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mem gerentes, glabri; bracteae ovatae vel deltoideo-ovatae, acuminu- 

 latae, striatae, pedicelli tenues, brèves, 2-3 mm.longi,bracteolaead basin 

 calycis geminae ei subaequilongae, e basi ovata lanceolatae, longe acu- 

 minatae, 2-3 mm. longae; calyx profunde bilabiatus, margine fimbria- 

 tulus, cire. 3 mm. longus, labio superiore apice breviter bilobulato 

 (lobulis obtusis), labio inferiore profunde tri-partito, dentibus laterali- 

 bus oblique ovali-oblongis, truncatulo-obtusis, dente infimo ceteros 

 paullulo excedente obtuso vel subacuto; corolla calycem paullo supe- 

 rans; stamina 10, fîlamentis in vaginam latere inferiore fîssam connatis; 

 ovarium stipitatum, glabrum, plerumque 2-articulatum. 



Guinée française : marais sur Boival à Bouria (Caille in Herb. 



Chevalier, n" 14960. — Nov. 1905). 

 Espèce remarquable par ses fleurs petites, disposées en grappes 



très courtes, assez longuement pédonculées, 



Dolichos Ghevalieri Harms n. sp. 



Caulis erectus, elatus, suffruticosus, plus minusve distincte pentago- 

 nus angulis acutis, hirsuto-pilosus vel puberulus; folia petiolata, uni- 

 foliolata, petiolus praster imam basin leviter incrassalam dense hirsu- 

 tam, nudam, 2-3 cm. longam latissime alatus, ala laminiformi obovato- 

 oblonga vel oblonga vel obovata, 1-3,5 cm. longa, 0,8-1,5 cm. lata, 

 textura et pubescentia laminae propriae plane consimili, apice versus 

 petiolulum rotundata vel emarginulata, basi obtusa usque breviter 

 rotundata et leviter emarginulata, petiolulus folioli unici brevissimus 

 dense hirsutus, 1-2 mm. longus, basi stipellisgeminis auguste lineari- 

 bus setaceis,4-5 mm. longis,auctus, folioli lamina lanceolata elongata, 

 6-12 cm. longa, 2-2,5 cm. lata, basi rotundata et leviter emarginata, 

 apice obtusa vel rotundata, supra parce pilosa usque subglabra (margi- 

 nem versus pilis ssepe densioribus), subtus ad costam et nervos majores 

 densius pilosa ceterum dissite pilosa (pilis strigillosis), moUiter char- 

 tacea, costa et reti venarum subtus prominulis; stipuloe elongatae, li- 

 neari-subulatœ, 1,5-2,2 cm. longa,', pilosae; racemi in axillis foliorum 

 superiorum enascentes et in paniculam terminalem congesti, 6-10 cm. 

 longi, racemo terminal! longissimo multifloro caudiformi, bracteae 

 densae majusculae flores juvéniles plane invol ventes sub anthesi 

 flores superantes, late ovatae, in caudam longissimam acuminatae, 

 dense ciliato-hirsutae, 1,5-2 cm. longae; flores satis parvi, pedicellati 

 (pedicellis hirsutis tenuibus, 5-6 mm. longis) ; calyx cupulatus, fere 

 ad médium vel vix ad médium 4-dentatus (dente infimo ceteris 

 paullo longiore e basi lata lanceolato acuminato, lateralibus mino- 

 ribus deltoideis acuminulatis, supremo integro vel apice brevissime 



