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infra pallidiora, subglauca, ciliolata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 
6-8, basales ascendentes, superiores patuli, omnibus intra 
marginem distincte conjunctis; stipulae basi foliaceae et reni- 
formes, circiter 1-5 cm. latae, undulatae vel irregulariter dentatae, 
glabrae, nervosae, appendiculo filiforme circiter 1-5 cm. longo 
rubescente; stipelae 0. Flores non visi. Legumen (incompletum 
tantum visum) durum, cireiter 3-5 em. latum, glabrum. 
Ruopesta: N.W. Rhodesia; Broken Hill, about 1250 m., 
Nov. 1909, Rogers 8605 (type)! S. Rhodesia; Haroni River 
about 1800 m., fr. Sept. 1906, Swynnerton 1028! Victoria Falls, 
in sandveld, Burtt Davy 17831! 
Native Names: umBfuti (Chindao), amaChibero (Mashona) ; 
mBombo (Chilundi) mooSamba (Chikaundi and Chinyanja) 
Mumbu (Kota Kota). 
According to Swynnerton this is a small tree with fibrous bark 
used as cord. 
9. B. Boehmii Taub. in Engl. Pfl. Ost. Af. C: 197 (1895). 
TANGANYIKA TerRIToRY: Lake District; Pori near Igonda, 
Boehm 159a (type)! 
NYASALAND: Mlanje, 950-1800 m., fl. Oct. 1905, Purves 194! 
Ruopesta: S. Rhodesia; Haroni R. at about 1650 m. 
Swynnerton 1028! 
Native NAME: mJombo (Purves), umBfuti (Chindao). 
According to Purves this is a small tree 20-30 ft. high, the 
inner bark of which is used for making cloth. Swynnerton also ~ 
states that it is a small tree with fibrous bark used as cord. 
10. B. Woodiana Harms in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 82 (1901). 
B. oblonga Sim., For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 49 (1909) ? 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY: Keegwah, about 1300 m. lat. 
5° 5’ S., long. about 32° E., Speke and Grant 1! 
_ Nyasatanp: Buchanan in Herb. Wood 6960 (type)! Njombo, 
Buchanan 334 in Herb. Mus. Brit.! 
PortuGuESE East AFrica: Quelimane; Magenja da Costa, 
and around Arenga, a common medium-sized tree, Sim. 5574 
(not seen). 
Ruopesi4 : 8. Rhodesia; Salisbury, a fine tree, Rand 554! 
Native Names: Mecombo (Speke & Grant), Modi (Sim) 
Machabel (Rand). 
According to Speke & Grant it is a common forest tree up to 
50 ft. high, with few branches and “sensitive leaves’; the 
bark is. converted into boats, corn-bins, roofing lashings, 
baskets, kilts for wear, mats, etc.; the timber is of little value, 
but is used for rafters in buildings. Sim states that the bark 
is used for the same purposes as that of ‘ B. spicaeformis” 
(B. Bragaei 2). The pods are a favourite food of the elephant 
(Rand)—A_ sucker-shoot of a tree from Elisabethville (Burtt 
Davy 18017!), where it is known as “ mooSaamba makooba,’’ may 
represent this species. 
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