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52. Brachystegia edulis Hutch. et B. Davy, sp. nov. 
Arbor magna, patula; ramuli annotini breves, pubescentes, 
circiter 1-5-2 mm. crassi. Alabastra conica, 4-5 mm. longa, 
pubescentia. Folia ad 12 cm. longa; rhachis infra foliola late 
expansus, glabrescens ; foliola 3-5-juga, elliptica vel elliptico- 
lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi oblique rotundata, inferiora 
1-5-2 cm. longa, 1-2-5 cm. lata, terminalia 5-6 cm. longa, 
2-2-5 cm. lata, chartacea, glabra et nitida, prominenter nervosa 
et reticulata; nervi laterales ascendentes; stipulae deciduae ; 
stipelae prominentes. Inflorescentia spiciformis, circiter 3 om. 
longa; axis glabrescens; pedicelli graciles, 4 mm. longi, pube- 
scentes. Bracteolae obovato-oblongae, circiter 5 mm. longae, 
pubescentes. Sepalum 1, lineare, 2 mm. longum, ciliolatum. 
Ovarium emia stipitatum, parce hirsutum. Legumen lignosum, 
3-5 cm. latum, gla 
KENYA Ganon ¢ T Bbdet districts; a large spreading tree 
forming open forests on sandy soil, Battiscombe 33! grows in 
almost pure sand, Webber in Herb. Battiscombe 604! Shimba 
Any (coast), Battiscombe 109 ! 
ANGANYIKA TERRITORY: Nyasa Highlands; Kyimbila, 
Pian 1200 m.) tree with a thick crown, fl. Nov. 1910, Stolz 400! 
YASALAND : Without locality, Buchanan 210! 
Ruopesia : N.W. Rhodesia; Highlands of Batoka ig in 
1860, Kirk (type)! near Muata Marija, about 1300 m., Kirk ! 
RuopeEsia: Inyamadzi Valley, about 800 m., a smallish 
tree, fi. Sep. 8, 1906, Swynnerton 1024! 
Timber easily worked, well-marked, not durable (Battiscombe). 
Bark used for fibre (Swynnerton). Seeds eaten; bark fibrous, 
used for cloth (Kirk). 
Names: mRihi (Kidyo), mRiti (Suswahili), mooTsaka 
(Swynnerton), moTondo (Kirk). 
53. B. euryophylla Harms in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 82 (1901). 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY: Usaramo; Ost-Ukami, Stuhlmann 
8666 (type)! . 
54. B. appendiculata Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 25: 313. t. 42 
(1866). 
NyasaLaAND: near Zomba and E. end ‘of Lake Shirwa, fl. 
Oct. 1861, tree 20-40 ft., growing beside water, Meller (type) ! 
Species Brachystegiae excludendae vel non satis notae. 
Allied to Brachystegia eurycoma is an incomplete specimen 
from Asaba, S. Nigeria (Leslie 40!) which probably represents 
an undescribed species; it is characterised by its long, linear 
semi-persistent stipules. 
globifiora . Hutch. et B. Davy, comb. nov. 
Brachystegia globiflora Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. 14: 43 (1881); 
Schotia sp.? Oliver, FI. are Afr. nit tee (1871). 
TANGANYIKA TERRITOR ‘ Tanganyika ’” Cameron ! 
ra Goetze 1031 ! Without rosatiey: Busse 204! - - 
