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semi-orbiculatum, subfaleatum, valvulis coriaceis convexis, 
marginibus vix incrassatis. Semina pauca vel solitaria, 
funiculo in carunculum incrassato.— Frutex Africe tropice, 
Baphie et Bracteolarie habitu similis. 
Leucomphalus capparideus, Benth. — Planch. in Hook. 
le. 1.784. (Tas. XXXI.) Fernando Po, in woods, Vogel. 
Frutex e basi plerumque ramosus, ramulis gracilibus glabris 
levibus. Folia glabra, unifoliolata. ^ Pefiolus 4-1-pollica- 
ris. Foliolum ovatum v. ovato-oblongum, acuminatum, basi 
acutum v. rotundatum, 3-5 poll. longum, 14-2 poll. latum, 
rigide chartaceum, nitidulum, reticulatum. Racemi v. pani- 
cule axillares et terminales, ramis brevibus. Pedicelli breves, 
secus ramos solitarii, sparsi. Bracteole sub calyce parve 
orbiculate. Flores magnitudine Bracteolarie polygalacee et 
us subsimiles. Legumen $ poll. longum, 6 lin. latum, stipite 
pollicari fultum, valvulis glabris flavo-rufescentibus crassius- 
culis. Semen sepius solitarium, transverse oblongum, funiculo 
brevi crasso fungoso. i : 
This again is very near to the two preceding genera, and 
especially to Bracteolaria, of which it has the calyx and inflores- 
cence, but the pod is very remarkable, nearer to that of 
Swartzia than of any other leguminous genus. The zstivation 
ofthe corolla, however, leaves no doubt as to its place among 
Sophoree, near Baphia and the allied genera. 
PrarE XXXI. Fig. 1. calyx unopened; f. 2. flower (an inac- 
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jæi 
curate representation) ; f. 3. anther ; f. 4. ovary. 
- Sophora tomentosa, Linn. DC. Prod. 2. p. 95.—S. erassifo- 
lia, Duham., et S. littoralis, Schrad. DC. 1. c.—S. nitens, 
Schum. et Thonn. Beskr: p. 201.—Cape Palmas, Vogel.—A 
common sea-coast plant, both in the New and the Old 
World. 
- Parkinsonia aculeata, Linn.—Frequent along the west coast 
of Africa, as well as in East India, and in Tropical America, 
from whence it is usually said to have been introduced to the 
Old World. The occurrence, however, of a second species 
amongst Zeyher’s South African plants, i rather tend to 
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