300 XLVII. § CHSALPINIEE (OLIVER). [ Daniellia. 
flowering, oblong, entire, sessile, shorter than the calyx. Stamens 10, 
free, all perfect, filaments elongate, glabrous, anthers versatile, oblong, 
dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary raised upon a gynophore of its own 
length, glabrous, narrowed above into the slender elongate style; 
stigma terminal. Ovules 12-16, biseriate, inserted at and above the 
middle of the cavity. Legume stipitate, flat, coriaceous, smooth, gla- 
brous, 2-valved, the endocarp rolling up when mature; usually 
l-seeded. Seed suspended by a funicle dilated at the hilum; “ex- 
albuminous. Cotyledons flat; radicle short, straight.”—A large resin- 
affording unarmed glabrous tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Stipules 
. . . . Flowers in terminal panicled racemes. Bracts and bracteoles 
caducous. 
Based upon the following species, which are confined to Western Africa. 
Leaflets usually ovate-elliptical or lanceolate. Calyx-tube narrowly ‘ 
funnel-shaped. Filaments glabrous. DA oa : 1. D. thurifera. 
Leaflets oblong. Calyx-tube pyriform. Filaments tomentose . . 2. D. oblonga. 
1. D. thurifera, Bennett in Pharm. Journ. xiv. (1855) 252. A large 
tree from 50-150 ft. in height, wholly glabrous; the extremities marked 
with annular scars, apparently of broad-based caducous stipules. Leaves 
abruptly pinnate, varying from 4 or 6 in. to 1} ft.; leaflets in 5—8 pairs, 
coriaceous and shining above, ovate-elliptical to ovate-lanceolate or 
oblong obtusely apiculate or shortly acuminate, base usually broadly and 
very obliquely rounded, reticulation rather prominent, more or less dis- 
tinctly translucent-punctate ; 2—7 in. long ;_petiolule 2—5 lines. Flowers 
white or tinged with violet, in terminal many-flowered glabrous often 
glaucous panicles consisting of numerous alternate racemes successively 
spreading or decurved from a common axis. Bracts very early ca- 
ducous, obovate or oblong, 1—} in. long; bracteoles geminate, elliptical 
or obovate, thinly coriaceous, 4 in. long, falling long before expansion. 
Calyx-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, narrowed into the pedicel of }—4 
in., segments obovate- or oval-oblong 4 in. long. Posterior petal only 
usually noticeable at flowering, oblong, entire, dotted with immersed 
glands, shorter than the calyx-lobes. Filaments filiform, glabrous, 
exserted. Ovary glabrous on a gynophore of about its own length, 
narrowed above into the style. Legume usually 1-seeded, obliquely 
obovate, the ventral suture much rounded, dorsal nearly straight, 
2-23 in. long, 1-14 in. broad. Seed compressed, dark-coloured, { in. 
long, 3-3 in. broad; funiculus }-4 in. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Dr. Daniell, M. L. Mel- 
ville! Niger Expedition, Barter! Fernando Po, Mann! 
The Frankincense Tree of Sierra Leone, called Bumbo, Bungbo, or Bungo by the 
natives, or Thiévi in Senegambia; or, according to Mr. Bennett, |.c., the above names 
of the Leonese are applied to the fragrant resin exuded by the tree. 
2. D. oblonga, Oliv. Of this species we have not material for a 
complete description, but our fragmentary specimen from Barter suthces 
to establish specific distinction. Leaflets narrower than in D. thurifera, 
oblong, shortly acuminate, base very oblique, glabrous, shining and 
