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According to Descamps this is a large tree, the wood of which 
is excellent for constructive purposes. The bark is used as a 
remedy for coughs (Rogers). 
NativE Names: Kapootoo (Chinyanja), Mapootoo (Chi- 
kaundi), mPutchi (Chilumda), teste Rogers. 
44. B. Hockii De Wild. in Fedde Repert. 11: 512 (1913). 
B. Hockit var. papyracea De Wild, MSS. B. trijuga R. E. Fries 
in Wiss. ers Schwed. Rhod._Kongo—Exped. 1911-12, 1: 65, 
t. 9, fig. 1 (1914.) B. mpalensis var. latifoliata De Wild. Etud. 
Fi. Katang. 45 (1902). 
BELGIAN Congo: Katanga, 1911, Hock (type) ! near Lukafu, 
fl. Aug. 1899, Verdick 64! Sankesia, ‘fl. Aug. 1911, Bequaert 170! 
Elisabethville, fr. Aug. 1919, the predominant tree, Burtt Davy, 
17815! 17966 ! ! 
ANGOLA : Malange District, Gossweiler 1324! 1337! Kubango, 
Gossweiler 1911 ; River Kutchi, Gossweiler 3370 ! 
HoDESIA: N.E. Rhodesia ; ‘between the Luapula and Luera 
Rivers; fl. Sep. 1911, 2. Z. Fries 586! Meali, near Lake Bangweolo 
Oct. 1911, R. E. Fries 1068! N.W. Rhodesia ; Bwana Makubwa 
Aug. 1911, R. E. Fries 321!  §. Rhodesia; Victoria Falls, in 
sandveld, Burtt Davy 17835 ! 
ATIVE Names: Mookootu (Verdick), Kapootoo (Burtt 
Davy), Mushovi (Gossweiler). 
The type of B. Hockii is a bad, scale-infested specimen. 
45. B. Oliveri Taub. in Pfl. Ost. Afr. C: 197 (1895). 
roa Cotony : Mombasa, Wakefield (type) ! 
46. B. spicaeformis Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 25: 312 (1866). 
Ancona : Huilla, Welwitsch 579 (type).!. 578! 617! 580 
(in Herb. Mus. Brit.) 583! 575! Kubango, woods of Fort 
Princess Amelia, Gossweiler 1965! 3846! in Herb. Mus. Brit.! 
and without definite locality 1809! Lubango, side of the high 
plateau, in open country about. 2000 m., an um brella-shaped 
tree 9 m. high, with spreading branches, the pods nearly all at 
the top showing above the leaves, fr. May 1909, Pearson 2650 ! 
Breiteran Conco: Katanga Prov.; near Elisabethyille, 
Burtt Davy 17850! | 
Native Name: Moobanda (Gossweiler), Kapootoo (Burtt 
Davy). Reet oe 
47. Brachystegia Bakeriana Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. nov. 
Arbor decidua, 8 m. alta; ramuli annotini glabri, inconspicue 
lenticillati, circiter 1-5 mm. crassi, hornotini breves, breviter 
pilosi, demum glabrescentes. Folia 3-5-6 cm. longa; rhachis 
parce pilosus, infra foliola leviter expansus; foliola discontigua, 
2-3-juga, obliquissime oblongo-elliptica, emarginata, unilateraliter 
rotundata, terminalia 2-3-5 cm. longa, 1-5-2 cm. lata, chartacea, 
cinereo-glauca, glabra, reticulato-venosa; stipulae deciduae; 
Stipelae 0. Inflorescentia spiciformis, densiflora, circiter 2-5-3 cm, 
longa ; bracteae non visae; axis dense pubescens ; ; pedicelli 
graciles, ad 4 mm. longi, ae Bracteolae late obovato- 
oblongae, circiter 7 mm. longae, 3:5 mm. latae, pubescentes. 
