294 XLVII. § CHSALPINIEH (OLIVER). | Berlinia. 
2 in. broad, flat, with the ventral suture thickened and laterally ridged; , 
valves rugulose, tawny. Stipes very oblique, thick, 1 in. long.—Adan- 
sonia, Vi. t. 3, fig. 10. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Bassa Cove, Ansell! Camaroons 
river, Mann! Old Calabar, Mann! W. OC. Thomson! Gaboon, Griffon du Bellay. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk! The specimen, however, is mounted 
along with the legume of an Afzelia, so that it is possible there may have been trans- 
position of labels. 
Var. Heudelotiana (Baillon in Adans. vi. 185, t. 3, figs. 8, 9.) Flowers smaller, 
about 14 in. in length. Bracteoles thinner, sericeous throughout internally. Calyx 
nearly glabrous. (Style short, circinate in our specimens.) 
Senegambia, Heudelot! Mr. Barter sent the same variety, but with larger flowers, 
from the Niger Expedition, the name of the locality not clear. If the difference in 
length of the style be constantly associated with the other characters named, M. 
Baillon’s species probably ought to be maintained. 
Vahl, in the “ Skrivter af Naturhistorie Selskabet ” (1802). p. 117, published a genus 
of Leguminose under the name Westia, basing it upon two plants (W. grandiflora and 
W. parviflora) from Upper Guinea. The description being wholly insufficient to 
enable one to identify the genus, I applied to Prof. Lange, of Copenhagen, through 
whose kindness I have been allowed to examine one of Vahl’s species— W. grandiflora 
(Guinea, Jsert coll.) This turns out to be Berlinia acuminata, Sol. As W. parvi- 
flora must be generically distinct, the right course appears to be simply to suppress the 
genus. 
2. B. auriculata, Benth. in Linn. Trans. xxv. 309. A small glabrous 
tree, with terete smooth branches. Leaves 2—3-jugate, leaflets thinly 
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or the lower smaller leaflets ovate-oblong, 
obtusely pointed or rather obtusely broadly and usually obliquely acu- 
minate, rounded at base, glabrous, reticulation subprominent, lower 
3-5 in., upper from 5—9 in. long, 2-3 in. broad; petioles 4 in. more or 
less. Stipules inconspicuous. Flowers in short terminal panicled pu- 
berulous racemes, overtopped by the leaves. Bracts small, very early 
caducous. Pedicels }—} in. long, slender. Involucral bracteoles thinly 
coriaceous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse» puberulous outside, $—} in. 
long. Calyx glabrous, tube slender, } in. long, segments linear, nearly 
equal, ciliolate, 4 in. Posterior petal 14-13 in. long, lamina bilobate, 
1 in. broad, cuneately narrowed into a long winged claw distinctly 
auricled at the base ; lateral and anterior petals shorter than or equalling 
the calyx, more or less dilated and abruptly acuminate. Stamens 10, 
all perfect; filaments filiform elongate, excepting the posterior one 
very shortly and unequally connate at base. Ovary pubescent-tomen- 
tose, shortly stipitate ; style long, filiform; stigma capitellate. Ovules 
about 6. Legume... . 
Upper Guinea. River Camaroons, Mann! : 
Very nearly allied to B. acuminata, var. Heudelotiana, more nearly a than 18 
the latter to the large-flowered form of B. acuminata with silky calyx and thick invo- 
lucral bracteoles. The minor characters, however, noted in the claws, with the smaller 
flowers and relatively longer claw of the posterior petal, distinguish our specimens. 
3. B. bracteosa, Benth. in Linn. Trans. xxv. 309. Tree of 40 tt., 
flowering branches stout, terete, glabrous, excepting the hoary- 
puberulous inflorescence. Leaves 4—3-jugate, 1-14 ft. long; leaflets 
subopposite or a short distance apart, thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate- 
