361 



mmores 



petiolus 1 cm. longus, patentim pilosus. Ranemi terminales, 

 densitiori ; pedicelli demum 1 cm. longi, tenues, pubescentes. 

 Sepala lanceolata, 7 mm. longi, extus glanduloso-pubescentia, 

 unmervia. Petala carnea, macula lutea cordata notata, oblanceo- 

 lata, obtusa, 1 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Stamina quam petala 

 dimidio breviora ; antherae oblongae, apiculatae, 2 mm. longa* 1 . 

 Ovarium subulatum, dense hirsutum ; stylus filiformis, curvatus, 

 parte superiore glaber. 



Nyasaland Protectorate. Tuchila Plateau, Nyasaland, 



1,800 m., Purees, 94. 



903. Cordeauxia, Herml. [Caesalpinieae-Amherstieae] ; genus 

 novum ex affinitate Schotiae, Jacq., a quo differt sepalis 5 valvatis 

 primum conniventibus, staminibus liberis, ovario biovulato, 

 legumine dehiscente apice cornuto et semine saepissime solitario 

 ovoideo. 



C. edulis, Hemsl. ; species unica. 



Frutex humilis, scopiformis, densissime ramosus ; rami erecti 

 ligno durissimo. Folia exstipulata, paripinnata, 3-5 cm. longa. 

 Foliola saepissime 4-juga, coriacea, ovali-oblonga, 1-2-5 cm. longa, 

 subtus dense rubro-glandrflosa. Flores pauci, in ramortim apici bus 

 corymbosi, corymbis folia vix excedentibus. Sepala oblonga, 

 obtusa, circiter 1 cm. longa, glandulosa. Petala fere aequalia, 

 circiter 1-5 cm. longa, unguiculato-spathulata. Stamina U ». libera, 

 filamentis infra medium barbatis. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, 

 ut stylus creberrime glandulosum, stigmate terminali cbtuso. 

 Legumen coriaceum, compresso-ovoideum, 4-6 cm. longum, 

 curvatum, cornutum, debiscens, bivalve. Semen ovoideura, 

 3-5-5 cm. longum, exalbuminosum, cotyledonibus crasso-carnosis ; 

 radicula parva, recta ; plumula tarde evoluta. 



Africa. Somaliland, without exact locality. Seeds from 

 Prof. A. H. Church, F.R.S., and Prof. W. R. Dunstan, F.R.S An 

 entire plant, detached flowers and pods, from Captain H. E. S. 

 Cordeaux, C.B., H.M. Commissioner. 



Captain Cordeaux states, in a letter to Kew, that this bush crows 

 in great quantities in the " Haud " or waterless desert south of 

 Bohotleh, and on the southern frontier of the British Protectorate. 



This plant yields the " Yeheb Nut," particulars of which will be 

 given in a future number of the Bulletin, and a full description, 

 with figures, will appear in the next part of Hooker s lames 



Plantarum. 



904. Acacia pallens, R"lfe [Mimoseae-Acacieae] ; ab A. ruyre- 

 scente, Benth., foliorum rhachi parce aculeata, foliohsjnajonbua et 

 pallidioribus differt. 



Arbor mediocris. Truncus et rami acnleati, aculeis demum 

 valde incrassatis et tuberculiformibus ; cortex cinerascens. Kami 

 juniores striati, cinerascentes, lenticellis ^^« ^ ! " L^me 

 validi, recurvi, 3-5 mm. longi. Folia 8-10 cm. lo ^f?^l 

 3-Juga; foliola 1-juga, subsessilia, oblique obovata vel o^-ato 

 rotundata, retusa, coriacea, pallida, 1-3 cm lata, ™™J* Uc ^£; 

 rhachis parce aculeata, aculeis parvis reflexis. Florm sessiles, 



