Entada. | XLVII. § MIMOSEH (OLIVER). 327 
(according to Dr. K.) white in dense spikes, Legume 14-2 ft. long, 3-3} in. broad, the 
articles much broader than long, the epicarp separable and papery towards the replum, 
much thickened cellular and prominently convex externally in the centre over the com- 
pressed seed, which is about } in. in diameter, with a distinct central areole. As the 
remarkable thickening of the pericarp in the centre of the articles appears to afford a 
marked specific distinction, this plant may be called EZ. Kirkii. 
4. E. sudanica, Schweinf. Relig. Kotsch. 8, t. viii. A small tree or 
shrub with terete glabrous pruinose or glaucescent extremities. Leaves 
1 ft. long more or less, pinne 5—8-jugate; leaflets subsessile, 14—-20- 
jugate, oblong obtuse or obscurely emarginate, scarcely mucronulate, 
wholly glabrous or thinly pubescent on both surfaces, $—1 in. long, 
2-4 lines broad. Spikes cylindrical, dense, usually 3 or 4 together, 
shortly supra-axillary, erect, 24 to nearly 6 in. long. Bracts 0 at 
flowering. Flowers glabrous, white or yellowish, with the short pe- 
dicel 2-3 lines long. Calyx-teeth broadly deltoid. Stamens ex- 
serted ; filaments confluent at base with the petals and disk. Ovary 
glabrous. Legume straight or nearly so, 8-15 in. long, distinctly and 
‘almost equally constricted on both sutures, 14-2 in. broad at the con- 
strictions ; articles 12-15, 2-24 times broader than long, the thin 
chartaceous endocarp at length separating; epicarp almost nerveless 
outside, coarsely reticulate within, especially under the central seed- 
covering disk. Seeds elliptical, $ in. in diameter, more or less. 
Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter! who also gathered a form with leaflets 
1 in. long at the same locality. 
Wile Land. Gallabat, Schweinfurth! Fesoghlu, Cienkowsky. 
Mozamb. Distr. A variety with puberulous spikes, described as a “scrambling 
bush growing in sand,” Kongone mouth of the Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 
5. E. abyssinica, Steud.; Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 234. A small widely 
spreading tree occasionally attaining 30 ft.; extremities terete, gla- 
brous, sometimes glaucescent. Leaves 6-15 in. long; pinne 14—18- 
jugate, rachis glabrous or pubescent on the upper surface; leaflets 
25—50-jugate, linear obtuse mucronulate, glabrous or at first with 
scattered microscopic hairs, the single nerve very oblique towards the 
base ; 3-5 lines long. Spikes erect or ascending, solitary or 3 or 4 to- 
gether, from a little above the axil of the upper leaves or collected in 
terminal panicles usually overtopped by the leaves; rachis of spike 
esi 3-6 in. long; bracts 0 at flowering. Flowers dense, gla- 
rous or nearly so, yellowish, with the very short pedicel about 2 lines 
long. Calyx-teeth short, broadly deltoid. Stamens distinctly ex- 
serted ; filaments confluent at base with the petals and disk. Ovary 
glabrous. Legume straight or but slightly curved, flat, from 6 in. to 
a little over 1 ft. in length, 14-2 in. broad, rarely broader; constric- 
tion between the articles obscure, rarely very marked ;_ epicarp papery, 
at length separating from the thin endocarp. Articles } to nearly 4 
as long as broad. Seed compressed, ovate-elliptical or roundish, nearly 
+ in. in greatest diameter, with a broad areole. 
_ Nile Land. (I have not seen flowers of this plant, nor does Richard describe the 
inflorescence.) Abyssinia, Dillon! Schimper ! 
