TABULA 2978. 
OSTRYODERRIS LEUCOBOTRYA, Dunn. 
LEGUMINOSAE. Tribus DALBERGIEAE. 
O. leucobotrya, Dunn in Kew Bull., 1911, p. 364; ab O. 
Dunn, bracteis floralibus cymbiformibus ad anthesin Art rit 
iffert. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, praeter inflorescentiam glabra ; opty 
laevis, lenticellatus. Folia 4- (3- vel 5-) juga, nigricantia, 15-25 ¢ 
longa, ‘petiolo 5-plo longiora ; stipulae oblongo-lineares, 2°5 cm. lon 
tarde deciduae ; foliola superiora lateralia ovato- vel lineari- pein 
acuminata, nonnunquam caudata, apice truncata vel retusa, basi 
rotundata, 6-9 cm. longa, chartacea; nervi circiter 6-8-jugi, infra 
paullo prominentes; petioluli 2-3 mm. longi; cg, ep setaceae, 
3 mm. longae. Paniculae angustae, terminales, 25-40 c longae, 
rhachi ut ramulis ealpciiaeinas dense velutina ; ramuli flor iferk 4-6 cm. 
longi, bracteis magnis deciduis aon ores dense conferti, 1:2- 
e, 
longae, area sericeae, deciduae ; “las olae 2 minutae. Calyx 
campanulatus 3-3-5 mm. longus, dentibus brevibus latis. Petala 
glabra, albida, nigricantia; vexillum ovatum, cuneatum, ad laminae 
basin paullo incrassatum; alae cuneatae; carinae petala basi falcata. 
Stamina diadelphia. Ovarium velutinum, 3-7-ovulatum. Legumen 
complanatum, oblongum, apice basique obtuse acutum, ala coriacea 
5 mm. lata cinctum, 2-spermum, glabrum, flavidum 
Tropica, Arrica. Sierra ee in forest on the way to Lester 
Peak, Scott Elliot, 3842; Pangumu, Smythe, 62; rain forest, Sierra 
Leone Herb., 35. Ivory Coast : Bingerville, Chevalier, 17,304. 
The flowering specimen from which this drawing was made was 
collected by Scott Elliot in the Sierra ce forests, the pod pen 
added from specimens kindly lent by Dr. A. Chevalier from his 
collection in Paris. The young panicle which is described as clothed 
with white bracts must present a striking object in November and 
December.—S. T. Dunn. 
Fia. 1, flower bract; 2, flower opened an petals ryeratiey. 3, stoerapest ac 
4,a wing; 5, a keel al 6, ovary; 7, pod; 8, part pod with o valve 
removed, showing a seed of which the anes is pate) All mio sities 
7 and 8, which are 2 of Pres SIZE, 
