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quite glabrous—and by a more coriaceous, usually tomentose or canescent pod, and more 
prominently marked with obliquely transverse wrinkles. 
The following are the three African species known to me :— 
1. M. srrPULACEUM, foliolis 3-4-jugis oblongis cuspidatis, stipulis maximis foliaceis persis- 
tentibus, racemis secus ramos dense fasciculato-paniculatis, calycis tubo discifero parvo 
campanulato, petalo summo longiuscule unguiculato, lateralibus 4 parvis squami- 
formibus, staminodiis paucis parvis. 
Arbor parva, ramulis petiolis inflorescentiaque pilis minutis appressis tenuiter tomentellis. Foliola ssepe 
6-10 poll. longa, jugi infimi minora, utrinque rotundata v. angustata, in acumen angustum 1—1-polh- 
care producta, supra glabra, subtus tenuiter sericea v. cano-nitentia. Stipulæ lato-lanceolatæ, acutæ, 
erectæ, rigidulæ, 1-2-pollicares. Paniculæ rameales dense cymiformes, sæpe 2-3 lin. latæ. Flores 
quam in cæteris speciebus multo majores. Bracteæ subpersistentes, concavæ, 1-2 lin. longæ. Pedi- 
celli semipollicares. Bracteole obovate, 5-6 lin. long, in siccis striatulæ. Calyx glaber, tubo vix 
lineam excedente ; lobi 4, late ovati, obtusi, petaloidei. Petalum superius 4-5 lin. latum, ungue vix 
3 lin. excedente; lateralia 4 lin. longa. Stamina 3, longiuscule exserta. Ovarium dense villosum, 
stipite brevissimo hinc adnato; stylus elongatus, stigmate subcapitato. Ovula 6-8. Legumen 
ignotum. 
Hab. West tropical Africa, on the Gaboon river (G. Mann). 
2. M. Paursorr, foliolis 2-3-jugis obovali-oblongis ellipticisve acuminatis, stipulis obsoletis, 
racemis brevibus laxiusculis secus ramos fasciculato-paniculatis, calycis tubo discifero 
brevissimo, petalo summo longiuscule unguiculato, lateralibus 2 parvis, additis 
interdum 2 infimis minutis, staminodiis nonnullis elongatis. 
Anthonotha macrophylla, Pal. Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. i. 71 , t. 49. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. Senegambia (Heudelot, n. 793). Fernando Po (G. Mann). Confluence of 
the Quorra and Tchadda (C. Barter). District of Golungo Alto (Welwitsch). 
This appears to have a wide range, and to be somewhat variable in aspect ; I had, 
indeed, at first considered the Fernando-Po specimens to form a distinct species, with 
the leaves more glabrous underneath and larger ; but a further examination convinces me 
that all the specimens, from the south as well as north of the equator, belong to one 
species. The staminodia are certainly variable in number and size; and occasionally one 
or two of the longer ones may become perfect stamens, but much smaller than the three 
long stamens. The colour of the petals, however, is, according to Mann, yellow: in the 
Fernando-Po tree they are pink in the figure of the ‘ Flore d’Oware et de Benin;’ but as 
most of the plates there are coloured after the artist’s fancy, this requires further investi- 
gation. 
3. M. Hevpztorm, Planch. in herb. Hook. sub Anthonotha. Foliolis 2-8-jugis ovatis 
ellipticisve, stipulis obsoletis, racemis brevissimis secus ramos elongatos aphyllos 
racemiformes fasciculatis, petalo summo breviter unguiculato, 2 lateralibus sessilibus 
summo parum brevioribus, 2 infimis minutis, staminodiis 0 (rarisve). 
Frutex elatus, ex Heudelotio 4-5-metralis (12-15-pedalis). Foliola in speciminibus 2-4-pollicaria, breviter 
acuminata, glabra v. vix subtus minutissime sericea. Paniculæ racemiformes, terminales, pedales et 
ultra, graciles, minute sericez ; florum fasciculi parvi, densi, sessiles v. breviter pedunculati. Bracteæ 
batman: 
