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Arbor 20-30-pedalis. Foliola longiuscule petiolulata, fere B. acuminate, sed sæpe basi mæquilatera, 
pleraque 4-6-pollicaria. Stipule inconspicuæ. Racemi ad apices ramorum conferti, rhachibus vix 
tomentellis 1-2-pollicaribus. Pedicelli 4-6 lin. longi. Bracteolæ obovate, concave, 8-9 lin. longæ, 
basi valde contractæ et ima basi diu connatæ. Calyx glaber, tubo angusto 3 lin. longo, segmentis 
linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis petaloideis 5-6 lin. longis. Petali summi unguis subpollicaris, 
utrinque supra basin auricula latiuscula obtusa auctus, lamina ad pollicem lata; petala inferiora 
calycis segmentis breviora, supra basin dilatata, acute acuminata, omnia æqualia v. 2 infima multo 
minora. Stamina 10, longe exserta. Ovarium brevissime stipitatum. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. Cameroon river (G. Mann). 
4. B. STIPULACEA, sp.n. Foliolis 3-5-jugis anguste oblongis rigide coriaceis, stipulis longis 
rigidis persistentibus, racemis subcorymbosis, bracteis parvis caducissimis, petali 
summi ungue tenui bracteolis longiore lamina late bifida, inferioribus minimis, 
staminibus 5. 
Arbor 20-30-pedalis,infl tia excepta, glabra. Foliola quam in cæteris speciebus angustiora et rigidiora, 
secus rhachin fere sessilia, 4-5-pollicaria, brevissime acuminata v. calloso-mucronata, pennivenia et 
reticulato-venulosa, nitidula, Stipule rigidæ, late lanceolate, multinerves, sæpius vix poll. longæ. 
Racemi in paniculam breviter corymbosam dispositi, rhachi 1-2-pollicari cum bracteolis tomento 
brevi ferruginea.  Bracteæ late ovate v. orbiculatæ, pedicello multo breviores et ante anthesin 
deciduæ. ^ Pedicelli $-1-pollicares. Bracteolæ obovato-oblongæ, concavæ, pollicares v. paullo 
longiores, basi quam in præcedentibus minus contractæ. Calycis tubus discifer vix 2 lin. longus, late 
turbinatus; segmenta angustata, 3-4 lin. longa. Petali summi unguis angustus, inappendiculatus, 
circa 15 lin. longus, lamina 12 poll. lata, profunde bifida ; petala 4 inferiora minima, linearia. Stamina 
5, longe exserta. Ovarium villosum, brevissime stipitatum. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. On the river Muni, lat. 1? N. (G. Mann). 
9. B. ANGOLENSIS, Welw., sp. n. Foliolis 3-4-jugis ovalibus v. ovali-oblongis tenuiter 
coriaceis, racemis subcorymbosis, bracteis parvis caducissimis, petalis subaequilongis, 
4 subsessilibus, summo evidentius stipitato, staminibus 10. 
Arbor mediocris, infl tia excepta, glabrav. foliis novellis tenuit tibus. Foliola in speciminibus 
4-8-pollicaria, nunc latiuscula et obtusissima v. retusa, nunc angustiora acuminataque, petiolulo brevi 
rigidulo ; in ramulis sterilibus foliola interdum fide Welwitschii ultrapedalia. Racemi breves, conferti, 
paniculam corymbosam v. rarius oblongam foliis ultimis multo breviorem efficientes, rhachi bracteo- 
lisque sericeo-tomentosis. Bracteæ parvæ, late, longe ante anthesin deciduæ. Pedicelli vix 2 lin. 
longi. Bracteolæ obovali-oblongæ, concavæ, 6-7 lin. longæ, per anthesin patentes. Calycis tubus 
discifer angustus, 3-4 lin. longus, glaber ; limbi segmenta petaloidea, lineari-lanceolata, acutiuscula, 
4-5 lin. longa. Petalum summum intimum breviter unguiculatum, ovatum, cucullato-complicatum, 
6-7 lin. longum ; lateralia 4 sessilia, oblique ovali-oblonga, plana v. vix margine undulata. Stamina 
10, longiuscule exserta, filamentis basi glabris pilosulisve. Ovarium villosissimum, stipite brevi; 
ovula 5-6. Legumen planum, crasso-coriaceum, oblique rugosum, i-pedale. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. In the woods of Mata do Mangue, and on the river Cuanza, in the province 
of Pungo Andongo (Welwitsch). 
The flowers, so much smaller than those of any of the preceding Berlinias, would 
appear to connect this species with Macrolobium ; but their structure is entirely that of 
Berlinia. 
