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Hab. Britis Centrat Arrica. Tanganyika, Came 
Be ad from I, pentaphyilla L. by shape of leaflets ak ner 
(h) wir hasan Leaflets 5-7, obovate. Legume 10-12-seeded. 
77. I. concotensis De Wild. & Th. Dur. in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 
Tome i, “(and ser.), p. 11 (19 
Hab. Lower Guinea. Congo Region, Kisantu, Gillet, no. 732. 
(‘) Leaflets 5-9, ovate or oblong. Legume at maturity glabrous, 
6-7-seeded. 
. I. laxeracemosa, sp. nov.—Suffrutex. Caules patuli de- 
sinha tes glabri vel labriaaealt teretes. Folia imparipinnata 2-4- 
jugata. Foliola ovata vel oblonga glabra vel bd strigosa breviter 
petiolulata, lateralibus oppositis, subsimilia iis I. meladenia Benth. 
Racemi laxiuscule 10-15-flori. Flore « BOE pedicellati. Calycis 
tubus brevis ob anguste lanceolati. "Ls n glabrum coriaceum 
nigrum sepissime 6-7-spermum mucronatum b, 1. ie nig 
p 
Lin. differt foliolis sepissime multioribus floribus multioribus et 
leguminibus crassioribus. 
Ha Mozamsique District. Delagoa Bay, Lieut. Speke, 
no. 14! W. L. Scott! Kongone, mouth of Zambesi, Kirk! 
This plant has been placed with J. pentaphylla L., but differs in 
several points. The leaves are are nr to those of I. meladenia 
Benth., but the legumes are very 
Dela agoa Bay is south of the Tropic “of Capricor 
Root descending, 15 cm. or more. Flowers “ blue or pink,” 
Legume shining, patent or pendulous. 
(j) Leaflets 3-5, oan obovate, or oblong, or ovate lanceolate. 
Legume 1-8-se eded. 
79, I. Kunrze1 Harms ex O. Kuntze, Revis. hag iii. p. 51 (1898), 
Hab. East Troprcan Arrica. Mozambiq 
Allied to I. polycarpa Benth. 
(k) Leaflets Sb ise elliptical or oblong. Legume glandular, 
raight, 6-10-seeded. 
80. I. Zenxeri ices in Herb. Mus. Brit.—Species J. glutinose 
Perr. valde affinis. Suffrutex. Caulis erectus patentim glandu- 
loso-pilosus teres. Folia imparipinnata 4-7-juga foliola elliptica 
vel oblonga vel obovato-oblonga costa supra impressa subtus pa allid- 
iora. utrinque strigoso-pubescentia foliolis lateralibus opps 
. Rac 
brevis externe strigoso-hirsutus lobi subulati quam tubus longiores. 
Legumen rectum densissime et patentim sey ee at 
seat incurvo filiformi et stigmate capitellato termin 
bt _10-spermum, spermis rebto ees 
= is tee Gu. er eroons, G. r, no. 1456! 
Cam 
Bartisa Centrat Arrtca. Nyassaland, Buchanan (ds), nos. 1189! 
1229! Hast Trorrcan Arrica. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, no no. 948! 
+. : 
journat or Borany.—Vor. 41. [Juny, 1903.] R 
