Albizzia.] xlvii. § mimose^e (oliver). 357 



sessile gland near the base and between the uppermost pinnae ; pinnae 

 10-13-jugate ; leaflets in about 20 pairs, linear falcate acute, very 

 pale and thinly silky beneath, \ in. long. Peduncles slender, fascicled 

 in the upper axils, 2 in. long more or less. Flowers pubescent, sessile. 

 Bracteoles linear-subulate. Calyx J-fid, teeth lanceolate-deltoid. Pe- 

 tals connate half their length. United base of the capillary filaments 

 included. — A. pallida, Harv. in Flor. Cap. ii. 284 (non Fournier). 



South Central. Near Lake Ngami, M'Cabe! 



4. A. anthelmintica, A. Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vii. 902. 

 A shrub or small tree (in Zambesi land occasionally with a trunk 3-4 

 ft. in diameter), wholly glabrous or extremities petioles and peduncles 

 in the Zambesi plant minutely pubescent. Leaf-rachis J-3 in. long, 

 usually with minute glands ; pinnae 2-3- (1-4) jugate ; leaflets 2-3- 

 (-5) jugate, the upper larger, obliquely obovate or obovate- elliptical, 

 obtuse, mucronate, glabrous, glaucescent, reticulate, paler or glauces- 

 cent beneath, the upper varying to If in. in length, usually smaller, 

 petiolule J line or less. Peduncles fascicled or solitary in the upper 

 axils or from leafless nodes on the older wood, about \ in. long. 

 Flowers " whitish," subsessile on pedicels -^ in. Calyx infundibuli- 

 form, denticulate, at length irregularly split, half as long as petals 

 which are connate §. United base of the filaments included. Legume 

 2-6 in. long, few-seeded, narrowed at the base, often sinuous from 

 abortion of seeds, J-f in. broad in our specimens. — Besenna anthelmin- 

 tica, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 253 ; Fournier, Th&se Inaug. cum. tab. ; 

 AlUzziaJloribunda (Fenzl) Kotschy, Schweinf. in Reliq. Kotsch. 5, t. 4. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! Schimper! and others. 

 Lower Guinea. Bumbo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Shire river, Zambesia, Dr. Meller! 



The bark is used as an anthelmintic in Abyssinia. " Wood hard, and used in 

 canoe-making" in Zambesi land. (Dr. Meller.) 



5. A. glabrescens, Oliv. A large tree ; extremities minutely 

 rusty-pubescent, early glabrous or nearly so, lenticellate, dark reddish 

 brown. Leaf-rachis 1-3 in., glabrate, eglandular (in our specimens) ; 

 pinnae 2-1 -jugate ; leaflets 4-6-jugate, shortly petiolulate, oblique or 

 subfalcate, oblong-rhomboidal or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, the upper- 

 most pair largest, glabrous or midrib puberulous above, shining, reticu- 

 late, with the lower lateral nervure prolonged J the length of the leaf- 

 let, varying to 2 in. in length, the lower frequently not half as long ; 

 petiolule J line. Peduncles 1 in., fascicled in the nodes and race- 

 mosely or corymbosely crowded on leafless shoots 2—3 in. in length. 

 Inflorescence pubescent more or less. Pedicels equalling the calyx or 

 flower. Calyx tubular- campanulate, 5-dentate, 1 line long. Petals 

 united j. twice as long as the calyx. United base of the filaments 

 included. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar ; and Kongone, Zambesi, growing in open spaces be- 

 tween the lines of mud creeks. Dr. Kirk I 



