Burkeane. N. O. Leguminosae, 
TABS. DXCIII, DXCIV. 
Burkea Arricana. Alook. 
Stigma oblique peltatum concavum margine undulatum. Le- 
foliolis circa 8 alternis distantibus petiolulatis oblique ovatis — 
oblongisve obtusis, junioribus utrinque minute argenteo-sericeis, 
adultis coriaceis, subglabris. Racemi axillares, simplices, folio 
parum breviores. Flores parvi sessiles, bracted minutd suffulti. 
Sepala margine submembranacea breviter ciliata, dorso glabra. 
Petala calyce duplo longiora, oblique ovali-oblonga, obtusa, 
concava. Benth. 
Burkea Africana. Hook. Mss. : 
Has. Macalisberg, interior of S. Africa. Burke. (n. 274.) Fl. Oct. — 
I am indebted to Mr. Bentham for the character of the pre- — 
a most extensive journey into the interior of South Africa with 4 
the object of collecting plants and animals for the Right 
Honorable the Earl of Derby, and fulfilled his mission in 80 , 
satisfactory 4 manner, that he is now on the point of embark- : 
Gardens of Kew conjointly, to visit Hudson’s Bay, and then 
iforn 
as in Africa. 4 
I regret not to be able to figure the fruit. It was detected in — 
another part of the Herbarium after the plate was printed. — 
ig plants are in Lord Derby’s Collection and in that of — 
Ww. : 
Fig. 1. 2. Flowers, Sf. 3. Pistil. #4. Young fruits. f. 5. One — 
of the same. J. 6. Ditto laid open :—all ie or less magnified. 
