Extremities uniformly softly hoary-tomentose. Stipular spines straight or subrecurved, pubescent nearly to the apex. Young leaves, especially on the rachis, silky tomentose; pinnæ in 14–22 pairs; leaflets 20–30 pairs, probably often more numerous, not wholly developed in our specimens; gland sessile near the base of the rachis. Peduncles in pairs or solitary from the lower axils, pubescent, 1–2 in. long. Bracts obsolete. Flowers capitate. Calyx pilose-pubescent, lobes ovate obtuse. Petals externally silky, cohering 1/2 or 2/3 their length, about half as long again as the calyx. Ovary subsessile, glabrous, subtruncate above, with an obliquely inserted filiform style. Fruit unknown.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Foot of Impemba Peak, Shire river, Dr. Kirk!
