' Baphia. | XLVIT. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 251 
s—2 in. long, slender, ferruginous; leaves oblong or narrow-obovate, 
3—4 in. long, acuminate, the base cuneate or slightly rounded, sub- 
coriaceous, under surface ferruginous on the veins when young. Pedi- 
cels 1-4 together from the main branches, jin. long, erecto-patent, 
ferruginous-downy. Bracteoles minute, rounded. Calyx 4in. deep, 
finely ferruginous-downy. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, white ; 
standard roundish, }in. broad. Pod straight, 3in. long, #in. broad, 
membranous, rigid, glabrous, brown, polished, narrowed to both ends.— 
B. laurjfolia, Baillon in Adans. vi. 213. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Vogel! Barter! Griffon du Bellay (fide Baillon). 
83. LEUCOMPHALUS, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 553. 
Calyx ovoid, shortly toothed, membranous, slitting as the flower 
expands down to the base along a single line. Petals subsessile ; stan- 
dard broad-obovate ; wings linear-oblong ; petals of the keel broader 
than the wings, not at all connate. Stamens free; anthers linear, 
longer than their filaments. Ovary long-stalked, pauciovulate ; style 
incurved, subulate ; stigma small, terminal. Pod long-stalked, falcate- 
ovate, turgid, coriaceous, two-valved, glabrous within. Seeds 1 or 2. 
A single species, restricted to West Tropical Africa. , 
1. L. capparideus, Benth. Fl. Nigr. 322, t. 31. A small tree 15 ft. 
high with slender terete glabrous branches. Petioles 3-1 in. long, 
Slender, glabrous; leaves simple oblong, 3—4 in. long, cuspidate, the 
base rounded, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in a slightly compound 
terminal panicle. Pedicels }—}in. long, glabrous. Bracteoles small, 
rounded. Calyx 3—4 lines deep, green, membranous, glabrous. Corolla 
white, equalling the calyx. Anthers linear, 2} lines long, the fila- 
ments very short. Pod 3 in. long by nearly as broad, the valves coria- 
ceous, rigid, glabrous, the small point decurved, the pedicel half as 
long as the body of the pod. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel! Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 
84. CAMOENSIA, Welw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 557. 
Calyx turbinate, with imbricated lobes. Petals papilionaceous with 
long claws, the standard orbicular, the others narrower, all free. 
Stamens free; anthers uniform, linear, versatile. Ovary stipitate, 
multiovulate ; style filiform, involute in the unexpanded flower ; stigma 
terminal, small, capitate. Pod broad-linear, flattened, coriaceous, two- 
valved.— Wide-climbing shrubs with digitately trifoliolate leaves. 
Two species, both confined to West Tropical Africa. 
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Velyx an inch long... ieee 
Calyx 6-7 in. long . 
1. C. brevicalyx, Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxv. 302. A woody 
climber 30 ft. long with firm terete glabrous branches. Petioles 3-4 
