160 
Sepala nulla. Tubus staminalis usque ad 4mm. longus. Ovarium 
stipitatum, pubescens. Legumen Sed oblongum, truncatum, 
9 cm. longum, 3 cm. latum, glabrum. Semina circiter 1-5 cm. 
longum et ultra 1 cm. latum. 
Ancota: Ganguella country, east of Kubango River, fl. June 
1906, Gossweiler 2595 (type)! a deciduous tree up to 25 tt. high ; 
left bank of River Cumassa, a tributary of the Quembo, fl. Aug. 
1906, Gossweiler 2652! 
Native Namgs: Mutete, Mushobi, mooAngombe (Gossweiler) 
Named in compliment to Mr. E. G. Baker of the Botanical 
Department, British Museum. . 
48. Brachystegia obliqua Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 8 m. alta; truncus circiter 13 em. diametro ; 
ramuli annotini pubescentes, lenticellati, circiter 2:5 mm. crassi, 
hornotini dense fulvo-pubescentes. Folia 5-8 em. longa; rhachis 
pubescens, supra canaliculatus; foliola 3-juga, discontigua, 
obliquissime oblongo-elliptica, emarginata, basi unilateraliter 
rotundata, terminalia 3-4 cm. longa, 1-5—2-3 em. lata, chartacea 
vel subcoriacea, utringu e breviter pubescentia, demum fere 
glabra, adulta conspicue reticulata; nervi laterales numerosi, 
basales ascendentes prominentes ; stipulae deciduae; stipelae 
prominentes, paxilliformes, ad 2 mm. longae, pubescentes. 
Inflorescentia spiciformis, densiflora, fusco-pubescens vel subto- 
mentosa; bracteae lineares, 4-5 mm. longae; pedicelli 3 mm. 
longi. Bracteolae obovato-ellipticae, circiter 7 mm. longae. 
Sepala lineari-lanceolata, ciliata, ad 2 mm. longa. Tubus 
staminalis 4 mm. longus. Ovarium stipitatum, pubescens. 
AngoLta: between T’Chirandongombe and River Longa, 
fil. June 1906, Gossweiler 2711 (type)! T’Chancambe, in mixed 
woods, fl. Aug. 1906, an evergreen tree up to 35 ft. high, Gossweiler 
2640! between Cotoso and Cavange, in the denser secondary 
woods, fl. Aug. 1905, Gossweiler 1902, between Simbola Candingo 
and Kubango, fl. Oct. 1905, Gossweiler 2151 ! 
Native Name: mTete 
49. B. Randii Bak. fil. in Journ. Bot. 1899: 433. 
B. spicaeformis var. parviflora Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 25 : 313 
= 
BELGIAN Conco: near Elisabethville, Ringoet in Herb. Burtt 
Davy 17846b ! 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY : Robeho, Lat. 6° 38’ S., alt. 4700 ft., 
Speke and Grant 32. 
NyYasALAND : Mlanje Plateau, at 2000 m., small tree 15-20 ft. 
high with rather flat crown, fl. and fr. Oct. 1905, Purves 208 ! 
Ruopesia: 8. Rhodesia; Salisbury, Rand 610, 611 (types) ! 
a frequent tree of good size, on the Mashonaland Hills; flowers 
sweet-scented. Near Salisbury about 1600 m. tree 20-40 ft. 
fl. Oct. 1916, Hyles 648! large spreading tree, common, fl. Sep 
1917, Eyles 845! Rogers 5796! Umtali Div., Odzani River Valley, 
1914, Teague 301! Victoria Falls, in Sandveld, Burtt Davy 17834 ! 
Gibbs 145 ! Livingstone, Rogers 17456 ! without locality, in 1870, 
