TABULA 3028. 
LEPTODERRIS BRACHYPTERA, Dunn. 
LEGUMINOSAE. Tribus DALBERGIEAE. 
achyptera, Dunn in Kew Bull. 1910, p. 388; a L. Goetzii, 
pia. "foliol supra opacis membranaceis haud suse differt. 
Frutex magnus, ad 24 m. scandens vel erectus et tune fere 2 m. altus. 
Folia 1-3-juga, 30-50 cm. longa ; foliola ovata, basi rotundata, apice 
truncata, emarginata vel subbiloba, 15-25 cm. longa, membranacea, 
approximantibus 6-9-paribus;  stipellae setaceae. Panicula ter- 
minalis, ramosa, ramis bracteatis ut rhachi dense breviter tomentosis. 
Flores albo- -rosei, fragrantes, 1-2-1-5 cm. longi, 2-5 in nodis rotundatis 
sessiles, secus rhachin dense dispositi. Cal anguste campanulatus, 
puberulus, basi late bibracteatus, 4 m ongus, dentibus ovatis 
mm. longis. Petala glabra. Verilli. “taints cymbiformis, basi 
cordata, bimaculata; alae falcato-oblongae, basi semisagittatae 
carinae petala ovata, basi alis similia. Stamina monadelpha, vexillare 
basi solutum. Ovarium lineare, pubescens, biovulatum. men 
oblongum, 6-8 cm. longum, uno latere alatum; ala 3-4 mm. lata. 
Semen saepe unicum.—Lonc ocarpus brachypterus, Benth. in Journ. 
Linn 
¥1. vol. i. (1896) p. 2 
West Trorican Arrica: Senegambia; Heudelot, 828; Angola; 
Welwitsch, 1889. 
The fragrant pink flowers are sometimes produced so copiously in 
the dense forests of Cungulungulo eg = to hide completely the 
tree on which the creeper grows.—S. T 
Fic. 1, bracteole; 2, flow “3 Fiske ne removed and calyx laid open 
3, vexillum; 4, wing-petal ; el-petal; 6, pistil; 7, a section al 
ovary ; 8, fruit. All Gaarged oon 8, hich is of natural si 
