362 xlvii. § mimoseje (oliver). [AlHzzia. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch l> 



A native sauce is prepared from the seeds by maceration. 



Grows also at Natal. 



The Sassa figured by Bruce, Travels vii. 4 and 5 (Inga Sassa, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 

 1027) may be this species or perhaps A. brachycalyx. 1 have not seen either from 

 Abyssinia. Dr. Schweinfurth (Reliq. Kotschyanae, p. 10) identities the Sassa with Z. 

 fastigiata, E. Mey. 



18. A. Petersiana, Bolle in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. i., t. 1. Shrub, 

 wholly glabrous or young" extremities obsoletely puberulous. Leaf- 

 rachis J-2 in. long, with a sessile gland near the base ; pinnae 2-4- 

 jugate ; leaflets 3-6-jugate, subsessile, obovate-rhomboidal, obtuse, 

 glabrous, ^- to little over J in. in length ; the upper sometimes nearly 

 1 in. long and over \ in. broad (Bolle). Peduncles 1— 1J in. long, 

 slender, fascicled from leafless nodes, forming short corymbs. Flowers 

 " purple," glabrous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, dentate, about 

 1 line long. Petals united f — J, 5 times longer than the calyx, form- 

 ing a tubular corolla dilated at the throat. Staminal tube slender, far 

 exserted. Legume not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Peters. Rovuma river, 28 miles from the coast, 

 Dr.Meller! 



19. A. Brownei, Walp. Pep. i. 928. Tree of 30 ft. or more ; ex- 

 tremities terete, minutely or obsoletely puberulous at first. Leaf- 

 rachis 3-6 in. long, puberulous or glabrate, with a conspicuous sessile 

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

 2-3-jugate; leaflets 3— 5-jugate, obliquely rhomboid-elliptical, or vary- 

 ing more or less ovate or obovate, broadly and obtusely pointed, gla- 

 brous, shining, reticulate, subsessile, the upper usually considerably 

 larger, l|-3 in. long, lowest J-l in. Peduncles puberulous, 1-1| in. 

 fascicled in the leafless nodes of the extremities, forming broad corym- 

 bose racemes 3-4 in. long, or the lower peduncles from the axils of 

 the ordinary leaves, which usually overtop the inflorescence. Pedicels 

 0, or shorter than the tubular denticulate calyx, which is 1-1 J lines 

 long. Petals united §, nearly 3 times as long as calyx. Staminal 

 tube about 3 times as long as the flower. Legume flat, linear-oblong, 

 4-6 in. long, 1 in. broad more or less, valves with transverse subdis- 

 tant but slightly prominent nervures. — Inga Zygia, DC. Mem. Leg. 

 440, t. 65 ; Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1844, 92 ; Guill. et Perr. Fl. 

 Seneg. i. 236. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Senegambia, Heudelot ! Leprieur and 

 Perrottet. Abbeokuta, Dr. Irving ! Calabar river, Mann ! 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola (leafy specimens and early buds, probably 

 of this speoies), Dr. Welwitsch ! 



De Candolle cites the Antilles for this plant through mistake. 



In the Afzelian herbarium is a specimen with the label " Hesley brought me this 

 plant, Jan. 14, 1795, together with a very fine gum like Copal which he had taken 

 on it." 



20. A. Welwitschii, Olio. Tree of 40-50, occasionally 80 ft., with a 

 spreading truncate crown (Dr. Welwitsch) j extremities glabrous or with 



