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DANIELLA THURIFERA, JJenn 



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LEGUMixoSiE. Tribe Amhekstie.e. 



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D. thurifera, J, J. Bennett in Pharm. Journ. xiv. (1855) 252 ; 



arbor excelsa glaberrima, foliis magnitudine valde variabilis (in 



adultis floriferis 4-12 poll, in junioribus H ped. longis) foliolis 



5-8-jugis coriaceis ovato- v. elliptico-oblongis obtusiusculis basi siepius 



late rotundatis, paniculis multifloris bracteis bracteolisque caducissimis, 



calycis tube clavato segmeutis 4 obovato- v. ovali-oblongis, petalo 



/postico oblongo calyce breviore glandulifero c^eteris rudimentariis, 



lilamenta libera glabra, ovario glabro compresso gynophoro subse- 



'quilongo, ovulis c, 12 supra medium cavitatis dependentibus, legumine 



'oblique ovato sa^pius monospermo ; Oliv. FL Trop, Afr. ii, 300, 



Hab. Sierra Leone, Dr^ Daniell^ M. Z. Melville] Senegambia, 

 Hendelot ; Nigritania, Barter, 



Arhor 50-1 50-pedalis. Folia alterna, abrupte pinnata, petiole 

 communi subtereti 2-14 poll, longo ; foliola l^-7i poll, longa, subtus 

 rete venarum conspicuo, plus minus pellucide punctata ; pctiolulus 2-6 

 Hn. longus. Panicula multiflora, rauiis alternis patentibus recurvisve ; 

 pedicelli 3-6 lin. longi ; bractese caducissimse obovatse v, oblongie 

 i~3^ poll, longje ; bracteolse geminatae, caduclssimse, tenuiter coriacese 

 :i poll. long:e. Calyx tubo 3-5 lin. longo, limbi scgmenta \ poll, longa. 

 Petala lateralia et antica rudimentaria. Legiimen 2-2| poll, longum, 

 I4-I0 poll, latum, endocarpio secedente. iSemen funiculatum, funiculo 

 liilo dilatato. 



This is the tree affording the frankincense of Sierra Leone, called by 

 the natives Bnngo or Bumbo (or according to Mr. Bennett, hc.^ these 

 are the names applied by the Leonese to the exuded fragrant resin) ; 

 known also as the lliievi in Senegambia. A note by Mr. ^Melville on 

 ' the tree and its resin is given in the ' Miscellaneous Notices ' appended 

 to vol. 25 (1839) of Lindley's 'Botanical Register,' and a note in MS. 

 by the same gentleman, addressed to Sir W. J. Hooker, is preserved 

 ||in the Kew Herbarium. Mr. Melville speaks of the timber as reputed 



^.to be peculiarly adapted to resist *the usual effects of damp and \vet/ 

 He Says 'only the oldest and loftiest trees flower, and that on the 

 topmost branches.' Mr. Barter describes the flowers as white, and 

 simply states that the natives collect a gum like copal from the tree. 

 Besides D. ohlonga^ Oliv., of Fernando Po, collected by Barter and 

 Mann,* we have imperfect material from Lagos and the Yoruba region, 

 indicating one or two as yet undescribed allies affording the Ogea^ 

 Wjray or Ogvja gum- resin. Of these we hope soon to have adequate 

 material for description.— D. Oliver. 



Fi^. 1. Flower, calyx-scgmcnts removed. 2. Posterior petal. 3. Anther. 

 4, Pistil, the ovary laid open. All enlarged. 



* Mann*s Fernando Po specimen I referred in luy Flora, l.c.^ to D, thurifera^ 

 but on re-esamiuation I think it agrees with D, ohioiiga. It has tomentose stamens, 4 



couuato at base, besides other differences from D. thurifera, Btnn», 



