TaBuLa 3040. 
LONCHOCARPUS GRIFFONIANUS, Dunn. 
Lecuminosaz. Tribus DALBERGIEAE. 
L. Griffonianus, Dunn in Journ. Bot, vol. xlix. (1911), p. 15; 
a caeteris hujus generis speciebus floribus in paniculam ob ramos ad 
pulvillos redactos omnino racemiformem longam pendulam sub- 
sessilem dispositis distincta. 
Frutex vel arbor ramis tortuosis pallidis. Folia 3(-5)-juga, ad 
cm. longa, petiolo 6-8-plo longiora; stipulae breves caducae ; 
foliola superiora lateralia ovata vel oblonga, acuminata, basi obtusa, 
6-12 cm. longa, chartacea, firma, supra nitida, subtus pallide subglauca, 
venis marginem approximantibus 6—-9-paribus patentibus ; petioluli 
3-4 longi; stipellae setaceae, 3 mm. longae. anicula subsessilis, 
panulatus, extra tenuiter pubescens, 4 mm. longus, dentibus ovatis, 
tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus ; pedicelli calyce fere duplo longiores, apice 
bibracteati. Petala glabra; vexilli lamina late obcordata, basi 
cordata. Stamina diadelpha, vexillari libero basi geniculato. Ovarium 
lineare, pubescens, saepius 3-ovulatum. Legumen oblanceolatum, 
. longum, breviter pubescens, 
reticulatum, indehiscens, exalatum, 1-3-spermum.—Millettia Griffon- 
iana, Baill. Adans, vol. vi. (1866) p. 222; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 
pars i. p. 225. M. Thonningi, Baker in Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. il. 
(1871) p. 128 (excl. syn. et typos pp-). Derris leptorhachis, Harms in 
Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxvi. (1899) p. 302. 
Herb. Kew. Nigeria; Lagos, Moloney; banks of streams near Lagos ; 
Botanical Station, Millen, 129; Eppah, Barter, 3265; Onitsha, 
Barter, 1623; Oban district, Talbot, 1309; river at Old Calabar, 
Mann, 2282; Lokoja, Shaw, 14, Cam : anga, common 
near water, Bates, 318; Bipinde, Zenker, 1609, 2491, 2659, 3386; 
