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84. Dimorphandra megacarpa, Rolfe [ Leguminosz] ; arbor ex ma 
mis sylvæ (Burchell) sre bipinnatis pinnis circa 22-24- ~jugis, foliolis 
supra nitidis subtus pallidioribus basi suboblique. truncatis, venis circa 
8-jugis prope marginem connexis, rachidibus crassis furfuraceo- E lis 
basi verrucosis, floribus ignotis, leguminibus lignosis late falcatis obtusis 
oa marginibus læviter inerassatis 6—18-spermis septis transversis 
oriaceis, seminibus transversis "me cp digi oos v. subcom- 
mice lateraliter concavis apice emarginata, te osa nitida, cotyle- 
— crassissimis, radicula brevi recta pus nem pinnata pinnis 
Ha sbi tat.—Brazil, on the right bank of the Rio Mojá, a little below 
Jaguary, Burchell, n. 9381; Para, E. S. Rand. 
Petiolus circa 2 ped. longus. — Petioluli 6-8 poll. longi. Foliola 4-5 
lin. longa. Legumen 10-12 aps longum, 31-31 poll. latum, 14 lin. 
crassum. Semina 13-2 poll. longa 
This fine speeies was met with as ; long ago as 1829, by Burchell, who 
notes it as one of the finest trees in the forest, though he only obtained 
pods, which, judging from their condition, may have been fallen ones. 
Although Mas: ‘than those of any species prev viously known, the pods 
are structurally signi and as the very characteristic leaves are also 
se of Dimorphandra there can be no doubt about the genus, and 
the species is avidenttly allied to D. parviflora, Spruce. "Thé seeds are 
separated by thin subcoriaceous transverse divisions, and, owing to 
Mor MA end or even laterally compressed. Mr. Rand de- 
scribes it as “An immense tree, of which the weis specimen known 
ard is | in front of my doors e though it must be at least 50 
seid old, has never been known o flower until “this year. "The 
owers are in round close heads, like some Acacias; diameter of the 
ball of flowers from 3 to 2 inches, borne on long erect yellow spikes ; 
Jwi ite. count 
over 100 feet, it was impossible to get perfect flowers to press. 
tree has an erect branchless shaft for about 75 feet, then a large 
mien d globular head. It sheds its fine leaflets twice a year, remains 
bare for only a few days, and then covers itself with new foliage 
with wonderful rapidity." 
85. Dissotis cryptantha, Baker e map meten fruticosa, ramosis- 
sima, ramulis pilosis, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis triplinerviis utrinque 
dense pilosis, floribus paucis ad ramulorum apices aggregatis foliis 
reductis ascendentibus suboccultis, calyce globoso dense piloso, dentibus 
— 
violaceis, staminorum longiorum connectivo producto rae a a 
Habitat.—N yassaland, et herve 625 of 1891 collec 
Folia 14-2 poil. longa. Calycis tubus 3 lin. juges et latus: lob: 
i i j on, 
. in gæ. 
A handsome species, with the shrubby habit and large dark violet 
flowers of one of the mo ated Pleromas. 
86. Galpinia, V. Æ. Brown Lacinia hum genus novum]. Calyc 
tubus campanulatus, 5-6 dentatus, persistens, dentes valvati, infos 
dentiformibus. Petala 5-6, fauci calycis inserta, lobis alternata, 
corrugata. Stamina 5-6, petalis opposita, infra medium tubi calycis 
inserta, filamentis exsertis ; anthere parve didyme. Ovarium sessile, 
liberum, imperfecte 2-loculare ; stylus elongatus, stigmate simplici; 
ovula œ, placentz hemispheric basilari et septis adnate affixa, erecta, 
