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28. Brachystegia puberula Hutch. ef B. Davy, sp. no 
Arbor patula, circiter 12 m. alta; ramuli eas glabri, 
lenticellati, 3 mm. crassi, hornotini minute puberuli et striati. 
Folia circiter 15 em. longa; rhachis minute puberulus, canali- 
culatus, infra leviter expansus; foliola 10—12-juga, oblonga, apice 
rotundata, leviter emarginata, basi subaequaliter rotundata 
2°5-3°5 cm. longa, 1-15 em. lata, chartacea, utrinque minute 
puberula; nervi laterales inconspicui ; stipulae deciduae; stipe- 
lae 0. Inflorescentia paniculata, densiflora, circiter 5 cm. longa, 
ubique fusco-puberula; pedicelli 1-5 mm. longi. Bracteolae 
oblongo-obovatae, circiter 5 mm. longae et 3mm. latae. Sepala 5, 
late oblonga, 2 mm. longa. Ovariuwm stipitatum, parce pubescens. 
OLA: Between the Kusaba and Kunene rivers, a common 
tree extending from the Kakonda to the river Kueve, fl. Feb. 1907, 
Gossweiler 2867 in part, (Herb. Mus. Brit.)! 
NativE Name: Samba. 
29. Brachystegia leonensis Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. nov 
Arbor excelsa usque ad 30 m. alta; ramuli annotini glabri, 
circiter 3mm. diametro, hornotini glabrescentes. Alabastra parva 
et inconspicua. Folia circiter 25 cm. longa; rhachis subteres, 
parce pilosus; foliola 8—ll-juga, contigua, oblongo-lanceolata 
leviter falcata, ad apicem obtusum leviter angustata, basi 
aequaliter obtusata, 7-8 em. longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata, papyracea, 
supra glabra et nitida, infra costa media prominente rufo-pilosa 
excepta glabra; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-10, utrinque distincti ; 
stipulae deciduae; stipelae 0. Inflorescentia paniculata, densi- 
Bracteolae oblongae, 1-4 cm. longae, 0°4 cm. latae. Sepala 
subaequalia, late obovato-rotundata, circiter 3 mm. ies dentata. 
Ovarium stipitatum, hirsutum. Legumen non visu 
SImRRA Ss ek Kambui, tree 100 ft. high, . March 1914, 
8! 
Native Name: Bodgei. 
Lane-Poole notes that the tree exudes a brown resin. 
. Brachystegia Allenii Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. n 
Arbor magna, patula; ramuli annotini glabri lonpisudimdliter 
striati, circiter 3 mm. crassi, hornotini glabri, striati. Folia 
10-14 cm. longa; rhachis glaber, sulcatus, inter foliola anguste 
expansus; foliola discontigua, 4—5-juga, oblique oblonga, apice 
profunde emarginata, basi inaequaliter truncato-rotundata, cir- 
citer 2-5—4-5em. longa, 1-5-2 cm. lata, leviter coriacea, utrinque 
prominenter reticulata et glabra; costa media elevata sulcata; 
nervi laterales utrinsecus 6~8, basales ascendentes, superiores 
glabrae, reticulatae, appendiculo filiforme circiter 1 em. longo 
rubescente parce ciliato ; stipelae 0. Inflorescentia laxe ramosa, 
4-5 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata: axis glaber; pedicelli usque ad 1 mm. 
longi; bracteae 2 mm. longae, ovatae, glabrae, ciliolatae, 
deciduae. Bracteolae oblongo-rotundatae 5-6 mm. longae, 
