Erythrophleum.| XLVI. § CESALPINIEZ (OLIVER). 321 
in length; leaflets of each pinna 6-11, ovate-elliptical lanceolate or 
elliptic-oblong, more or less oblique, obtusely usually shortly acumi- 
nate often submarginate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base, midrib 
and venation rather prominent, glabrous, or midrib pubescent beneath; . 
13-4} in. long; petiolule }-}in. Flowers crowded, } in. long, pubes- 
cent; the petals pilose-tomentose towards the margin. Stigma at first 
subsessile concealed by the long tomentum of the ovary, at length 
borne upon a distinct, nearly glabrous style. Follicular lerditias 24— 
5in. long, 1-1} in. broad, usually 5—8-seeded, apex obtusely rounded 
or broadly apiculate, base at length very oblique, obtuse ; gynophore 
}-1in. long.— Fillza suaveolens, G. et P., Fl. Seneg. 242, t. 55. Ery- 
throphleum ordale, Bolle in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 10. Mavea judicialis, 
Bertol. Plant. Mozamb. 10, t. 3; Zrythrophleum judiciale, Procter in 
Am. Journ. Pharm. 18, 195. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! &c. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 
&c. Brass, Barter! Nun river, Mann! 
Mozamb. Distr. Boror, Zambesia, Dr. Peters. 
The bark is powerfully poisonous, and is administered by native tribes in widely re- 
note regions as an ordeal. 
Dr. Bolle, who had only fruiting specimens to describe, states, ].c., that the legumes 
ire 6 in. long by about 1 in. broad. I have not seen fruits so narrow in proportion to 
heir length from Western Africa, but Mr. Baker, who has compared Dr. Bolle’s plant 
vith Barter’s, has noted them as specifically identical. 
Guillemin and Perrottet, l.c., state that the seeds are invested with pulp. Of this 
but little or no trace remains in the dry fruit. I have not seen specimens of the 
Erythrophleum or Cassa of the Congo referred to by R. Brown in “ Botany of Congo,” 
430. 
SuporDER III. Mimosrex. (By Prof. Oliver.) 
Flowers regular, usually 5-merous (4—6-merous). Sepals usually 
connate in a 5-toothed or -lobed calyx. Petals as many as sepals, free 
or connate, hypogynous or subperigynous, valvate in estivation. Sta- 
mens as many or twice as many as petals or indefinite, free or mon- 
adelphous ; anthers minute, dehiscing longitudinally. Seeds elliptical 
or roundish compressed. ‘Albumen 0 or sparing. Radicle short 
straight.”—Shrubs or trees, rarely herbaceous. Leaves bipinnate. 
Flowers small, sessile or shortly pedicellate, capitate or spicate. 
Of the 28 genera of this Suborder, 17 are represented in Tropical Africa. Not one is 
peculiar to this Flora. 
Tre 1. Parkiese.—Calyzx-teeth imbricate. Stamens 5 or 10; anthers with @ 
deciduous apical gland. 
Stamens 5, staminodia 10-15. Flowers spicate . . . . . - 1. PENTACLETHRA, 
Stamens 10, staminodia 0. Flowers capitate... . . . . 2. Pargua. 
Tre 2. Adenanthereze.— Calyx valvate. Stamens 10 (rarely 5); anthers with 
a@ deciduous apical gland. 
Flowers spicate. Sutures of legume persisting after separation of 
the;i-model ittioles 5. ce Ss es ee eae 
Flowers spicate. Legume 2-valved, flat, coriaceons, continuous . 4, PipTaDENIA. 
Flowers racemose. Legume linear, 2-valved, valves coriaceous, 
entire (turgid over the brightly coloured seeds). . . . . - 5. ADENANTHERA. 
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