Albizzia.] XLVII. § MIMOSEH (OLIVER). 359 
9. A. versicolor, Welw. mss. Small tree; extremities peduncles 
and petioles shortly and closely rusty- or tawny-pubescent or tomen- 
tose. Leaf-rachis 2~3$ in. or 6-8 in. on barren shoots, with a sessile 
gland near the base, and frequently 1 or 2 interjugal glands, with 
fe occasionally on the partial peduncles; pinne 2—4-jugate ; leaf- 
ets 3-6-jugate, minutely petiolulate, the upper larger, 14-2 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, obliquely obovate cueteal or the lower rotundate, 
obtuse, submucronate, pubescent above, pubescent or tomentose be- 
neath. Flowers subsessile in many-flowered heads on fascicled pe- 
duncles of 14-24 in. Calyx tubular-infundibuliform } in. long, with 
lanceolate teeth. Petals “‘ whitish,” twice or scarcely twice as one as 
calyx, connate $ their length. United base of filaments included. 
Ovary shortly silky. Legume flat, straight, very obtuse, usually 
minutely apiculate, 4-10 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, valves thin, almost 
papery. 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Zenza do Golungo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Maravi country, west of Lake Nyassa, 3000 ft., Dr. Kirk! 
10. A. Schimperiana, O/iv. Extremities finely pubescent, at 
length nearly glabrous. Leaf-rachis pubescent, 3—4 in. on flowering 
branches, with a small gland near the base and between the uppermost 
pinne; pinne 4—5-jugate; leaflets 11—20-jugate on the median and 
upper pinne, oblong subfalcate and obliquely pointed at the apex, mid- 
rib distinctly excentric with the basal veins on the lower side directed 
forwards, glabrate and almost veinless above, pale and obsoletely se- 
riceous beneath, 5-8 lines long, 2~3 lines broad. Inflorescence capi- 
tate on axillary peduncles of 1-14 in. Flowers not seen. Legume 
(scarcely mature) very thin, } ft. long more or less, 1-14 in. broad, 
rather abruptly narrowed at the base into a stipes of $—} in. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper (1863-68), No. 1396! 
ll. A. pallida, Fournier in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 4, ii. 375. Tree, with 
extremities young leaves and peduncles tawny-pubescent. Characters 
generally of A. ferruginea, to which it is very nearly allied. Leat- 
rachis 3-3 ft., furrowed below when dry; pinne 5—7-jugate ; leaflets 
of A. ferruginea in form and nervation, glabrous above, obsoletely 
pubescent and much paler beneath. Inflorescence as in A. ferruginea ; 
the flowers } in. long, especially towards the margin of the calyx and 
back of the petals silky-tomentose. Calyx obtusely 4—5-dentate. 
Petals 4 or 5, not more than twice as long as calyx. Staminal 
sheath included. Ovary subglabrous. Legume not seen.—Acacia 
malacophylla, Steud. in Pl. Schimp. Abyss. 1578. (Inga, A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss. i. 235, in part.) 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
12. A. Quartiniana, Walp. Ann. ii. 457. Very nearly allied to 
A. ferruginea and A. pallida. I have seen but an imperfect fruiting 
specimen, and from the published descriptions I cannot gather that 
owers have been seen. Leaf-rachis 4—j ft., glabrate; pinnw in 6-7 
