Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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very showy, scarlet, red, yellow, or white, often produced before the leaves. cZZ!"ecr s^t whh or widl, V " S r**— 4 »«“* 
reflexed, or infolded and elongated, much larger than the narrow wings or the shorter connate or fr'ee keel pe a L.nensTom, t l 1 1 ■'f'**’ ^ a " d 
and having the upper one partly or quite free. Ovary stalked, ovules numerous Pod stalked narrowed hnth’ , n H i ° nly ’ Wllh a s P ht tube 
oval, red, with a black hilum. A widely dispersed, usually tropical order ’ ° ^ " b ° tH CndS * nd betWeen the s ‘ eds > dehiscent Seeds 
E. tomentosa, R. Br. Vent, names— 13, Umsinsi (Pondoland), Um-kwaba-kwaba (Natal). A tree of stiff habit seldom over , , • , 
.0 45 cm Stem bare, rugged, with leaves a. the top only.' ..eaves very large! the ,1^1 3ica“ 6 "‘I 
rather smaller. Spike many-flowered, short ; flowers dull crimson not showy Calvx snlit down nno L . • , 4 ? 8 ’ ,attral obI,c l ue and 
prick,. Whole plan, more or less tomentose. It is not easily kilJl^n^^™ % 
found m dense bush. T.tnber soft, hght, useless except for brake-blocks. Recorded from Zambesi-land. - Natal Plants" 384, 385 ' neVCr 
only soft branches above. Leaflets b'roa^y ova! “or! in thifprovii^ ^^0^^^™!" wUhT^V'T 
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Plate LIV. i, Leaf; 2, Inflorescence ; 3, Calyx ; 4, Petals, x 3 ; 5, Ovary, x 3 ; 6, Pods. 
E. Livingstoniana, Baker. Van. names -6, 7> 8, Lidocoda and I-chonti. Sometimes an enormous tree 20-25 metres high, 3 metres diameter with clean shinincr 
greenish bark, set with occasional large thorns 2-3 c.m. wide and deep, consisting of successive corky lairs with a sharp point. Prickles either nearly absent or more 
or less numerous on the younger branches and rachis. Stipules , 5 c.m. long, lanceolate ; petiole 8-20 c.m. long, swollen at the base, 
wi!h°! rn 6 ' 6 fh S T th6 i K Se T- W,UCh 15 5 C ' m ' ab0VC thC ° therS ’ U|)per leaflet 1218 cm ' wide > IO ’ 12 c ’ m - lon 6» more or less 5 lobed oblong 
conical blunt upper lobe, b.de leaflets obliquely 3-4 lobed, 10-12 c.m. wide and long, shortly petiolate. Raceme when in fruit 60 c.m. long, with swollen 
lot*, ^ xsrt^ io, ^" is t s c —, ■?* *-* — • • 
foliolorum ewtetorum paullo minor™ inreqoilateralium pe.iolis 5 m.m. longis . olbll o n b” , ven ' , ?“ Z 7 , e fn t 7 . • , P 1 c.m Io„ K . c '»t. o„t„.or bicuhri. petiole, a c.m. longo : 
apica. 3-5 cm. long, pedaocoio cm. logo; Soribos brae Jia , eaiyeis^ cm. SMS’ Tt, 
eocenes , vex.Uo eoeemeo, , ; cm. longo, e tubo calycis breviter p,o.n,so , pc, all, cave, is divergentibus in forma Soria orchidia , „v„io pubcscen.e , frnetibu. 
pressis, uno latere dehiscentibus ; senune 7 m.m. longo, coccineo. Frequens a Quelimane septentrionem versus. Tab. LIV. ’ 5 c.m. lat.s, non com- 
