462 



xxvi. connarace^e (baker). [Cnesiis. 



branches terete, the young ones densely grey- or ferruginous-velvety. Fully 

 developed leaves 1 ft. long, the petioles 2 in. ; leaflets in 8-10 pairs and a 

 terminal one, the upper ones oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-2£ in. long by half 

 as broad, bluntish, the base cordate, the lateral ones not quite opposite ; tex- 

 ture subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower coated all over with grey-fer- 

 ruginous tomentum. Flowers in terminal panicles with long, narrow, racemose, 

 erecto-patent branches ; pedicels about equalling the calyx, which is cam- 

 panulate, under \ in. deep, the divisions lanceolate, densely brown-velvety 

 on the back. Petals whitish, rotundate-cuneate, considerably shorter than 

 the calyx. Carpels 1-5, 1-1£ in. long, \ in. thick below, considerably 

 curved and narrowed upwards, deeply wrinkled with longitudinal grooves, 

 clothed with bright red velvety tomentum.— Planch, in LiniiEea, xxiii. 440. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Jfzelius! 

 J)on,Morson! Guinea proper, Barter ! Burton ! Chiffon du Bellay ! 



Var. 0. (C. fraterna, Planch. Walp. Ann. ii. 306). Leaves hardly at all pubescent be- 

 neath. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



4. C. macrantha, Baillon in Adam. vii. 242. A shrub 8 or 10 ft. 

 high, with strong terete branches, densely clothed with grey or slightly fer- 

 ruginous, spreading pubescence. Fully developed leaves 6-8 in. long, the 

 petiole very short; leaflets in 12-15 pairs and a terminal one, oblong with 

 the 2 sides subparallel, \\-\\ in. long, \-% in. broad, the point and base 

 both, bluntly rounded, the latter slightly oblique, the lateral ones close, quite 

 sessile ; texture membranous, both sides with thin grey pubescence, that of 

 the upper surface shining. Flowers in ample panicles with elongated, erecto- 

 patent racemose, densely hairy branches ; pedicels equalling the calyx, which 

 is 2 j-3 lines deep, the divisions ligulate, densely grey or pale brown-velvety 

 on the outside. Petals not more than a third as long as the sepals, rotun- 

 uate-cuneate, the apex emarginate. Flowers polvgamous. Filaments 

 slightly connate at the base. Carpels 5, densely grey-pubescent, the styles 

 nearly as long as the petals. Pod not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann ! Duparquet, fide Baillon. 



tprp;p^-° 1 bl ? nSi ^ 0lia » Baker - A wood y Prober 30 ft. long, the branches 



n U <Z ferr "S| nous -^ety when young. Fully developed leaves 6-8 



miuTL fi P etlole * under 1 ^. long; leaflets in 12.15 pairs and a ter- 



Zowed '^ rii W i th thC 2 Sides su Vrallel, lf-2 in. long, W in. broad, 



ne rivslfi f y t0 a P ° int ' the base subcortfcte, the lateral ones close, 



owerth?nTv e Ti°5 POSlt . e; teXture ^bcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, 



erminalnlvi ^ T* ^- fe ™ginous pubescence. Flowers in ample 



thec^v/w^-^ l0Wer , branches lightly compound; pedicels equalling 



brow^e^ dee P> the divisions lanceolate, densely 



oblon; 1 Ii ! I \ baCk - ^ etals 8horter th ™ the calyx. Pod obliquely 



tcTenW * tran8VereeI y ™g™> densely clothed with scarlet velvety 



Upper Guinea. Prince's Island and Camaroons country, Mann f 



Km^Tvit/ZTf"" I"* VeStitUre '- fl0Wers ' and fruit > but different in the leaves and 

 sometimes with, short fascicled racemes in thaw axils. 



