CRAIBIA, A NEW GENUS OP LEGUMINOS^ 107 



the British Museum (Natural History), for the facihties which 

 they have courteously granted me for the study of the material 

 referred to in the herbaria of their respective establishments. 



Craibia Harms et Dunn, gen. nov. Calycis lati dentes breves, 

 2 superiores semper alte connati. Vexilli lamina rotundata, rarius 

 basi utrinque paullo inflexa, ungue brevi ; alie oblongse, basi in 

 latere superiore sagittatae ; carina incurva alis similis. Stamen 

 vexillare saspius liberum. Ovarium sessile, 2-5-ovulatum, disco 

 nullo ; stylus teres inflexus, stigmate parvo capitato. Legumen 

 ovatum compressum mox dehiscens, valvis rigide coriaceis. 

 Semina, 1-2. 



Arbores. Folia unifoliata vel imparipinnata. Foliola exsti- 

 pellata, alterna, glabra, reticulata. Alabastrorum globularium 

 squamae cucullatae. Eacemi terminales vel nonnulli axillares, vel 

 paniculati, plus minus pilis aurantiacis vestiti. Flores saepe albi, 

 petala saepissime glabra. 



The affinities of the genus are with Millettia, from which it is 

 distinguished by its alternate-pinnate or unifoliolate leaves ; with 

 Schefflerodendron, which is separated by its stipitate ovaries, and 

 with Lonchocarpiis, which has very different pods. 



Key to Species. 

 Leaves simple . . . . . . 1. C. simplex. 



Leaves 3- or more-foliate. 

 Stipules persistent. 



Pedicels less than half the flower . 2. C.Zimmermannii. 

 Pedicels and flowers about equal . 3. C. hrevicaudata. 

 Stipules caducous. 



Ovary pubescent throughout. 



Ovary tomentose, flowers paniculate 4. G. atlantica. 

 Ovary silky, flowers racemose. 

 Leaves 3-5-foliate, under 15 cm. 



long 5. C. Ellioti. 



Leaves 7-foliate, 30 cm. long . 6. C. Broivnii. 

 Ovary glabrous, at least in upper half. 

 Calyx sessile between the bracteoles. 

 Pedicel nearly equal to the 



flower, bracteoles caducous . 7. C. filipes. 

 Pedicel about half the flower, 



bracteoles persistent . . 8. C Baptistarum. 

 Bracteoles a little distance from 

 the flowers, petals spotted, lea- 

 flets 6-7 9. C. crassifolia. 



1. C. simplex Dunn, sp. n. Frutex ? ubique glaberrimus. 

 Alabastra glo])osa. Folia alterna, unifoliata, petiole 1-3 cm. 

 longo ; foliola ovata l)reviter acuminata, 6-8 cm. longa, coriacea, 

 utrinque fortiter reticulata, marginata, venis 7-paribus. Panicula 

 terminalis, 8-10 cm. longa, ramis alternis ; flores 1-8 cm. longi, 

 in ramis racemosi, pedicellis tenuibus, l'5-2 cm. longis, in medio 

 bracteolatis ; calyx campanulatus basi turbinatus, 7 mm. longus, 



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