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dentibus tubi partem quartam aequantibus, triangularibus ; vexil- 

 lum rotundatum, breviter ungmculatum, exauriculatum ; stamina 

 monadelpha, vexillari basi libero ; ovarium oblanceolatum, glab- 

 rum multi-ovulatum, stigma parvo terminali. 



W. Teop. Afr. Old Calabar, Milne, 1866, Herb. Brit. Mus. 



In tbis remarkably homogeneous genus this species is a little 

 divergent in its unifoliate leaves, paniculate flowers, and ovules 

 more than four in number. 



2. C. ZiMMERMANNii Harms, nom. nov. Lonchocarpus Zim- 

 mermannii Harms in Engl. Jabrb. xlv. 312. 



3. C. BREViCAUDATA Dunu, nom. nov. Dalhergia hrevi- 

 caudata Vatke ; in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxviii. 264. Loncliocariyus 

 deguelioides Harms, I.e. xxvi. 300. 



E. Trop. Afr. Elbe, Wakefield ; Giryama and Teimba Mts., 

 Taylor ; Brit. Centr. Afr. Cameron, n. 156 ; Zanzibar, Mombasa 

 Is., Hildebrandt, n. 1833. 



4. C, atlantica Dunn, sp. n. Arbor parva ; cortex griseus ; 

 ramuli striati. Folia 3-5-foliolata, 15 cm. longa, exstipulata ; 

 foliola alterna vel in foliis superioribus trifoliolatis opposita, 

 elliptica, acuminata, 9-10 cm. longa, chartacea, glabra, basi 

 acuta vel obtusa, venis reticulatis, petiolulis 5 mm. longis. 

 Paniculge terminales, 10-20 cm. longae ; flores racemose dis- 

 positi, 12 mm. longi, bracteolis caducis, pedicellis 5-7 mm. 

 longis, cum pedunculis calycibusque tomento aureo vestitis ; 

 calyx campanulatus, dentibus latis brevibus, 3 mm. longus ; 

 vexillum orbiculare basi breviter acuminatum ; stamen vexillare 

 liberum ; ovarium ad apicem laxe tomentosum, 4-ovulatum ; legu- 

 men obovatum, lignosum, luteum, dehiscens, uniseminiferum, 

 4 cm. longum, 2-3 cm. latum. 



W. Trop. Afr. Lagos, E. Foster, n. 19; Nigeria, Barter, 

 n.501. 



5. C. Ellioti Dunn, sp. n. Arbor ? cortice brunneo, ramulis 

 striatis. Folia 3-5-foliolata, 10-12 cm. longa, exstipulata ; foliola 

 alterna vel in foliis superioribus trifoliolatis ssepe opposita, 

 elliptica, 7-8 cm. longa, acuminata, basi acuta vel obtusa, glabra, 

 chartacea, venis 8-10-paribus, reticulatis. Flores in racemis ter- 

 minalibus 8-10 cm. longis dispositi, 18-20 mm. longi, pedicellis 

 cum pedunculis calycibusque aureo-tomentosis ; calyx 6 mm. 

 longus dentibus latis brevibus ; petala paullo maculata ; vexillum 

 orbiculatum breviter unguiculatum. Ovarium dense rubro-seri- 

 ceum etiam ad styli medium, 4-5-ovulatum. 



E. Trop. Africa. British E. Africa, Elliot, nn. 348 and 161. 



6. C. Brownii Dunn, sp. n. Arbor parva, cortice flavido- 

 griseo. Folia 7-foliolata, 30 cm. longa; foliola alterna, ovato- 

 oblonga, 7-12 cm. longa, chartacea, glabra, subito caudata, venis 

 7-paribus, reticulatis, stipulis 0. Eacemi terminales 15 cm. vel 

 longiores, rubro-tomentosi ; flores 20 mm. longi, pedicello 10- 

 12 mm. longo ; calyx campanulatus, 5 mm. longus, dentibus 4, 

 late ovatis, brevibus, braceolis 2, ovatis, 3 mm. longis, adpressis ; 

 vexillum late ovatum, breviter unguiculatum ; alis carinaque 



