Plate 2378. 



CRUDIA SENEGALENSIS, Phitch. 



Legumixos.e. Tribe AMHEusriBiB. 



C. senegalensis, Planch., Benth. in Linn. Trans. x\y. 311; arbu'^Hil* 

 glabra, rainulis teretibus, foliis s^pius 5-7 folioliitis, foliolis alter»i» 

 petiolulatis tenuiter coriaceis obloiigo-ellipticis breviter obtusiuscule 

 acumiuatis, foliolis inferioribus minoribus s;ppe ovatis v. ovuto elliptici.«s 

 stipulis cotispicuis erectis rigidiusculis lanceolatis v. ovato-Iauceolatis 

 acuminatis, racemis (stepe in ramulis brevibus lateralibus) temiinalibus 

 folia vix superautibus laxe multifioris, petlieellis graoilibus divrrgend- 

 Ijus, bracteis bi-acteolisque minutis v. temp. fl. obsoletis, calj-cis tubo 

 aaguste turbinate limbo 4-partito segmentis tubo multo longioribus 

 subaYjuilongis late ellipticis v. obovato-ellipticis obtusis restivatione 

 iinbrieatis denique reflexis exterioribus concavis, stamiiiibus 10 tilanientu 

 gfacilibus glabris, antheris late ellipticis rotundatisve dorso affi.\i3, 

 ovanobreviter stipitato cum stipite inferne kteraliteradnatodensefusco- 

 tomentoso utrinque angustato 4~6-ovu]ato, ovulis superpositis, stylo 

 graciU apicem versus glabro, stigmate tenninali parvo, leguimne late 

 obongo plano-compresso coriaceo glabrato apiculo teruiuiali, ^valvui 

 ohlique nervosis, semiiiibus 1-2 compressis.— Oliv. FL Trap. A/r. n. ^li. 



Hab. \V. Trop. Africa ; Senegambia, Ileudelot ; Eppah, BarUr ; 

 uu river and Fernando Po, Mann j La 



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. ^f^ i-1 pedalia ; folio'a superiora 3 6 poll, longa ; petiolulus 1-2 

 If- longus. Hacerni 4-6 poll, longi ; pedieelli 6-S lia. lou^i. Le^nmn 



•1-^2 pell, longum, 2 poll. latum^ 



Our knowledge of tbis species is now completed by the receipt d 

 excellent specimens in fruit as well as flower from L-.gus, sent by 

 ^ir. Millen. As pointed out by Mr. Bentham {U},it xs c'eary 

 n^ilar to C. Parivoa, DC, of Guiana, excepting m the re^rUble 

 f ipules, which Baillon {Adan.. vi. 199-200) finds '"tra a.yll-ry ar.a 

 ?* length connate in pairs by their inner margins ^f/'^'^f ,^^'[ '.^ 

 l^^Sth, though I have not observed connation to this extent m our 



Panvoa 



in V'?^"^- J-'i^e legume is umuu iui>gci »..v* - Dliveb 



" «^nich, moreover, they are closely tawny-tomentose.-i^- ^ 



Vt^ y ^ ■ 1 Pistil- the oTary 



iZ^' ^- detached flower. 2. Anther, back and front view. 3. risi , 



