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ovatis subacuminatis antico latiore bifido ; petalis quam iis typi 

 brevioribus ; staminibus 4 antheris hirtis ; stylo erecto superne 

 glabro ; stigmate globoso leviter 4-lobo ; ovario pilis albidis vestito 

 4-loculari. 



Hab. Uganda Protectorate. Ruchigga, Bagshawe, no. 398 ! 



Herb. Mus. Brit. 



M Tree with white flowers." 



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Leaflets proximal 5-0-70 cm. long, distal 90-13 cm. loug 

 3-5-4-5 cm. broad. Calyx ± 5 mm. long. Petals ± 1-2 cm. long. 



B. Stamens 5. 



a. Leaf rachis generally unwinged (in B. abyssinica Fres. occasion- 

 ally winged in the distal portion). 



* Leaves with usually 4 pairs, 3-7-9, of slightly stalked, oblong- 

 lanceolate leaflets generally 7-9'0 cm. long and 2-5-8*5 cm. 

 broad. 



15. B. abyssinica Fres. in Mus. Senckenb. ii. 281, t. 17 ; Baker 

 in FL Trop. Afr. i. 434 ; Engler, Hochgebirgsflora, 293. 



B. intecjrifolia Richard, Fl. Abyss, i. 107 (1847). 



Hab. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ruppell ! Schimper, no. 1507 1 

 Scholoda, Schimper, ii. no. 942 ! Amba-Sea and Gayeh-Merki, 

 Schimper (1862), no. 912 ! Gondar, Steudner, no. 1268. Ghabah 

 in Simen, Steudner, no. 1365. Uganda Protectorate. Toro east, 

 alt. 4200 ft., Bagshawe, no. 1113! Mpanga river, alt. 3500 ft., 

 Bagshawe, no. 1055 ! 



Planchon considers B. integri folia Rich, synonymous with 35. 

 abyssinica Fres., but retains B. serrata Rich, as distinct; in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. both are placed under abyssinica. 



** Leaves ± 7 -jugate. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, mar- 

 gin entire, apex mucronate, 5*0-1 3-5 cm. long, 2-4-0 cm. 

 broad. Petiolule of terminal leaflets 1 cm. long. 



16. B. Holstii Giirke in Bot. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 35 (1894). 

 Hab. East Tropical Africa. Usambara, near Mlalo, Hoist, 



no. 2482 ! 



Bagshawe, no. 379, from Kitara, Koki, is doubtfully placed here 

 as the flowers are not sufficiently developed. 



*** Leaves 6-7-jugate. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, 



glabrous, towards apex serrate 8-0-10-0 cm. long, 3-0-4-5 cm. 

 broad. 



17. B. Volkensii Giirke in Bot. Jahrb. he. 36 (1894). 



Hab. East Tropical Africa. Kilimanjaro, Vol ken* 9 no. 1252 a. 



**** Leaves 5-7-jugate. Leaflets shortly stalked, oblong-ovate, 



apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, 30-6-0 cm. 



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long, 15-25 mm. broad. 



(1900) 



Hab. East Tropical Africa. Uhehe, Mantanana Plateau 

 Goetze, no. 744. Kinga Hills, Ussangu, (ioetze, no. 1275. 



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