362 XLVII. § MIMOSEZ (OLIVER). [ Albizzia. 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch !; 
A native sauce is prepared from the seeds by maceration. 
Grows also at Natal. : 
The Sassa figured by Bruce, Travels vii. 4 and 5 (Inga Sassa, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 
1027) may be this species or perhaps A. brachycalyxz. 1 have not seen either from 
Abyssinia. Dr. Schweinfurth (Reliq. Kotschyane, p. 10) identifies the Sassa with Z. 
fastigiata, E. Mey. 
18. A. Petersiana, Bolle in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot.i.,t.1. Shrub, 
wholly glabrous or young extremities obsoletely puberulous. Leaf- 
rachis 4-2 in. long, with a sessile gland near the base; pinne 2—4- 
jugate; leaflets Hea apatd: subsessile, obovate-rhomboidal, obtuse, 
elabrous, 4- to little over } in. in length; the upper sometimes nearly 
lin. long and over $in. broad (Bolle). Peduncles 1-1} in. long, 
slender, fascicled from leafless nodes, forming short corymbs. Flowers 
“purple,” glabrous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, dentate, about 
1 line long. Petals united 3-4, 5 times longer than the calyx, form- 
ing a tubular corolla dilated at the throat. Staminal tube slender, far 
exserted. Legume not seen. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Peters. Rovuma river, 28 miles from the coast, 
Dr. Meller ! 
19. A. Brownei, Walp. Rep. i. 928. Tree of 30 ft. or more; ex- 
tremities terete, minutely or obsoletely puberulous at first. Leat- 
rachis 3—6 in. long, puberulous or glabrate, with a conspicuous sessile 
gland near the base and between the uppermost pinne ; pinne usually 
2—3-jugate; leaflets 3-5-jugate, obliquely rhomboid-elliptical, or vary- 
ing more or less ovate or obovate, broadly and obtusely pointed, gla- 
brous, shining, reticulate, subsessile, the upper usually considerably 
larger, 14-8 in. long, lowest $—-1 in. Peduncles puberulous, 1—14 in. 
fascicled in the leafless nodes of the extremities, forming broad corym- 
bose racemes 3-4 in. long, or the lower peduncles from the axils of 
the ordinary leaves, which usually overtop the inflorescence. Pedicels 
0, or shorter than the tubular denticulate calyx, which is 1-14 lines 
long. Petals united 3, nearly 3 times as long as calyx. Staminal 
tube about 3 times as long as the flower. Legume flat, linear-oblong, 
4—6 in. long, 1 in. broad more or less, valves with transverse subdis- 
tant but slightly prominent nervures.—Inga Zygia, DC. Mém. Leg. 
440, t. 65; Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1844, 92; Guill. et Perr. FI. 
Seneg. i. 236. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Senegambia, Heudelot! Leprieuwr and 
Perrottet. Abbeokuta, Dr. Irving! Calabar river, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola (leafy specimens and early buds, probabl 
of this species), Dr. Welwitsch ! 7 aD y P y 
De Candolle cites the Antilles for this plant through mistake. 
In the Afzelian herbarium is a specimen with the label “ Hesley brought me this 
plant, Jan. 14, 1795, together with a very fine gum like Copal which he had taken 
on it.” 
20. A. Welwitschii, Oliv. Tree of 40-50, occasionally 80 ft., with a 
spreading truncate crown (Dr, Welwitsch); extremities glabrous or with 
