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466. DAI (Reineria) periculosa, paci ME 
geo]; ad T. huillensem, Welw., magis a 
Frutex 6-pedalis. Ramuli molliter jos Folia breviter 
petiolata, M poll. longa., foliolis 17-19 oblongis obtusis 15-18 
lin. longis utrinque dense —— ; Stipulae ovate, pilose. 
Racemi decal; breves, pedunculati, omnes terminales; bractes 
ovate, dense pubescentes. Calyx 6 lin. longus, dense brunneo- 
pilosus, dente infimo lanceolato tubo valde longiore, dentibus 
reliqnis brevioribus aed Corolla rubra, pollicaris, vexillo 
dorso den Legur lineare, psp polyspermum ; 
ii ees ph eue vel detta pubescen 
RITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Between Kondow and Karonga, 
Whe yte, 324. Used by the natives as a fish- -pois 
467. Tephrosia (Reineria) melanocalyx, Baker [Weguminose- 
Galegez]; ad T. huillensem, Welw., magis accedit 
Suffrutex, ramulis angulatis Hee dense persistent fulvo- 
pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, pinnatim 3-5-foliolata, 
.foliolis oblanceolatis obtusis Hari 11-2 poll. longis facie 
sparse dorso dense pubescentibus ; ; stipulæ Linens, pubescentes. 
Racemi subdensi, 2-4 poll. longi, terminales et axillares ; bractez 
lineares, pubescentes. P Cali yx breviter Vase ellatus, 4 lin. longus, 
pilis atro-brunneis vaio vestitus, dentibus acuminatis tubo valde 
longioribus. Corolla purpurea, 6 lin. ue. vexillo dorso dense 
pubescente. best cylindricum, ias bw multiovula- 
tum ; stylus applanatus, basi solum pubese 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Near Fort an Nyasa-Tanganyika 
plateau, alt. 3500-4000 ft., Whyte. 
ce px anie Galpini, N. E. Brown [Leguminose-Galeges ]; 
M. tenelle, Benth., eng gracilior, et foliis angustioribus 
gietfoltigo Tengiotbus diffe 
Caules e basi ramosi, 3-10 di alti, herbacei, filiformes, glabri 
vel pilis minutis paucissimis instructi. Foliorwm simplicium 
petioli 2-3 lin. longi ; lamin 6-16 lin. longs, : atæ, lineares, 
acute, mucronate, basi leviter angustatze, utrinque pilis appressis 
bifurcis, iis Indigoferarum, nisi quod crura furce inequalia sint, 
similibus, sparse instructz ; ; stipule subulate, 1-2 lin. longs. 
Racemi 14-35 poll. iongi, filiformes, glabri, floribus 3-7 distantibus 
parvis Piu ; bractez 2 lin. longs, setacez ; pedicelli filiformes, 
14-2) lin. longi. Calycis tubus À lin. lon ngus, pilis appressis 
j ehn affixis pubescens ; dentes 1 lin. longi, subulati. Corolla 
glabra, rubra; vexillum "M T longum, 1} lin. latum, late 
obovatum, obtusissimum ; 2} lin. longe, fere 1 lin m 
recta, acuminata. Legumen = lin. longum, 3 lin. latum, tients: 
4-6-sper rmum. 
SOUTH AFRICA. Transvaal : summit of Saddleback Mountain, 
near Barberton, 5000 ft., March, 1891, Galpin, 1315. 
This is the first species of Microcharis that has been found 
south of the tropic. 
