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parviusculis in racemos elongatos terminales et laterales dispositis ; 
bracteis angustis quam pedicellis longioribus ; calycis tubo hirsuto 
dentibus brevibus ; vewillo, luteo calyce longiori ; alis unguiculatis 
vexillo brevioribus; carina dorso angulo recto curvata hinc in 
rostrum gracilem attenuata apice acuta; ovario lineari ; legumine 
ignoto. 
Nigeria: River Benue, Talbot, n. 449; Lokoja, A. C. Parsons, 
n. L 38 (Herb. Kew.). 
Stem 4-5 ft. (fide Dr. Parsons), branches ascending. Stipules 
3-4 mm. long. Leaves hirsute, 6-8 em. long, 5-11 mm. broad; 
petioles 2-4 mm. long. Bracts 5-6 mm. long; bracteoles narrow. 
Standard yellow with brown lines, + 9 mm. long. Wings with claw 
t 7mm.long. Carina bent ata right angle with claws, 8-9 mm. long. 
Closely allied to C. Vogelii Benth. in the Simplieifolie. It differs 
by its shorter calyx-teeth, &c. : 
It is also closely allied to C. linearifolia De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas 
et Moyen Congo, 257, t. xiv. figs. 8-9, but differs by the broader 
leaves and acute, not blunt, apex of the carina. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are the terete, hirsute, 
branched stem 1-1°6 metre high; the linear-lanceolate, hirsute leaves 
with a petiole 2-4 mm. long; the rather lax, virgate racemes of 
rather small, yellow flowers; the carina + 7-9 mm. long, bent at a ~ 
right angle with a slender rostrum. 
Baphia (Delaria) obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris 
sec. cl. detectorem ramulis cinereo-corticatis ; foliis papyraceis 
ovatis vel ellipticis glabris vel glabriusculis basi late cuneatis vel 
cuneato-rotundatis apice mucronatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 
5—6 arcuatis prope marginem inter se conjungentibus petiolo brevi 
suffultis; floribus pro genere parviusculis racemosis e ramis 
. vetustioribus ortis; pedicellis gracilibus striatis patentibus 
teretibus; bracteolis late ovatis parvis; calyce glabro spathaceo 
membranaceo ; vexillo obovato bilobo calyce paullo longiori; alis 
late oblongis basi unguiculatis; carina naviculariformi ungue 
brevi; filamentis filiformibus; ovario lineari curvato in stylum 
gradatim attenuato. 
Oban ; n. 1682. 
Tree about 10 metres high. Leaves 8-13 em. long, 4:5-6:5 em. 
broad; petiole 5-6 mm. long. Flowers in lax racemes from the stem 
and old branches. Pedicels 6-8 mm. long. Calyx + 7-8 mm. long. 
Standard slightly longer than the calyx. Carina about 10 mm. long. 
[Flower stalks vivid dark green, calyx green. Standard white, 
yellow at base, other petals white. Pistil and filaments green, anthers 
dull yellow.—P. A. T.] s 
Baphia orbiculata Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ramulis teretibus 
superne fusco-tomentellis ; foliis coriaceis ovalibus vel suborbi- 
cularibus vel ovatis supra glabris subtus pubescentibus nervis 
lateralibus 6-8 apice saepe rotundatis basi rotundatis vel leviter 
