-Phate 2248. 
MACPHERSONIA MACROPHYLLA, Oliv. 
Saprypace#. Suborder Sarinpea. 
M. macrophylla, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; folia bipinnata, pinnis 5~4-jugis 
juga inferiore basali ad foliolas 1-3 reducta subsessili, pinnis snperi- 
oribus sepius 7—9-foliolatis foliolis ena petiolulatis oblique 
ovato-ellipticis acute acuminatis integris glabris v. costa subtus 
is i aaa 
eae Ace v. dentatis ain a rea disco carnoso profunde 
lobato glabro, staminibus 8 disco interioribus liberis exsertis, fila- 
mentis filiformi-subulatis glabris, antheris oblongo-ellipticis utringue 
obtusis —— obsolete punctato-scaberulis, rudimento ovar 
minutissimo 
Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,483). 
Folia (in ramis florifer is) rachi 3-4 poll. longa, pinnis 4-7 poll. 
longis ; foliola el dee ajora 23-85 ioe longa, acemi 10-20 poll. 
longi, c. 4 poll. lati. Flores 14-2 lin, dia 
The other species known to me of this genus from Madagasca 
Eastern Africa have numerous small obtuse leaflets half an el in 
length or smaller. Female flowers and fruit are desider 
DL. Ottver. 
Fig. 1. Bract. 2. Staminate flower 3. Petals. 4. Disk, Al enlarged. 
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