PLATE 2268. 
BERSAMA MAXIMA, Baker. 
SapinpAce&. Subtribe MELIANTHEZ. 
B. maxima, Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop, Afr. i. 434; arbuscula 
25-pedalis, ramis floriferis crassiusculis ferrugineo-hirsutis, foliis 
imparipinnatis amplis foliolis 7-9-jugis y. inferioribus alternis tag 
v. oblongo-ellipticis breviter acuminatis basi plus 
minus rotundatis subsessilibus glabratis v. subtus precipue in costa 
e hi rachi apicem versus alata plus minus _ferrugineo- 
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lineari-subulatis, aoe profunde 5- segmentis persistentibus 
coriaceis ovatis extus ferrugineo-hirtis 2 ‘tiie fere ad apicem coalitis, 
petalis caly -plo longioribus imbricatis temp florifero reflexis 
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utrinque emarginatis, iis postico carnoso, 
tetragono 4-loculari in stylam longiusculum attenuato, stigmate 
capitellato 4-lobulato, capsala subginboes ferrugineo-tomentosa obscure 
tetragona. 
Has. W. Trop. Africa, Corisco Island, Mann (No. 1,853). 
Folia 2-8-pedatia; foliola evoluta superiora 6-9 ‘oe longa, 25-35 
dunculo 13-2 ped. longus; pedicelli 
poll. lata. Racemus cum 
fructiferi 4 r ae longi. Petala 5 13 poll. longa. Capsula 10-12 lin. 
longa atque 
Nearly allied to sai plant is a Bersama collected by Mr. Buchanan 
on the top of Mou t Zomba, in the Shiri Highlands. Our specimens 
hardly admit of sista eo ig It has the subsessile leaflets and 
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_ rachis alate above. ann), 
. Calyx and stamens. 3. Petal, 4. Pistil. 5. Fruit. 6. Seed 
Fig. 1. Bud. 
and arillus. Tne figure 5, all entar, ged. 
SER, IV. VOL Il, PART IT. 
