40 MALME, EX HERBARIO REGNELLIANO. III. 



Arbor parva, iisqiie ad 5 m. älta, trnnco gracili, recto, 

 cortice tenni, desqnamescente (frnstnlis tennibns, longis), ramis 

 gracilibns erectis v. erecto-patentibns. 



Specimina anthentica hujns speciei non vidimns, quam- 

 obrem deterniinatio non omnino certa est. Specimina nostra 

 ab icone descriptioneque 1. c. datis ramis gracilioribus, acnleis 

 folioiisque minoribus nonnihil recednnt. 



M. (Habbasia) hapaloclada Malme n. sp. 



Frntex arborescens usque ad 4 m. altus, trnnco gracili, 

 recto, cortice tenni, Isevigato, ramis (teretibus) ramnlisque 

 erectis v. erecto-patentibns, apice ssepe nutantibus. Ramuli 

 snbcylindracei v. aliqnantnlnm snlcati, usqne ad 3 mm. crassi, 

 + brnnnei, albido-pnbescentes, acnleis sparsis, rectis, validis, 

 brevibus (vix 2 mm. longis), raris armati; internodiis vnlgo 

 3 — 4 cm. longis. Stipulae gracillimce, snbnlatee v. filiformes, 

 usqne ad 8 mm. longee. Folia 10 — 14 cm. longa, petiolo pu- 

 bescente, snpra interrnpte canaliculato, snbtns (dorso) acnleis 

 minntissimis rarissimisqne ssepe ornato; pinnae (12 — )15 — 18 

 ( — 20-)jug{E, vnlgo 2 — 2,5 cm. longai, stipellis in rachi infra fo- 

 liola infima oppositis, parvis, vix 0,5 mm. longis, snbulatis, 

 sursum tendentibus; foliola mnltijuga (25 — 30-jnga), angnste 

 oblonga v. snblinearia, circiter 3,5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, stepe 

 aliqnantnlnm falcata, basi obliqna, rotnndata v. trnncata, 

 apice acntinscnla v. subobtusa, nninervia, snbtns et preesertim 

 margine pilis longis, mollibns, albis, raris ornata. Inflorescen- 

 tiae spicatse, circiter 5 cm. longee, in axillis foliornm vnlgo 

 bincE v. terntE v. in apice ramorum subpaniculatse ; bracteis 

 snbulatis, pubescentibns, cadncis. Flores subsessiles, tetra- 

 meri. dilnte rosei. Calyx minutus, 4-dentatns, extus pnbescens. 

 Petala sublibera, oblongo-lanceolata, circiter 1,75 mm. longa, 

 0.75 mm. lata, acnta v. saltem acntinscnla, extus pnbescentia, 

 intus glabra. Stamina 8, longe exserta, usqne ad 8 mm. 

 longa, glabra, antheris circiter 0,45 mm. longis, circiter 0,35 

 latis. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, dense albido-tomentosum 

 v. albido-sericeum. (Legumina desunt.) 



Måtto Grosso: Cuyabå (In »cerrado» denso. 18 Vi 94. Malme 

 1308. Florigera.). 



M. apodocarpce Bemth. (Bentham, 1. c. p. 359) mihi non 

 nisi e descriptione brevi et sat incompleta notte, peraffinis; 

 forsan sit ejns varietas. Differt jngis foliolornm numerosio- 



