130 xlvii, § papilionace^s (baker). [MUlettia. 



8. M. ? aboensis, Hook.f. Fl. Nigr. 320 (as a var. of M. macrophylla). 

 A tree 30-40 ft. high, the ultimate branches densely clothed with fine 

 dark-brown spreading- pubescence. Petioles 3—4 in. long"; rachis 6-8 

 in. long-, both pubescent ; leaflets in 5-6 pairs, the upper ones obovate- 

 oblong, 4-5 in. long-, lj-lf in. broad, the lower ones shorter and 

 broader, petiolules 2 lines long* without stipellte, texture subcoria- 

 ceous, upper surface dark green, glabrous, lower more or less ferru- 

 ginous-pubescent, especially on the prominent veins. Racemes 6-12 

 in. long, on firm woody erect peduncles, the lower part with a few 

 short branches. Pedicels 2 lines long. Bracts lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, soon falling. Calyx § in. deep, densely ferruginous-silky, 

 the teeth nearly obsolete. Corolla an inch deep, reddish, the standard 

 |-| in. broad, glabrous on the back, the upper stamen free above the 

 middle. Pod linear-oblong acuminate 6 in. long, 1 in. broad, very 

 coriaceous, densely bright ferruginous-silky. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Vogel ! Ansell ! and others. • 

 Our specimens received since the Niger Flora was written, show clearly that this is 

 distinct as a species from M. macrophylla ; but we have no pods in a mature state. 



9. M. nudiflora, Welw. mss. A tree 30-40 ft. high w^ith finely 

 brown-velvety branchlets, no leaves at the flowering time. Petioles 

 1—2 in. long. Leaves 6—7 in. long, with 7—9 obovate-oblong pointed 

 subcoriaceous leaflets, the terminal one 3—4 in. long, 15-18 lines broad, 

 cuneate at the base, green and glabrous above, thinly grey-silky over 

 the surface, brown-silky on the veins beneath, on downy exstipellate 

 petiolules 2 lines long. Flowers in very copious short-stalked mode- 

 rately dense nutant racemes 4—5 in. long. Pedicels 2—3 lines long, 

 downy. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 4 lines deep, finely brown-silky, 

 the lanceolate-deltoid teeth reaching about a quarter down. Corolla- 

 bright violet, 9-10 lines long ; standard obovate, \ in. broad, recurved, 

 finely argenteous on the back ; wings and keel rather shorter. Stamens 

 all connate. Pod (rather immature) linear-oblong, subligneous, sessile, 

 glabrous, 4-5 in. long, an inch broad, straight, 7-10-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



10. M. ferraginea, Baker. A large tree with firm terete ultimate 

 branches clothed with fine short ferruginous silky tomentum. Stipules 

 lanceolate, J in. long. Petioles 1-1 J in. long, the rachis 8-12 in. 

 long, ferruginous silky like the twigs ; leaflets in 8-10 pairs and a 

 terminal one, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1—2 in. long, \—\ in. broad, 

 apex narrowed, base rounded, texture coriaceous, under surface finely 

 silky, the veins ferruginous, not prominent, the petiolules a line long, 

 ferruginous, without stipellae. Flowers in long-stalked lax erect 

 racemes 6-9 in. long, the lower ones distant, 3-4 in a cluster. Pedicels 

 silky, about equalling the calyx, which is between campanulate and 

 tubular, 3-4 lines deep, densely coated with fine brown silky pubes- 

 cence, the teeth very short, subdeltoid. Corolla three times as long 

 as the calyx, cream-coloured, the standard very silky on the back 



