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Layamia. i>ng^lin 



Andira lnermls( yH.B.IT. , var. savanna rum P ittier, 



J[>a8<^riptio£L0f the tree 



'low, not over 7 meters high, ./ith a s^jreading crov/n 

 and a grayish, m^re or less rimose baric.y Leaves 9 to 13- 

 foliolate, glabrous or almost so, briefly petiolulate, the 

 common ^jetiole 10 to 23 cm. long; xeai'lets elli^jtic, lan- 

 ceolate or ovate, short acuminate, 5 to 10 om. long, 2 to 

 4 cm. broad; stipules subulate, 2 to 4 mm. long. L'loral 

 ^^anicles terminal, erect, densely flowered, about 20 cm, 

 long, its branches all ferruginous-^.ubescent; bracts lan- 

 ceolate, acute, 5 to 6 m/n. long. i;'lowers dark purple, 3 

 to 9 mill. long;calyx carapanulate, distinctly 5-toothed, fer- 

 ruginous-tomentose; petals nearly equally long, the standard 

 suborbiculate, eaarginate, truncate or auriculete =^t the 

 base, v;ith a very short clawlet, the wings oblique, the 

 petals of the keel much broader than the wings, cbovate, au- 

 riculate; vexillar stamen free and shorter; ovary 2-ovulate, 

 stipitate, haix-y about the base of the style. ^I'ruit drupa- 

 ceous and one-seeded. 



In contrast .vith the com,'iion An^elin ( ^ndira inermis 

 H.J.Zft), .vhioh is said t6 be high and imposing, the Savanna 

 Angelin is characterized at once by its low and squatting 

 appearance, ,/hile the former is in some parts one of the 

 elements of the high forest, the latter appears only in the 

 open savannas. The dark pinlc flowers spread in succession 

 so that the ereot panicles, lost in the middle of a thick 

 foliage, are not very showy. 



Description of the woo d 



Sapwood thin» light brown; heartv/ood dark brown tirg- ed 

 with red. iood moderately hard, heavy, tough, exceedingly 

 difficult to split, rather closed grained, taking a good 

 polish, annual rings of growth not visible even under the 

 high power microscope. 



Pores (transverse section) not very numerous, tather 



