155 
1 cm. lata, superiora circiter 4-5 em. longa et 1 em. lata, utrinque 
parce pubescentia, ciliolata, venosa; nervi laterales utrinsecus 
circiter 6-9, basales ascendentes 8, cum ceteris prominenter 
conjuncti ; stipulae deciduae; stipelae minutae. Inflorescentia 
laxe paniculata, circiter 5 cm. longa: axis pubescens. Bracteolae 
oblongo-obovatae, circiter 5 mm. longae et 3°5 mm. latae, 
puberulae. Sepala 5, subaequalia, oblonga, ciliata. Ovariwm 
stipitatum strigoso-hirsutum 
Berean Conco : Dilolo, drine 1908, Sapi 
NYASALAND : nTondwe, 1905, Cameron we (type)! 
Ane@oLa: Pedras de Guinga, between Condo and Quisonde, 
fr. March 1857, Welwitsch 571! May belong here. 
' NATIVE Name : mooZamba (Welwitsch). 
26. Brachystegia utilis Huich. et B. Davy, sp. n 
Arbor alta vel circiter 6°5-10 m. alta; politi annotini 
pubescentes, circiter 2 mm. crassi, hornotini fulvo-pubescentes. 
Alabastra anguste conica, circiter 5 mm. longa, puberula. Folia 
8-15 cm. longa; rhachis hirsutus, canaliculatus, inter’ foliola 
anguste expansus; foliola plerumque discontigua, raré ' sub- 
contigua, 8-9-juga, oblique oblonga ad lanceolato-oblonga, apice 
rotundata vel emarginata, basi inaequaliter rotundata, 2-4 em. 
longa, 0-7-1°5 cm. lata, leviter discoloria, utrinque distincte 
reticulata et parce pubescentia ; stipulae deciduae, intrapetio- 
lares, filiformes, circiter 8 mm. longae, pubescentes ; stipelae 0. 
Inflorescentia ramosa, densiflora, 4-10 cm. longa; axis dense 
fulvo-pubescens; pedicelli usque ad 3 mm. longi; bracteae 
parvae, caducae. Bracteolae 5 mm. longae, 3°5 mm. la 
brevissime pubescentes. Sepala 5, parva, stare ciliolata. 
Ovarium sessile, dense hirsutum. Legumen li 
longum, 2°5 cm. latum, glabrum. Semina oblongo- “Alliptios, 
circiter 1-5 cm. longa et 1 cm. lata. 
NyasaLanp: Mlanje, about 1000 to 1600 m., a small tree 
20-30 ft., fl. Oct. 1905, Purves 193 (type)! without precise locality, 
Buchanan'217! Zomba and vicinity about 800 to 1250 m. a tall 
tree, fl. Dec. 1896, Whyte! 
Portuaurse East Arrica: Mozambique . Territory ; Mos- 
surizi, up to 1300 m., a sturdy, — branched tree, common all 
over, fr. Feb. 1907, W. H. Johnson 105! 
Bretetan Coneo: Katanga Province; -Kimbaémbe River 
near okey ee fr. Aug. 1919, Burtt Davy 17962! 
: Huilla; between Mumpulla and Nene, a small tree 
about 8 8 ft. high, with the habit, nearly, of a Pistacia, occurrmg 
sparingly in forests of Eugenia, Proteaceae, etc., Welwitsch 584! 
27. B: ii Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 8: No. 72: 
151 (1922). 
CAMEROONS: near Makalat, between Bipindi and Ebolowa, 
fl. Dec. 1913, Mildbraed 7581 (type)! 
