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6. Cassia mimosoides, Linn.—Vog. Syn. p. 68.—Cape Coast, 
and Accra, Vogel; Cape Palmas, Ansell. Common along 
the west coast of Africa, as well as in East India. Besides 
the C. microphylla, Willd., and the other synonyms adduced 
by Vogel, this species includes also the C. geminata, Vahl, 
described by Schumacher and Thonning. 
The other W. African Cassie, are: C. Afzeliana, Vog. from 
Sierra Leone, C. podocarpa, Guill. et Perr. from Senegambia, 
and C. obovata, Linn., and C. micrantha, Guill. et Perr., both 
of which extend from Senegambia to Egypt and Arabia. 
` The Cordyla calycandra from Senegambia, and the Swartzia 
marginata, Benth., from Angola, are the only known West 
African species of the sub-tribe Swartziee. The authors of 
the Flora Senegambize had already recognized, in their addenda 
to the first volume, that their Calycandra was congener with 
Loureiro's Cordyla, but it does not appear that Walpers was 
justified in identifying the Senegambian plant with Loureiro's 
East African species. 
The Tamarind (Tamarindus Indicus, Linn.) is not uncom- 
mon on the W. African coast, but most probably in cultivation 
only. 
l. Afzelia bracteata, Vog. MS. (PLATE XXXIV. XXXV.) ramis 
folisque glabris, foliolis. 4-5-jugis oblongo-ellipticis obova- 
tisve obtusis supra nitidis subtus subglaucis, paniculis termi- 
nalibus subsimplicibus cano-pubescentibus, bracteis ovatis 
reflexis, petali summi ungue lobis calycinis triplo longiore.— 
Sierra Leone, Vogel ; Senegambia, Heudelot. 
Arbor mediocris, ramis teretibus, ramulis pendulis striatis 
verruculatis. Petiolus communis 3-4-pollicaris, supra obscure 
sulcatus. Foliola opposita, brevissime petiolulata, 2-3 poll. 
longa, 1-1} poll. lata, coriacea. Panicula erecta, folio xu inde 
longa, basi tantum divisa in racemos dense floridos, rhachide 
bracteis calycibusque ut in A. Africana, pube brevi canescen- 
tibus. Bractee 3-4 lin. longe, ovate, obtuse, diu persis- 
tentes et per anthesin reflexw. Flores (teste Heudelot) pul- 
chre coccinei et odorati, pedicellis suberectis quam bractea 
subtendens paullo longioribus. Bracteole ad apicem pedi- 
