Millettia, | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 211 
striate ; racemes opposite the leaves, filiform, few-flowered ; vexillary 
stamen free; bracts deciduous; legumes narrow, subglabrous, 6-seeded. 
E.. M.1. ¢. subApodynomene. 
Has. Rocky places near a small river between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, 
1500 f., Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd.) 
With the aspect of 7. capensis, from which this is readily known by its broadly 
ovate stipules, and ovate, deciduous bracts. 
XXXII. MILLETTIA, W. & A. 
Calyx urceolate, bluntly toothed. Vexil/wm recurved, emarginate, 
rather longer than the ale which are longer than the carina. Stamens 
imperfectly monadelphous, the vexillary stamen free at base. Legume 
elliptical or lanceolate, few seeded, hard and woody, with thickened 
margins, tardily dehiscent. W. § A. Prod. p. 263. Endl. Gen. No. 6715. 
Trees or large shrubs, natives of the hotter parts of Asia and Africa. Leaves — 
large, abruptly or impari-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, stipellate. Racemes or panicles 
axillary or terminal. Flowers purple or reddish. Named in honour of Dr. Millett. _ 
of Canton, China. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Leaves 5-6-jugate ; vexillum densely silky externally (1) Caffra. 
Leaves 2-3-jugate ; vexillum glabrous ey he CA (2) Sutherlandi. 
1. M. caffra (Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 99) ; young parts pubescent ; 
‘stipellze setaceous, equalling the petiolule ; leaves impari-pimnate, 5-6 
jugate ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong, acute, glabrous above, paler, penni- 
nerved and thinly silky beneath ; panicles fulvo-sericeous, terminal, fas- 
ciculato-racemose or branching ; calyx thinly silky, deeply lobed, two 
upper lobes connate, three lower elliptic-oblong, very obtuse ; vexillum 
ilky ; legume lanceolate, obtuse, 2-seeded, densely velvetty, brown. 
Virgilia grandis, E. Mey. Comm. p. 1. — pene 
Has. Between Omgaziana and Omsameaba, and near Port Natal, Drege. Port 
Natal, Krauss! Plant / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) ; 
A tree, 20-30 feet high, with very hard, close grained brown wood, dark coloured, 
rugulose bark, and thinly downy or glabrous twigs. Leaves on channelled common 
petioles 6-8 inches long, the pairs of leaflets an inch apart. Stipelle 2-3 lines long, 
very slender. Leaflets on hairy 2-lineal petiolules, 2-2 inches long, } inch wide, 
coriaceous, obtuse at base, acute and somewhat mucronate at apex, closely penni- 
nerved beneath. Panicle 6-8 inches long, robust, rusty brown ; its lateral branches 
short or long, several flowered. — Calyx shortly eampanulate, with very broad and 
blunt lobes. Flowers 7-9 lines | Legumes coriaceous, very velvetty. The 
an or aa. id Ononbee (Tron wood) ; the fruit is a Caffir medicine. 
native name, fide #. J : 
2. M. Sutherlandi (Hv.); young parts fulvo-pubescent ; stipelle very 
minute; leaves 2-3-jugate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, subacute, at first 
minutely puberulous, afterwards glabrous, netted veined beneath ; pani- 
cles fulvo-sericeous, ter , much branched ; calyx thinly silky, its 
teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube; corolla glabrous ; ovary linear, 
silky, 3-ovuled ; legume t . 
Has. From the “ Windsor Forest,” N. of S. John’s River, Natal, 1ooof., Dr. 
Sutherland. (Herb. Hk., D.) z 
«<A magnificent tree, 70-90 feet high, 3 fect or more in diameter.” Full grown 
leaves not yet seen. Those sent by Dr. Sutherland have a common petiole about 3 
inches long, the pairs of leaflets nearly an inch apart, with very minute stipelle. 
Leaflets 14 inch long, } inch wide, deep green, membranaceous. Panicles termi- 
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