CoH>iari<s.~] xlvi. connarace-E (baker). 457 



Leaflets 5-7. Leaves glabrous. 



Carpels solitary. Pod not at all compressed, oblong . . . 2. C. Duparquetianut. 



Carpels 5. Pod obliquely obovate, much compressed . . 3. C. Jtonbundas. 



Leaves ferruginous beneath. n 



Pedicels slender, glabrous, exceeding the calyx 4. C. Thomfom. 



Pedicels stout, densely ferruginous, shorter than the calyx . 5. C. Smeathmanni. 



Petals equalling the calvx 6 - a P^eieent. 



Petals one-thud as long as the calyx 7. C. Manmi. 



1. C. africanus, Lam. Diet. ii. 95. A shrub of 15-20 ft., with woody, 

 terete, glabrous branches. Petiole 2-3 in. long, the upper leaves simple, the 

 lower 3-foliolate ; leaflets elliptical or obovate, 4-6 in. long by about halt as 

 broad, acuminate, the base rounded, the terminal one on a petiolule about 1 in. 

 long, the lateral ones opposite, short-stalked ; texture coriaceous, both sides 

 glabrous, onlv the main veins raised beneath. Flowers in ample, terminal, 

 thyreoid panicles, leafy in the lower part. Pedicels ferruginous, 1 line or 

 less loner. Calyx i in. deep, the teeth oblong, obtuse, rather unequal, at 

 first imbricated.' Petals oblong, three times as long as the calyx, close and 

 nearly 1 line broad. Longer stamens equalling the corolla. Legume bud- 

 compressed, distinctly stalked, rigid, coriaceous, glabrous, l T -2 in. Jong, 2 -* 

 in. broad, the upper edge curved, the lower nearly straight.— Cav. Uiss. vn. 

 375. t. 221. Planch, in Linnasa, xxiii. 426. Omphalobwm africanum, IX,. 

 Prod. ii. 85 ; Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 156. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrotlet I Bidjem ! Eeudelot ! Sierra Leone, Afzeliu* ! 

 bneathmann ! Don ! Guiuea, Barter! Mann! 



2 C ? Duparquetianus, Baillon in Adam. vii. 236. A shrub, 12 - 

 15 ft high, with firm, terete, glabrous branches. Petiole 6-8 in. long, g a- 

 brous woody, much thickened at the base. Leaflets 5-7, oblong or obovate- 

 oblong the 'terminal one in one of our specimens 1 ft. long by 6 in. broad, 

 cuspidate, the base subcuneate, the lateral ones not opposite, on dilated indu- 

 lged stalks A- A in long; texture coriaceous ; upper surface rather glossy, 

 the lower with the veins and veinlets prominently raised, both quite glabrous. 

 Flowers in dense, fascicled, 4-6-flowered racemes under 1 in. long, from he 

 main branches; the peduncles and short pedicels .densely ferruginous. Calyx 

 tin. deep, ferruginous-velvety, the divisions oblong. Petals two to thiee 

 times as long as the calyx, the longer stamens equalling them. Style 0. 

 Pod like a small acorn, not compressed, oblong, very slightly oblique, f in. 

 long, glabrous, with a short distinct stalk. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann I Duparquet. 



This will doubtless have to form a new genus, but as we ^r*""?;^ 

 We it here for the present. It has no style and only a s.ngle fXl\JmJ^L^tl\y 

 •II compressed, and very slightly oblique, and, so far as we can judge from .our JP^ 1 / 

 matured specimen, may not unlikely be indehiscent. M. Ba.llon ass.gns to it two ovules, 

 hut we have only been able to see one. 



3. C. floribundus, Schum. et Thonn. PI Gum 299. A woody dimber 

 10-15 ft. high, the branches terete, ferruginous when yo mig . "«"•*£ 

 in. long, firm, glabrous, incrassated at the base. Leaflets &-7, ^^ 

 Ion- t-5 in lono- li-2 in. broad, cuspidate, the base slightly rounded 

 or Subcuneate, tlate'ral ones opposite or alternate on short petiolules ; 



