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longae, membranceae, apice interdum bifidae, glabrae. lores 
in ramis annotinis fasciculati, 4-5-nati, flavi; pedicelli 1-5-2 cm. 
longi, graciles, basi articulati, glabri. Sepala oblongo-elliptica, 
apice rotundata, 6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, viridia, multinervosa, 
glabra. Petala obovata, vix unguiculata, 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. 
lata. Filamenta antheris longiora; antherae 2-5 mm. longae, 
rimis dehiscentes. Carpella 6, glabra; stylus 6 mm. longus. 
Fructus bicarpellatus, calyce persistente accrescente coccineo 
cinctus, carpellis subglobosis nigris nitidis usque ad 0-8 cm. 
diametro 
Tropica, Arrica. Northern Nigeria: Jos, among very 
dry granite rocks, fls & fr., 20 Mar. 1921, Maigana fr. 30 Mar. 
A. W. Hill 2. Kontagora, shrub in open bush, scarce, fis. & fr., 
J. M. Dalziel 97, 380; Nupe; Jeba, Barter 1029. 
This species is most closely related to Ochna leptoclada, Oliv., 
a short slender stemmed undershrub with a wide range in South 
Tropical Africa, from the lower Zambesi basin to Angola. The 
shrub is of great beauty, the leafless twigs being covered with 
a profusion of clear nankin-yellow flowers about the size of Plum 
blossom. It is also a beautiful sight in the fruiting condition 
when the black carpels are conspicuous on the swollen crimson 
calyces. A closely allied white-flowered species was seen in the 
garden of Col. H. W. Laws at Tudun—Wada near Jos, and both 
are worthy of extensive cultivation in gardens in N. Nigeria. 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
Crotalaria graminicola, Z’awb. ex Baker f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xlii. 291. 
Jos. fl. & fr. 20 March, No. 3 
Also collected by Dr. Dalziel in 1906 at Beinerte, in dry 
bush after burning. Confined to Northern Nige 
Indigofera Dalzielii, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (Sa 
Galegeae]; affinis 1. Schweinfurthit, Taub., et I. aspera, Perr., 
ab illa foliis petiolatis supra glabris, ab hac foliis trifoliatis 
foliolis linearibus pilis brevioribus differt. 
Herba e rhizomate lignoso orta, usque ad 30 cm. alta; caules 
erecti vel procumbentes, flexuosi, appresse pubescentes. olia 
inferiora simplicia, superiora trifoliolata, sessilia vel brevissime 
petiolata; foliola linearia vel lineari-oblanceolata,. acute 
a aae sre ano ; bracteae subulatae, 5 mm. longae, fere 
glabrae; pedicelli ad 1-5 mm. longi, pubescentes. Calyx 
subaequaliter 5-partitus, segmentis subulato-lanceolatis acutis 
4 mm. longis piloso-pubescentibus. Vezillum rubro-purpureum, 
suborbiculare, circiter 4-5 mm. diametro, extra superne laxe 
pubescens. Alae et carina roseo suffusa, circiter 5 mm. longa. 
