150 
2. B. stipulata De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Ser. IV. 44. t. XII 
(sub. nom. B. appendiculata De Wild., non Benth.) (1902). 
ELGIAN Conco: Katanga Prov.; Lukafu, fl. 18 Aug. 1899, 
Verdick (type)! 
NativE Name: Sandwe (Verdick). 
According to Verdick, the natives make cord from the bark. 
3. B. Holtzii Harms. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 33: 154 (1902). 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY: Dar-es-Salaam, fl. Nov. 1901, 
Holtz 31 (type)! . 
. Brachys Taubertiana Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. nov 
Ramuli ‘gruem elongati, laxe foliati, circiter 3 mm. _diametro 
glabri. Alabastra conica, circiter 5 mm. longa, puberula. Folia 
12-15 cm. longa; rhachis glaber; foliola 3—4-juga, lanceolata, 
apice obtusa, emarginata, basi unilateraliter rotundata, usque 
ad 7 cm. longa et 2-3 cm. lata, chartacea, glabra; nervi laterales 
utrinsecus circiter 10, basales ascendentes; stipulae persistentes,, 
basi foliaceae, oblongo-lanceolatae, obtusae, 1-5-2 cm. longae, 
5-7 mm. latae, appendiculo lineare glabro; stipelae oblongo- 
ovatae, obtusae, circiter 1 mm. longae, glabrae. Inflorescentia 
breviter ramosa, circiter 5 cm. longa, fusco-tomentella; bracteae 
late ovatae, circiter 3 mm. gs, eo Bracteolae late ovatae. 
Flores juniores tantum visi. 
TANGANYIKA Territory: Usambara; Doda, Feb. 1893, 
Holst 3023! 
5. B. velutina De Wild. in Fedde Repert. 11: 512 (1913). 
BEGAN Coneo: Elisabethville, 1911, Hock (type)! Ringoet 
1916, in Herb. Burtt Davy 17784! Tschinsenda, about 1400 m., 
fl. Oct. 1912, Rogers 10371! 
6. B. Bequaertii, De Wild. in Fedde Repert. 11: 512 (1913). 
Beieian Coneo: Sankisia, a-small tree in the Savannah, 
Bequaert 211 (type)! 
ANGOLA: between the Kusaba and Kunene Rivers, fr. Feb. 
1907, Gossweiler 2867 (in part, in Herb. Mus. Brit.)! 
Native Name: Samba (Gossweiler). 
7. B. Goetzei Harms. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 318, t. xiii (1901). 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY: Unyika; near Dorf Piseki, Busch- 
wald at 1400 m., fl. Nov. 1899, Goetze 1423 (type)! 
NativE Name: nGuanzo. 
8. Brachystegia filiformis Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. Nov. 
Arbor parva; ramuli annotini circiter 5 mm. diametro, 
leviter sulcati, breviter et molliter pubescentes, hornotini stra- 
minei, internodiis 4-5 cm. longis. Alabastra lateraliter com- 
pressa, anguste ovoidea, tomentella, 4-5 mm. longa. Folia 
20-30 em. longa; rhachis supra canaliculatus, molliter et breviter 
pubescens, infra foliola leviter elevatus; foliola 12—18-juga, 
opposita vel rare subopposita, lanceolato-oblonga, emarginata , 
basi inaequaliter cordata, 3-5-5 cm. longa, 1-2—-1-5 em. lata, 
coriacea, costa media utrinque parce pubescente excepta glabra, 
