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falcato-oblongis, oblique apiculatis ciliatis, costa margini superiori arete approximata v. in foliolis infimis 
subcentrali, venulis paucis lateralibus oblique adscendentibus prominentibus ; inferioribus 4 poll. longis ; 
petiolo communi hirto basin versus glandulis obscuris sessilibus ut videtur notato. Stipule erectæ, 
ovato-lanceolatæ, faleatz, acuminate, longitudinaliter nervis validis percursæ, basi valde obliquæ sub- 
cordatæ, + poll. longæ. Pedicelli axillares, solitarii v. gemini, pilosi, 4-4 poll. longi, apicem versus brac- 
teolis 2 subulatis instructi. Sepala subæqualia lanceolata, acutissima, dorso pilosula, + poll. longa. Petala 
calycem superantia v. equantia. Stamina 10 inæqualia, omnia antherifera ; antheræ lineares арісе de- 
hiscentes, subsessiles. Ovarium dense pilosum, 10-15-ovulatum. Legumen lineare, compressum, cur- 
vulum, valvis pilosulis, 1-14 poll. longum, poll. latum. : 
Hab. Karagué, 1862, Col. Grant ! ` Entered with С. mimosoides, L. (no. 445), in App. 
Speke's Journ. 632. 
(А foot high. Stem round, black-spotted and slightly haired. The stipules remain withered upon the 
stem when the leaves have fallen off. Calyx yellowish, downed, and brown at its tip; corolla yellow. 
Pod flat, hairy all over, and 1 to 2 inches long.—J. А. G.] 
Plate XXXVI. fig. 1. Leaflet; fig. 2. Flower, front view: fig. 3. The same, from the 
back; fig. 4. Stamen; fig. 5. Pistil. 
78. CASSIA MIMOSOIDES, Linn.; Oliver, in FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 280. 
Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862, Col. Grant! Very common in the Old-World tropics. - 
79. BAUHINIA RETICULATA, DC. Prod. ii. 515; Oliver, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 290, where 
I give fuller synonymy.—B. Thonmingii, Schum. & Thonn. Pl. Guin. 203. Figured in 
Guill. et Per. Fl. Seneg. t. 60. 
Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862 (a single leaf only), Col. Grant ! Widely spread in Tropical 
Africa. 
[Native names “m’keendambogo” and “keeteembee.” Common brushwood of the forest. Leaf. 
surface shining green, underneath dull. Flowers scarlet. The pod has a rough exterior, is of a deep brown 
colour, and j inch thick; the seeds, when ripe, shake within this hard substance. Тһе bark affords 
short ropes; and the leaves are used for coyering sores.—J. А. G.J 
80. AFZELIA CUANZENSIS, Welwitsch, Apont. Phyto-geogr. No. 35; Oliver, in FI. 
Trop. Afr. п. 302.— 4. Petersiana, Klotzsch, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 19. 
Hab. Usekhe, alt. 3700 ft., 6-72 S. lat., Col. Grant! Occurs westward to Angola. 
[Native name at 5? S. lat. * meekola ; > at Madi, 31 N. lat., where it is abundant on the rocky ground, 
it is called “melee.” Тһе outer bark is light-coloured and scales off; a brown gum exudes from 
wounds; this, when soft, is tasteless, and easily dissolves in the mouth. Тһе trunk measures 9 to 14 
feet at its greatest circumference, branches at 11 to 25 feet from the ground; and the boughs are thick 
and tortuous. Its general appearance is that of a fine umbrageous tree, with round outline, and 50 feet 
\ high. The upper surface of the leaves shines, and is of a dark green colour; the under surface is pale 
and dull. The flowers have а rich perfume, somewhat like jasmine. Calyx pale green; corolla pink- 
green, and streaked with blood-red inside. Тһе pod is flat, like а cigar-case, 6 by 2 or 7 by 3 inches, 
and deep brown outside. The six to twelve round long seeds, generally worm-eaten, are imbedded in a 
substance like white satin; they are black, shining, and the inner third of their length is covered with 
а waxy, red substance. The pods burst while upon the tree. Тһе natives consider its timber valuable ; 
they make their largest doors, their drums, quivers, and pipe-bowls of its wood, which takes a high 
polish, and resembles pale mahogany. The young leaf-shoots, purple-tinted, are eaten, like our spinach, 
by the people of the country.—J. А. G.J 
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