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mollibus pubescentibus vestitum. Fructus basi rotundatus, apice sub- 
acutus, 4 cent. longus, 2 '/, cent. crassus. Semina numerosa, turgida, 
testa crustacea, rugosa. 
In Sierra Leone (G. Don in herb. Brit. Mus.; Afzelius in herb. 
Brit. Mus.) ; ad Fernando Po (Mann n. 82 in herb. Kew., Berol., Mus. 
Par.; Barter n. 1523 in herb. Kew. et sine n. in herb. Mus. Par. : 
Vogel n. 157 in herb. Kew.); in Nigritia loco haud indicato (Barter 
n. 3395 in herb. Kew.; Vogel n. 33 et 157 in herb. Kew.), ad Quorra 
(Vogel n. 106 in herb. Kew.; Barter sine n. in herb. Kew.); in dumetis 
Angolæ, distr. Golungo Alto (Welwitsch n. 820 in herb. Brit. Mus.); 
in Monbuttu (Schweinfurth n. 3309 et 3481 in herb. Kew.). 
2. M. pterocarpa (Hochst.! in Schimp. Iter Abyss. n. 187): 
monoica ; foliis pedato-5-7-foliolatis; foliolis membranaceis, longule 
petiolulatis , oblongo-lanceolatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, basi 
truncatis vel oblique cordatis, puberulis; floribus masculis subumbel- 
latis, longule pedicellatis, ex bracteo communi magno exsertis; calyce 
sparse piloso, regulari, segmentis elongatis, ovato-oblongis, longe acu- 
minatis; floribus femineis ebracteatis; fructu ovoideo, apiculato. 
8-10- alato. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1, p. 292; Naud. in Ann. sc. 
nat., ser. 5, v. 5, p. 24; Rev. Hort. 1865, p. 349; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. 
trop. Afr., 2, p. 536. 
Radix tuberosa, carnosa, fusiformis, subterra hybernans. Caulis 
gracilis, ramosus, sulcatus, puberulus, ad altit. circiter 4 metr. scan- 
dens. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, breviter villosus, 1 '/,-2 !/, cent. lon- 
"US, apice trifidus; petioluli erecto-patuli, 1-2 cent. longi. Foliola 
Supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, utrinque sublævia vel 
Supra scabriuscula, margine minutissime remoteque subulato-denti- 
culata vel subintegerrima, intermedium 5-8 cent. longum, 1 '/,-3 cent. 
latum, lateralia breviora et angustiora, interdum subfaleata. Cirrhi 
robustiuseuli, sulcati, puberuli, simplices vel bifidi. Pedunculus com- 
Munis maseu]us robustus, sulcatus, villosiusculus, 8-25 cent. longus; 
bractea suborbicularis, cucullata, breviter petiolulata, ad basim trun- 
Cata vel leviter emarginata, margine integerrima, puberula prsecipue 
àd nervos, pallide viridia, 1'/,-3 cent, lata; pedicelli unilaterales, 
breviter glanduloso-villosi, */,-2 '/, cent. longi. Calycis tubus late 
campanulatus, 4-5 mill. longus, 7-8 mill. latus, segmentis 6-7 mill. 
longis, 3-3 1/, mill. latis. Petala obovato-oblonga, apice subacuta, bre- 
viter villosa, 1 Y, cent. longa, 7-8 mill. lata, ut plurimum spureo-alba, 
"oInunquam luteola aut ochracea. Staminum filamenta 2 mill. longa ; 
