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pallide atte: embryo oblongo-ellipsoideus, circiter 2°5 cm. longus, 
valde sulcatus. —— Trachylobium mozambicense, Sim, For. FI. 
Port. E. Ar p- 51, see: char. nonnull. t. 56, non T. mossam- 
bicense, Klotzsch. 
PortuGuEsE East Arrica. Lebombo Mountains, and by 
the Umbeluzi River, Maugham. By the Rovuma River, Kirk. 
Madanda Forest, Dawe. 
According to Mr. Dawe, B. er is known in the Madanda 
Forest by the native name “ Mandu 
Balanites Dawei, Sprague; affinis B. Maughamii, Sprague, a 
qua fructibus elongatis petalorumque forma distinguitur. 
Arbor 10-15 m. alta, trunco irregulari. Rami exstantes inermes, 
alteri steriles, alteri fertiles. Rami steriles rectiusculi, crassiusculi, 
anno primo leviter costati, ut petioli petiolulique dense viridulo-albo- 
pubescentes, inferne 6 mm. diametro ; internodia 2°5-4 cm. longa. 
Folia Guniora tantum visa) gemmas tres seriales suffulcientia, quorum 
suprema 2 mm, longa, intermedia triplo minor, infima minima ; petioli 
2-3 cm. longi, canaliculati; petioluli 1-1-2 cm. longi ; foliola late 
ovata, ex apice rotundato truncato vel retuso apiculata, basi 
inaequialte rotundata, basi lateris superioris circiter 3 mm. supra 
basin lateris inferioris sita, 6-7°5 cm. longa, 5-6 em. lata, tenuiter 
herbacea, manifeste discolora, supra puberula, subtus dense viridulo- 
albo-pubescentia ;  nervi aterales utrinque 6-7, patuli, procul a 
margine anastomosantes, utrinque prominuli ; rhachis § supra inserti- 
onem petiolulorum in appendicem tomentellam 3 mm, longam 
producta ; stipulae anguste pHa ae 2-3 mm, longae, tomentellae. 
Rami fertiles anno secundo circiter 3 mm. diametro 15-20 em. infra 
apicem, leviter sulcati, Paisiseiasattaes tenuiter pubescentes, ramulos 
floriferos hornotinos gerentes. Ramuli floriferi 2-15 cm. longi, 
inferne 15-3 mm, diametro, folia usque ad 6 gerentes, ut petioli, 
petioluli, pedunculi pedicellique dense viridulo-albo-pubescentes ; 
internodia 1°3-4°5 cm. longa. Folia ramulorum floriferorum iis 
etigal rere 2 mm, ‘sere inert oymnae inferioreet 1-3. 
florae ; pedunculi O°l-1 em. longi; pedicelli 0°7-1 cm. longi. 
2-2°8 mm. lata, extra dense viridulo-albo-pubescentes, intra albo- 
sericea, Petala oblanceolata, 8-9 mm. longa, 2-2°5 mm, lata, parte 
superiore glabra corrugata vix 2 mm. longa excepta eupra densiuseule 
albo-villosa. Discus in toto circiter 1°8 mm. altus, 1 
ins 8 mm, profunda ; pars superior 1 mm, alta. ’Filamenta 3 32 
m. longa ; antherae 1°5-1°7 mm.longae. Ovarium circiter 1°3 mm. 
al ttfon: albio-tomentellum ; stylus 0°8 mm. longus. Drupa clavato- 
cyli vel subcylindrica, 6°5—8 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. diametro, basi 
clodtriad 5 pettcall leviter impressa, apice cicatrice styli haud vel vix 
impressa, ab apice ad basin 5-sulcata Pe superne magis conspicuis. 
Embryo clavatus, 4°5 em. longus, basi acutus. 
_ Porrucuese East Arnica. SMadante Forest, Dawe. 
