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tem aequantibns, calycis coriacei tubo turbinate, 

 brevissime dentato, vexillo plus minusve reflexo 

 late ovato vel orbicular!, alis eloiigalis, superne 

 dilatatis, hinc auriculatis, carina paullo longiori- 

 bus, carina curvata, oblusa laleraliter saccate, 

 staminé vexillari libero, ceteris in vaginam 

 anlice Assam alte coalitis, ovario elongate, fusi- 

 formi, velutino, stipilato, 5-ovulato, legumine 

 ignoto. 



Petiolus 15-20 cenlim. longus, foliola 10-12 

 cent, longa, 3-4 lata ; racemi 5-6 cent, longi, 

 pedicelli 5-6 mill, calyx 8-9 mill, vexillura et alae 

 fere 2,5 cent, carina paullo brevior. 



Reg. Ill : forêts près de Stanley-Falls (Em. 

 Laurent). 



Obi, — Fructu absente, determinatio plus minusve incerta. 

 Nolis plurimis tamen ad Plerocarpum pertinere videlur, A 

 •pecie proxima P. lucente, racemis densioribus, folio brevio- 

 ribus, floribus majoribus distinctus. 



Ostryocarpus Hook. 



*0. parvifollus M. Micheli (n. sp.). — Frutex alte 

 scandens glaber, ramulis obscure angulatis, sli- 

 pulis inconspicuis, foliis imparipinnatis, alternan- 

 tibus, petiolis angulatis, stipellis minimis plus 

 minusve aculeiformibus, foliolis 7, petiolulatis, 

 terminali majore, utrinque glabris, coriaceis,ova- 

 tis, superne sensim attenualis,acuminatis,inferne 

 roiundalis, racemis axillaribus folia circiter 

 aequantibus, rachi tomentello, fere usque ad 

 basim florifero, floribus approximalis, breviter 

 pedicellatis, bracteis parvis, persisteniibus aculis, 



