Albizzia.] xlvii. § mimose^e (oliver). 359 



9. A. versicolor, Welw. mss. Small tree ; extremities peduncles 

 and petioles shortly and closely rusty- or tawny-pubescent or tomen- 

 tose. Leaf-rachis 2-3J in. or 6-8 in. on barren shoots, with a sessile 

 gland near the base, and frequently 1 or 2 interjugal glands, with 

 glands occasionally on the partial peduncles ; pinnae 2-4-jugate ; leaf- 

 lets 3-6-jugate, minutely petiolulate, the upper larger, 1J-2 in. long, 

 1-1J in. broad, obliquely obovate elliptical, or the lower rotundate, 

 obtuse, submucronate, pubescent above, pubescent or tomentose be- 

 neath. Flowers subsessile in many-flowered heads on fascicled pe- 

 duncles of 1J-2J in. Calyx tubular-infundibuliform \ in. long, with 

 lanceolate teeth. Petals " whitish," twice or scarcely twice as long as 

 calyx, connate J their length. United base of filaments included. 

 Ovary shortly silky. Legume flat, straight, very obtuse, usually 

 minutely apiculate, 4-10 in. long, 1J-2 in. broad, valves thin, almost 

 papery. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Zenza do Gohmgo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Maravi country, west of Lake Nyassa, 3000 ft., Dr. Kirk ! 



10. A. Schimperiana, Oliv. Extremities finely pubescent, at 

 length nearly glabrous. Leaf-rachis pubescent, 3-4 in. on flowering 

 branches, with a small gland near the base and between the uppermost 

 pinnae; pinnae 4-5-jugate ; leaflets 11— 20-jugate on the median and 

 upper pinnae, oblong subfalcate and obliquely pointed at the apex, mid- 

 rib distinctly excentric with the basal veins on the lower side directed 

 forwards, glabrate and almost veinless above, pale and obsoletely se- 

 riceous beneath, 5-8 lines long, 2—3 lines broad. Inflorescence capi- 

 tate on axillary peduncles of 1-1J in. Flowers not seen. Legume 

 (scarcely mature) very thin, J ft. long more or less, 1-1J in. broad, 

 rather abruptly narrowed at the base into a stipes of ^— § in. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper (1863-68), No. 1396 ! 



11. A. pallida, Fournier in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, ii. 375. Tree, with 

 extremities young leaves and peduncles tawny-pubescent. Characters 

 generally of A. ferruginea, to which it is very nearly allied. Leaf- 

 rachis J-f ft., furrowed below when dry ; pinnae 5-7-jugate ; leaflets 

 of A. ferruginea in form and nervation, glabrous above, obsoletely 

 pubescent and much paler beneath. Inflorescence as in A. ferruginea ; 

 the flowers \ in. long, especially towards the margin of the calyx and 

 back of the petals silky-tomentose. Calyx obtusely 4-5-dentate. 

 Petals 4 or 5, not more than twice as long as calyx. Staminal 

 sheath included. Ovary subglabrous. Legume not seen. — Acacia 

 malacophylla, Steud. in PI. Schimp. Abyss. 1578. (Inga, A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. 235, in part.) 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



12. A. Quartiniana, Walp. Ann. ii. 457. Very nearly allied to 

 A. ferruginea and A. pallida. I have seen but an imperfect fruiting 

 specimen, and from the published descriptions I cannot gather that 

 flowers have been seen. Leaf-rachis J-f ft., glabrate ; pinme in 6-7 



