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927. Pleuromenes heterocarpa Raf. Acakia 

 do Del. ramulis piibesc. acul. Ibl. pinnis Sjugis, 

 foliolis 12-15jugis ovaJib, dimidiatissubt. pubesc. 

 spicis teretis axil — Syria, Egypt, Nubia, called 

 Gilgil by Arabs. 



928. Elayuna Raf. (n. arab) diff, Bauhinia, 

 leg. obi. evalvis, multiloc. loculis polysp. extus 

 cortice dura nervosa, intus midula fibrosa. foL 

 bilobis, — very peculiar pod, leaves not binate, 

 flowers undescribed but long account of seeds, 

 certainly not a Bauhinia. 



929. Elayuna hiloha Raf. Bauhinia tamarin- 

 dacea Del. pi. C. 13. fol. orbic, basi cord, apice 

 bilobis sinus cuspid, petiolis glandulosis — shrub 

 of Mt Aqaro in Central Africa, called Elayun 

 and Magal. 



930. 'Tridermia Raf. (3 skins) diff, Grewia, 

 Drup. basi umbil. apice 41obo, nucibus 4, trans- 

 verse 3Ioc. 3sp, sem, obov. compr. triplice tuni- 

 cis vestitis — very peculiar fruit, see the long des- 

 cription, but flowers omitted, yet certainly dis- 

 tinct Genus. 



931. Tridermia papillosa Raf. Grewia echi- 

 nulata Del. pi. C. 70. Arboreus, fel. orbic, cord, 

 erosis 5nervis retic. ff. extrax. umbellulatis, dru- 

 pis glob, depr, papillosis — tree of Nubia, twigs 

 glandular, hairs fasciculate on them, petiols 

 and leaves &c. 



932. Xeropetalon Del. cal. duplex persistens 

 ext. 5fid. int. 5part. rotato petaloideus, stam. 20 

 basi monad. 5filam. longior sterilis, oyar. glob, 

 torn. styl. brevis, stig. 2-3spiralis, caps ? 2-31oc. 

 2-3valvis septiferis 2-6sp. racemis ramosi»— 

 G. based on flowers alone, without leaves ! akin 

 to last, singular by persistent petals ! thus rather 

 internal perigone. Type X 5setum Del. pi. C, 



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