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Seeds generally two. Bracteolaria racemosa, Walp. Rep. v. 565. Harv. 
Thes. t. 20; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 268. 
South Central. Highlands of the Batoka country, Dr. Kirk! 
Also a plant of Natal. 
3. B. Heudelotiana, Baillon in Adans. vi. 216 (adnot.). An erect 
shrub 12-20 ft. high, the branches densely clothed with pale ferrugi- 
nous tomentum. Petioles 4in. long, tomentose ; leaves oblong, 4 in. 
long by half as broad, acute, the base rounded, subcoriaceous, gla- 
brescent, midrib on both sides ferruginous-silky. Flowers (in our 
single specimen) down amongst the leaves in erecto-patent racemes 
3-4 in. long, the rachis tomentose ; pedicels erecto-patent, 4-4 in. 
long ; bracteoles round, under a line deep. Calyx 4in. deep, fer- 
Tuginous-silky, with rather narrower divisions than in the last, the 
corolla nearly twice as long; standard }in. broad. Ovary linear, 
sessile, densely silky, with four ovules. Pod not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 
4. B. pilosa, Baillon in Adans. vi. 216 (adnot.). Branches terete, 
clothed when young with long soft yellowish hairs. Petioles 1 in. 
long, clothed ‘like the branches; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 5-6 in. 
long by about half as broad, acute, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, 
under surface at first villous on the veins, finally glabrous. Racemes 
axillary, usually a little longer than the petioles, few-flowered. Brac- 
teoles oblong, with scattered subrigid hairs, equalling or slightly 
shorter than the membranous calyx. Standard slightly longer than 
the other petals. Ovary densely silky, the hairs strong and spreading. 
Ovules six. Mature pod not known. 
Upper Guinea. Banks of the Gaboon, Duparquet, (fide Baillon, l.c.), 
5. B. nitida, Afzel. ; DC. Prod. ii. 424. An erect shrub 8 or 10 ft. 
high with slender terete glabrous branches. Petioles $1 in. long on 
the flowering branches ; leaves ovate or oblong, 4—6 in. long by about 
half as broad, acute, base rounded, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers 
1_4 together on the main branches, on slender erecto-patent glabrous 
pedicels } in. long. Bracteoles small, round, spreading, united at the base. 
Calyx membranous, glabrous, }in. deep. Corolla white, } in. deep ; 
the standard round, }in. broad. Pod linear, straight, 4 in. long, $-3 
in. broad, the valves rigid, coriaceous, glabrous. Seeds 2-4.— Podalyria 
hematoxylon, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 202. Baphia hematoxylon, 
Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 321. Carpolobia versicolor, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1. 
370. B. leptostemma, Baillon in Adans. vi. 214 (adnot.). 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Don, Kirk. Fernando Po, Barter! 
Mann ! Guinea proper, Thonning, Brass! Don! and others. : ; 
This is the Camwood of Sierra Leone and the plant of the Afzelian herbarium ; but 
Afzelius has mistaken a branch with several simple leaves for a pinnate leaf. 
6. B. angolensis, Weim. mss. A tree, 15-20 ft. high with slender 
terete glabrous branches. Petioles 2-8 lines; leaves subcoriaceous 
