FLORA NIGRITIANA. 327 
semipedalis, subteres, glaber; foliola 3-4-juga- brevissime 
petiolulata, pleraque opposita v. subalterna, oblonga, acumi- 
nata, basi angustiora at obtusa, sepius ineequilatera et sub- 
faleata 4-7 poll. longa, circa 2 poll. lata, coriacea, nitidula, 
glabra, subtus retieulato-venosa. Racemi terminales, nunc 
6-8-pollicares subsimplices nunc a basi ramosi et breviores, 
corymbum foliis breviorem formantes, pube brevissima canes- 
centes. Bractee brevissime, orbiculate, ante anthesin caducze. 
Pedicelli fere pollicares, rigiduli. Bracteole pollicem exce- 
dentes, ante anthesin clausx, alabastrum simulantes oblique 
clavatum obtusum basi longe attenuatum, per anthesin aperte, 
obovato-spathulatz, obtusissim:e, crassz, intus extusque pube- 
scentes. Flores albi, usque ad anthesin intra bracteolas om- 
nino reconditi. Calycis tubus semipollicaris, glaber; laciniæ 
paullo breviores, oblongz, obtuse, fere glabre, petaloidex. 
Petalum summum 2-2}-pollicare, extus pilosum, basi in un- 
guem longum canaliculatum et subulatum angustatum, lamina 
late orbiculata, profunde bifida, margine crispula ; lateralia 
et inferiora inter se conformia, lineari-lanceolata, calycem 
squantia. Stamina basi pilosula, summum a ceteris dis- 
cretum ; filamenta apice attenuata; antherw ovato-oblonge, 
versatiles. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, villosum. 
Ansell's specimen has larger leaves and flowers, and a longer 
simple raceme than Heudelot's, where the raceme is branched 
and forms a panicle, and possibly the two may belong to distinct 
species, although in every other respect they appear identical. 
The fruit is unknown, and therefore its exact relation to the 
two preceding African genera, Afzelia and Anthonota, to the 
Asiatic Intsia Amboinensis, (Outea bijuga, Wall.?), and to the 
American Eperua, Parivoa and Outea, cannot at present be 
determined, although there is no one of these genera to which it 
could be united more than to the other. The distinctions drawn 
from the flower between the three African genera may thus be 
shortly stated : 
Afzelia. Flores jam ante anthesin e bracteolis exserti. Calycis 
segmenta 4. Petala 1-5. Stamina fertilia 6-10. 
