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21. B. pectinata Sim, For. F). & For. Resources of Port. E. Afr. 50 
(1909). 
Portucuese E. Arrica: Quelimane; Magenja da Costa and 
Nhamacurra, not common, tree about 60 ft. high, with straight, 
clean, white stem ,and densely pubescent twigs and rhachis, Sim 
6099 (type)—not seen. 
22. B. longifolia Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. 14: t. 1359 (1881). 
NyasaLanp: Shire Highlands, Buchanan 22 (type)! 217 (in 
part, Herb. Mus. Brit.)! 
Native Name: nJombo. 
Buchanan calls it a “‘ Bark-cloth tree” and states that the 
wood is very soft. 
23. Brachystegia reticulata Huich. et B. Davy, sp. nov. 
Arbor patula circiter 6°5.m. alta; ramuli. virgati, parce 
puberuli et distincte lenticellati, hornotini molliter pubescentes, 
circiter 1-5 mm. diame Alabasira conica, 5-6 mm. longa, 
pubescentia. Folia 7-9 cm. longa; rhachis pubescens, infra 
foliola incrassato-expansus; foliola circiter 15-juga, circiter 
0-5 em. discontigua, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtuse 
lata, glabra et prominenter reticulata; stipulae deciduae; 
stipelae 0. Inflorescentia paniculata, laxe ramosa, pauciflora, 
circiter 4 cm. longa; axis fulvo-pubescens; bracteae deciduae, 
ovatae, pubescentes. Bracteolae late oblongo-obovatae, 4 mm. 
longae, 2-5-3-5 mm. latae, pubescentes. Sepala 5, subaequalia, 
oblongo-ovata, obtusa, 2 mm. longa, minute et parce ciliolata. 
Ovarium breviter stipitatum, dense hirsutum. Legwmen lignosum, 
circiter 11 cm. longum et 3-5 cm. latum, glabrum. 
- Ruopesta: 8. Rhodesia; Umtali Div., Odzani River Valley, 
1915, Teague 299 (type)! At umTegesi’s village on the Kootooro 
River, a branch of the Sabi, fr. July 1870, Baines! Makoni 
Distr., about 1500-1560 m. spreading tree 20 ft., fr: July 1917, 
Eyles 813! The following specimens probably belong here :— 
Portucunse East Arrtca: Moramballa, about 1000 m., 
aa Gazaland, Madanda Forest, about 120 m., Swynnerton 
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24. B. Fischeri Taub. in Engl. Pfl. Ost. Afr. C ; 197 (1895). 
TaNncanyika Territory : Usuri, Fischer 148 (type)! - 
The following imperfect specimen may belong here : Portu- 
cuESE East Arrica; Madanda forests, common .at Amsate, 
about 130 m., fr. Dec. 1906, Swynnerton 1026! native name, 
Munzi (Chindao). ' 
25: Bi apertifolia Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. nov. 
Arbor patula 6°5-10 m. alta; ramuli annotini circiter 3 mm. 
diametro, lenticellati, molliter pubescentes, hornotini. striati, 
pubescentes. Folia 15-20 em. longa; rhachis sulcatus; foliola 
circiter 8-juga, 15-2 em. discontigua, oblongo-linearia, apice 
rotundata, inaequaliter truncata, inaequilonga, inferiora cireiter 
2 cm. longa et 0°7 cm. lata, intermedia circiter 5 cm. longa et 
