250 XLVI1. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). | Baphia. 
glabrous ovate acute reaching 2-3in. long. Flowers usually solitary, 
very rarely geminate, from the old branches, on very slender erecto- 
patent glabrous pedicels 912 lines long. Calyx 6—7 lines, membranous, 
glabrous, with a pair of minute round adpressed blunt bracteoles at the 
base, splitting down to the base when the corolla expands. Corolla 
6-7 lines, white; orbicular standard 3 in. broad. Ovary linear, gla- 
brous. Pod unknown. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
7. B. Kirkii, Baker. An erect shrub, the main branches terete, 
the young ones densely clothed with yellowish-brown tomentum. 
Petioles lin. long, slightly tomentose; leaves ovate, 2-3in. long, 
acute, the base subcuneate, thin, subcoriaceous, upper surface quite 
glabrous when mature, lower a little tomentose. Flowers 6—9 in lax 
long-stalked axillary racemes. Bracts linear-oblong, 5-8 lines long, 
scarious, striated, deciduous. Lower pedicels ascending 4—6 lines long, 
the upper ones much shorter. Calyx 3—4 lines deep, membranous, gla- 
brous, with a pair of small deciduous membranous tomentose bracteoles 
at the base. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard sub- 
orbicular, $—2 in. broad, equalling the wings and keel. Ovary sessile, 
linear, slightly silky, 4-ovulate. Pod not seen. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk. 
8. B. maxima, Baker. An erect shrub 10 or 12 ft. high with thick 
woody branches which are finely grey-downy when young. Petioles 
2-4in. long, glabrous; leaves oblong, 6—7 in. long, 4—5 in. broad, 
blunt or acute, the base broadly rounded, subcoriaceous, glabrous. 
Flowers in a close slightly compound panicle amongst the leaves; 
pedicels downy, 3-4 lines long; bracteoles 2 lines deep, sometimes 
reflexed ; calyx coriaceous, }—8 in. deep, densely grey-downy. Corolla 
lin. deep, standard roundish, 3in. broad. Pod subligneous, 4-5 in. 
long, ?—§in. broad, narrowed to both ends, glabrous, the upper suture 
flattened, and with a slightly raised line on both sides. 
Upper Guinea. Banks of the Cameroon river, Mann! 
9. B. spathacea, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 320. A tree 20-25 ft. high, 
the branches moderately stout, terete, slightly adpressed-brown-silky. 
Petioles firm, glabrous, }—1 in. long ; leaves 4—6 in. long, oblong, acu- 
minate, the base rounded, coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in a slightly 
compound panicle which is either lax or moderately close, amongst OT 
above the leaves. Pedicels erecto-patent, densely ferruginous, 4-f in. 
long. Calyx $in. deep, coriaceous, densely ferruginous-silky. Brac- 
teoles ovate, 1}—2 lines deep, reflexed. Corolla yellow, about equalling 
the calyx. Pod 1-1}in. long, din. broad, subfalcate, the valves rigid, 
coriaceous, grey-silky. Seeds 2-3. 
Upper Guinea. Niger country, Ansell! Barter! Mann! Fernando Po, Barter! 
10, B. pubescens, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 320. A tree about 20 ft. high, 
the ultimate branches slender, terete, densely brown-silky. Petioles 
