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acutae, 2°5 cm. longae, tarde deciduae ; ayes superiora lateralia 
longe acuminata, basi rotundata, 7-10 cm. longa, chartacea, subtus 
ut rachis tenuiter rufa ; venae margini propinquantes 8- -11-jugae, 
supra impressae, subtus prominentes; petioluli 2-3 mm. 
— setaceae, 4-5 mm. longae. Panicula angusta, terminalis, 
ad 25 cm. longa, rachi ut ramulis calycibusque laxe rufo-sericea ; 
ramuli florifer: 3-4 em. longi. lores dense conferti, 1°5 cm. longi ; 
pedicelli 1 mm. longi; bracteae 1°6 cm. longae, lanceolatae, acutae, 
tenuiter rufae. Calyx 5mm. longus, dentibus latis brevibus. Petala 
glabra, albida, nigricantia ; vexillum rotundatum, basi in unguem 
brevissimum angustatum, 1°3 cm. longum ; alae oblongae, ad basin 
gradatim angustatae; carina in unguem subito contracta nec hamata. 
Stamina diadelphia. Ovarium velutinum, 6-7 ovulatum. Legumen 
ignotum 
Tropica, Arrica. Southern Nigeria: Calabar District, 
Willams, 4 
Q. leucobotrya, Dunn. Hrutex vel arbor parva, practer inflores- 
centiam glabra ; cortex laevis, lenticellatus. olia 4- (3- vel 5-) 
juga, nigricantia, 15-25 em. longa, petiolo 5-plo longiora ; sGpidlas 
oblongo-lineares, 2°5 cm. longae, tarde deciduae ; foliola superiora 
lateralia ovato- vel lineari-oblonga, acuminata, caudata, apice 
truncata vel retusa, basi rotundata, 6-9 cm. longa, chartacea ; nervi 
circiter 6-jugi, infra paullo prominentes ; ; petioluli 2-3 mm. longi ; 
stipellae setaceae, 3 mm. longae. Paniculae angustae, terminales, 
25-40 cm. longae, rachi ut ramulis calycibusque dense velutina ; 
ramuli floriferi 4-6 cm. longi, bracteis magnis deciduis suffulti. 
Flores dense confeett, of 2-1°3 em. longi; pedicelli graciles, 2-2°5 
mm. longi; bracteae 0°9-1 cm. longae, albae, sericeae, deciduae ; 
bracteolae 2, minutae. Calyx oa. 3-3'5 mm. lon rus, 
velutinum, 6-7-ovulatum. Legumen complanatum, oblongum, apice 
asique obtuse acutum, ala coriacea 4-5 mm, lata Sescum, 2- 
spermum, glabrum, flavidum 
er, 
TropicaL Arrica. Sierra Leone: in forest on the way to 
Lester Peak, Scott Elliot, 3842 ; Pangumu, Smythe, 62; rain forest, 
Sierra Leone Herb. 35. Ivory Coast : Bingerville, Chevalier, 17,304. 
0. gabonica eg Ora nom. nov.; Andira? gabonica, H. Baillon in 
Adansonia, vi. 219 (adnot.); Lonchocarpus i ? macrostachyus, Hook. f. 
in Hook. Ni iger Fl, oe _ Deser, addend, 
A tating ok shrub with whitish bracts covering the buds, which 
devel op from December to February into white or pinkish flowers 
