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MR. L. V. LESTEli^GARLANt) : A REVISIOls^ 



11. B. Lescrauwaetij, Do Wild, in Ann. Mus. Oong. \u 143 (1907). 

 Belgian Congo. Pania-Mutombo, Lescrainvaet 38G ! 



Appaivntly only distinguisliable from H. Zenheri by the longer rnc(Mnes 

 and the shorter petioles. 



S(^ct. 2. Delaria, Bendi. la Gen, Plant, i. 553 (1865). 



Delaria^ Desv, in Ann, ScL Nat, ser. 1, ix, lOG (182(1), 

 Calyx spathneens, in anthcsi lateralitcr fissus, 



A, MiCROHRACTEOLAT^. Bracteoles very sjnall, often minute, reniforni, sub- 

 orbicular or broadly ovate. 



12, B. NITIDA, Lodd Bot. Cab. t. 307 (181D). Spren<r. Sy.<tJv. i)ars 2, 

 175 (1827), Delaria pi/rlfolia, Dosv, Ann. Sci, Kat. ix. lOG (1820) & 

 t 53* Linnpoa, ii. 510 (1827). Bapliia /i(.nHa/o'c3;^?(;/i^ Hooker f. Niger Fl, 321 

 (1811))- CarpoJohia versicolor, G, Don, Gen. Syst. i. 370 (1831). Fodulfjria 

 hrmatod-ylon^ Schuni. t Thonn. PL Guin. 222 (1828). Baplda leptostemma^ 

 Baill. Adans. vi. 211 (18GG). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra L(M)ne ! Gold Coast ! 



Kamerun. Batanga. Bates ! Fernando Po. 



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Fiu'nishes the '^ Carn-^voo(^' or "J?; 



irr-wood'' of coninieree — a red dve. 



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*'As it grows old, red wood is prodnc(Ml inside the heart-wood and sold ns 

 BaiT-wood/^ Native name ^^Irosun.-*^ 



Loddiges's description leaves a good deal to be desired, and the accom- 

 panying plate is unsatisfactory and confused. Both were apparently tak(ui 

 from spt^cimens which had originally been sent by Afzelius from Sierra Leone, 

 and wliicli Loddig(^s liad long had in cultivation. This fact m^y explain the 

 unusual shape of the leavc^s^ which are represiMitiul as long and iiarrovv with 

 long cuspidate points, V(My (liti'erent from the broad hsaves Avith very short 

 points which arc commonly fonntl in the speci(\<^ and which are well portrayed 

 in Dosvaux's clear and good (if rather diagrammatic) plate oi Uelaria pyrlfolla. 

 The leaves in this species are very variable botli in shape and in size, and 

 different as the plati^s are, tlu^n^ can be little doubt tha.t they both represent 

 two different forms of one variable plant, and that a series couKl be arranood 

 to illustrate tlu^ i)assage from om^ to the other. The narrow-leaved form is 

 the less common, but there arc spc^cinjiuis somewhat resembllnii* Loddii>vs's 

 phite in Herb Brit. Mu8. from Sherbro Island^ Sierra Leone {Mn^. C. IL 

 IIunfer32 & 8S)^ and in IL^'b, K<^w, from Angianna in Nigeria {Barter 200). 

 In a specimen from Oban in South Nigeria in Herb. Brit. Mus. (P. A, Talbot 

 17G5) the leaves an^ at least 20 cm. in length. 



13, B. angolensis Wolw. ex Baker in Oliv(M', Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 219 (1871) ; 

 lliern, Cat. Welw, Afr. PL i. 285 (189G). 



Liberia. Banks of a stream, Mt, Barclay. Ii. TL Bantuuj 28 ! A varicdy 

 with longer petioles. 



