248 XLVI, § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). | Baphia. 
2-6-ovulate ; style incurved, shortly subulate ; stigma small, terminal. 
Pod linear-lanceolate, straight or faleate, acuminate, flattened, coria- 
ceous or submembranous, continuous and slightly filled up within. 
—Trees or shrubs, with simple leaves, sometimes climbing. 
All the species Tropical African, one extending to Natal. 
* Bracteolaria (Hochst.). Calyx bilabiate. 
Twigs and calyx thinly grey-silky. 
oa strmpht, $4 in. lone: 6 i ks a. LB polppatace: 
Rod recukved; 2 nw longa. ses : 2 B. racemosa. 
Twigs and calyx densely brown-velvety . . B. Heudelotiana. 
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** Delaria (Desv.). Calyx spathaceous. 
Bracteoles as long as the calyx. . . . 4. B. pilosa. 
Bracteoles much shorter than the calyx. 
Calyx membranous-glabrous. 
Branches glabrous. 
Calyx half as Jong as corolla . 5. B. nitida. 
Calyx as long as corolla . 6. B. angolensis. 
Branches densely tomentose j 7. B. Kirku. 
Calyx coriaceous, more or less silky. 
Calyxacrey-downy.) 8. 6 2. 5, = 8. B. maxima. 
Calyx clothed with ferruginous silky hairs. 
Pod recurved grey-silky . lig @ 6 a oe oe 
Pa Sem plas 2 a Oo CE ee 
1. B. polygalacea, Baker. An erect shrub 8-10 ft. high with slen- 
der terete glabrous or slightly downy branches. Petioles slender, 1-14 
in. lone; leaves ovate or oblong, cuspidate or acuminate, 3-5 in. long 
by 2-22 in. broad, the base rounded, sometimes cordate, subcoriaceous, 
both sides glabrous, the main veins prominent beneath. Flowers in 
an ample panicle either mixed with or separate from the leaves; 
branches firm, erecto-patent; pedicels 2-24 lines long, spreading at a 
right angle. Calyx with two minute rounded bracteoles at the base, 
membranous, slightly adpressed-silky, 24 lines deep, the divisions ob- 
long, ultimately ay Be . Corolla ‘white, half as long again as the 
calyx. Pod linear, nearly straight, 3—4 in. long, $—3 in. broad, narrowed 
gradually to both ends, glabrous, rigid, subcoriaceous, seeds 2-3.— 
Bracteolaria polygalacea, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr.322. Delaria pyrifolia, Desv- 
Linnea, ii. 510. Cuarpolobia dubia, G. Don, Gard. Dict. i. 370. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! G. Don! Barter! Dr. Kirk! Fer- 
nando Po, Barter! Mann! Niger land, Vogel! Barter! and others. 
2. B. racemosa, Hochst. in Flora 1841, part 2, 638. An erect shrub 
6 or 8 ft. high with glabrous branches. Petioles slender, }—3 in. long; 
leaves oblanceolate or narrowly oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 24-8 in. 
long, the base cuneate or slightly rounded, subcoriaceous, under sur- 
face a little silky when young. Flowers in an irregular ample leaty 
panicle ; pedicels thinly silky, 2 lines long, spreading at a right angle, 
or sometimes cernuous. Bracteoles minute, ovate. Calyx membranous, 
slightly grey-silky, 24 lines deep. Corolla white, half as long again as 
the on the standard 3 in. broad, marked with purple veins. Po 
2in. long, 3-3 in. broad, the point recurved, firm, glabrous, coriaceous. 
