 pairs, from 
bitty ovate-elliptical to elliptic-oblong, apex rounded or obtusely 
pointed, base very broadly cuneate or subtruncate, minutely adpressed- 
pubescent beneath, glabrate, and at length shining and reticulate-venose 
above, the lateral nervures prominent and looping; 1}—2 in. long, 
10-14 lines broad; petiolules 1—2 lines; common petiole 3-9 in. 
eglandular. Racemes rather lax, from 5 or 6 in. to nearly 2 ft. long ; 
bracts deciduous before expansion of the flowers. Pedicels pees 
about 14 in. long. Sepals obtuse, ovate- or oblong-elliptical, closely 
puberulous, 4 in. long. Petals ? in. long, shortly clawed. Three 
longer stamens much exceeding the petals, filaments subfiliform not 
distinctly dilated, their anthers thinly pubescent behind. Ovary 
pubescent. Legume unknown. 
North Central. Musgu, /. Vogel! 
Nile Land. Sennaar, Kotschy! 
