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Decanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. B-fidus. Cor. papilionacea, ‘tate longitudind sub- 
equalibus: vexillum lateribus non reflexis. » Stigma,im- 
berbe.  Legumen compressun, oblongum, is ae 
Brown in Hort. Kew. 3. p. 4. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Vireitia intrusa ; staminibus persistentibus, germinibus _ = 
glabris, calycis basi intrusa, foliolis ovalibus obtusis ie 
mucronulatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.&. p53 
Sopnora sylvatica. Burchell African Travels 2. p. 146. 
Descr. Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate : 
leaflets five or six pair with an odd one, obovate, retuse, 
smooth, on short.petioles, in our plant, seldom quite op- 
posite. Flowers papilionaceous, th ape in axillary, nod- 
ding racemes. Calyx cupshaped with five-cleft, subbilabi- 
ate border and intruded base. Vexillum obcordate, reflexed, 
plain : ale spreading horizontally, as long as the vexillum. 
Carina bill-hook- -shaped, joined at the point only. Stamens 
10, with distinct filaments, persistent. Germen linear, com- 
pressed, thickened:at both marginas ovules many: style fili- 
orm. Stigma subcapitate. 
Mr. Burcuett, the celebrated African traveller, above 
quoted, describes this plant as a very fine tree, rivalling our. 
common Laburnum in beauty. elearn from him that it 
sometimes reaches the height of thirty feet, though i 
