Byrsocarpus.'] xlvi. connarace^: (baker). 453 



leaflets 7-9, ovate, f— \ in. long, more than half as broad, acute, the base 

 slightly rounded, the lateral ones suboppcsite, on petiolules 1 line long ; tex- 

 ture subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous ; veins beneath not raised. Flowers 

 in lax cymes. Corolla not seen. Fruit-calyx 2 lines deep, the lobes bluntly 

 rounded, scarcely fully patent when mature. Pod sessile, oblong-cyliudrical, 

 }in. long, \ in. thick, glabrous, slightly curved. 



Mozamb. Distr. Bauks of the Rovurna river, thirty miles from the coast, Dr. 



Heller ! 



4. B. maximus, Baker. A small tree, with glabrous, rugose, mottled 

 branches. Petioles 1-1 J in. long, slender, glabrous, the rachis 2-3 in. long; 

 leaflets 7-9, obovate or broad ovate, 1$-1£ in. long, |— 1 in. broad, subacute, 

 the hase rounded ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous, the veins 

 beneath not raised. Flowers in lax cymes. Petals not seen. Fruit-calyx 2 

 lines deep, the lobes subdeltoid, scarcely Spreading fully when mature. Pod 

 sessile, oblong-cylindrical, -§- in. long, i in. thick, glabrous, considerably 

 curved. 



Mozamb. Distr. Banks of the Rovuma, Dr. Kirk I 



2. AG-EL.EJA, Soland. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 432. 



Calyx quinquepartite, persistent, the divisions ligulate or narrow-ovate, at 

 first slightly imbricate, afterwards spreading or reflexed. Petals 5, lanceolate 

 °r Kgulate, free or slightly cohering in the lower half. Stamens 5, free, or 

 10, united or free at the base, the filaments filiform. Carpels 3-5, very hairy, 

 "allowed into the subulate styles ; stigmas simple or 2-lobed. Capsules 

 1~2, velvety, sessile or short-stalked, coriaceous, rugose or lamellate. Seed 

 Set, the testa coriaceous or crustaceous, fleshy and arilliform from the base 

 al >ove the middle; albumen 0.— Tiees or erect or climbing shrubs, with 3- 

 foliolate leaves. 



A small genus, common to Africa and the Malay Archipelago. 



Semens 5, included L J - Lamarckii. 



Stamens 10, exserted. 



Petals free to the base. Leaves glabrous beneath 2. J. obhqua. 



Petals cohering below. Leaflets villose beneath 3. J. villosa. 



1- A. Lamarckii, Planch, in Lin»a>a, xxiii. 438. A wide-climbing 

 *rub, with woody glabrous or slightly downy branchlets. Petiole 2-3 in. 

 Pfc firm, usually glabrous. Leaflets 3, the terminal one on a petiole 1 in. 

 ^% obovate or "rounded, cuspidate, 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, the base 

 m "-uded, the lateral ones nearlv sessile, unequal-sided; texture coriaceous; 

 "Pper surface glabrous, lower glabrous or slightly downy, only the principal 

 Te >ns prominent. Flowers in copious thyreoid panicles, sometimes 1 ft. long, 

 m lower branches erecto-patent, copiously compound. Pedicels very short, 

 th e flower scarcely more than i in. long, the petals free, equalling the sepals, 

 pefa are firm in* texture and velvety on the back, the expanded flower star- 

 \k 2 lines broad. Stamens 5, free to the base, included. Pod obliquely 

 °blong-turbinate, as in the other species and similar in size, finely velvety. 

 Dillon in Adans. vii. 238. Connarus pinnatus, Lam. Diet. n. 95 ; Lav. 

 P*. vii. 376. t. 223. Omphalobium pentagynum, DC. Prod. n. 86. 



