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Leaves 6-7 -jugate. Leaflets sessile, oblong-elliptical or 

 oblong, entire, with acute apices, reaching 20 cm. long and 

 6-0-7-2 cm. broad, but those with flowers smaller. 



12. B. maxima Baker, I c. 434 ; Icones PL t. 2268 (1893). 

 Hab. Upper Guinea. Corisco Island, Mann, no. 1853! Herb. 



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**** Leaves 5-7-jugate. Leaflets oblong, glabrous above, 



sessile, 7-0-11-0 cm. long, 2-6-4-0 cm. broad. 



13. B. nyassae, sp. nov. Arbor foliis 5-7-jugis cum impari 

 sessili ; foliolis subcoriaceis oblongis apice acuminatis et mucronatis 

 foliolis terminalibus anguste obovatis supra giabris et nitidis subtu3 

 primum pilis plus minus vestitis demum giabris costa superne im- 

 pressa nervis lateralibus tenuibus arcuatis juxta marginem inter se 

 anastomosantibus margine integris vel subundulatis foliolis latera- 

 libus sessilibus; rachios parte distali alata parte proxima exalata et 

 plus minus rufescenti-pubeseenti ; racemo multifloro apicem versus 

 confertifloro quam foliis breviori ; pedunculo striate) ; bracteis 

 angustis pedicello subsequilongis rufescenti-pubescentibus ; calyce 

 extus ferrugineo-tomentoso sepalis 4 apice obtusis vel subacutis 

 antico latiore statu fructescenti reflexis ; petalorum lamina oblonga 

 ungue sericeo-albida ; disco semiannulari lobato ; staminibus 4 vel 

 5 filamentis basi dilatatis; stigmate capitato globoso; stylo superne 

 glabro inferne pilis tecto; capsulis lignosis 5-valviis spermis arillo 

 cupuliformi crassiusculo muuitis, testa corrugata. 



Arbor B. maxima Bak. affinis differt staminibus interdum 5, 

 pedicellis brevioribus, calyce longiori et mollissime subferrugineo- 

 tomentoso. 



Hab. British Central Africa. Nyassaland, Buchanan, no. 280 ! 

 (1895) ; Herb. Mus. Brit. 



A plant collected by Mr. Scott Elliot in the Shire, no. 8582, is 

 very closely allied to the above. 



The following plants which I have seen in Herb. Kew. pro- 

 bably also belong here : — Mt. Zomba, Sir H. H. Johnston, no. 97 ! 

 Buchanan, no. 218 ! Namasi, K. J. Cameron, no. 9 ! 



Leaflets 7*0-1 1-0 cm. long, 2-6-40 cm. broad. Raceme with 

 peduncle in specimen 28 cm. long. Petals ± 14 mm. long. 

 Anthers ± 4 mm. long. Capsule ± 3 cm. long. Seed ± 7 mm. 

 in diameter. Aril cupuliform, yellowish. 



*** ***** Leaves 7-8-jugate. Distal leaflets oblong ovate-ob- 

 long, proximal ovate, subsessile, 5-0~9*0-18'0 cm. long, 

 3'5-4-5 cm. broad. 



14. B. ugandensis Sprague in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 512 

 (1906). 



Hab. Uganda Protectorate. Koki District, Uawe, no. 382 ! 

 Herb. Kew. 



Var. nov. serrata. Arbor, foliolis distaiibus oblongis in parte 

 f superiore margine argute serratis subtus cinereo tomentosis foliolis 

 proximis ovatis omnibus subsessilibus ; calycis segmentis 4 anguste 



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