Carapn.'] xxxvil. MEI.iack.f. (oi.ivf.k). .'irj? 



elliptical, apex rounded, shortly ii])iculate or iniicroiiate, tlie upper usually 

 5-12 iu, louo:, 1^-4 iu. broad ; petiolules very short or obsolete or from \-\ 

 iu., very thick in the larger leaves. Panicles niany-jlowercd, \ 1 ft. or lonjjer ; 

 lateral branches spreading, short or elongate. Flowers iu cymose clusters ; 

 |)edicels various, very short or slightly exceeding the flower. Teelh of th«- 

 stauiinal tube rounded or subquadrate, entire or slightly enuuginate. Ovary 

 5-4-6-celled, imniersed in a thick annnlar disk with a rounded free n)argiii. 

 Ovules 4-7 in each cell. Fruit about 4-5 in. in diam., subglobo^c The sec<U 

 afford an oil used l)y the ui\t'\yes.— C. fj/iif/ecusifi, (J. Don in Loud. Horl. 

 Hrit. 168; A. Juss. M.'ni. MpI. t. 9. f. 21. C. Tonloncoi,,,,,^ Ciuili. rt IVrr. 

 V\. Seneg. i. 128 (see also KuMuer, Syn. Mesp. i. 122-3). 



Upper Gninea. Scnegambia ! Sierra Leoiic, 5^/;-A';- / I- 1 rnuiulo I'n, //i/;-A r '.!/</»/»/ ' 

 Niger, Barter ! Anibas Bay, Mmni ! 



I have compared specimens in fluwer as well as fruits preserved in the Kew Museum fi<.iu 

 tro])ieal America and ^Vest Africa, and 1 cannot find any specific dilferencc between tliciii. 

 'riie distinctions noted by I^errottet and quoted hy A. Jnssicu, 1 have little confidence in, 

 and Jiissieu himself suspected that they might belong to one species. The Senegainliiau 

 i\irapa is described as a large tree; further south, according to Barter's labels, it occurs a^ 

 a small one. 



2. C. moluccensis, Zrm. ; DC. ProJ. \. Ctii). A perfectly glubruuH 

 littoral tree or slirub. Leaves 4-8 in., 2-jugate, mrely I- or 3-jugate, or one 

 of the lateral leaflets deficient ; leaflets coriaceous elliptical- or oblanceolatc- 

 oblong, obtuse, usually cuneate or narrowed to the petiole, 2.^-5 in. long, 

 \-\^ iu. broad. Flowers cymose, in short racemose axillnry or subterniinal 

 panicles or nearly simple racemes usually nuich shorter than the leaves. 

 Pedicels divaricate, thickened upwards, equalling or exceeding the flower, 

 ('alyx 4- or 5 -partite with rounded lobes. Teeth of st.'iuiinal tube broad, 

 obtuse, apiculate. Ovary 4-celled, the base surrouiuled by an adnate scarlet 

 disk ; ovules 2-4 in each cell. Fruit about the size of a chihrs head ; the 

 pericarp separating iu 4 valves. Seeds very large, angular, with "a thick 

 corky" testa {Kirk). — Xylocarpus Granatam, Keen. ; Willd. Sp. PI. ii. :i2S. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mouth of the Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ' 



Occurs eastward in Madagascar, Ceylon, the Malayan Archipelago, qnd Ni.rthtm Aus- 

 tralia. The tree affects muddy shores, throwing out from the base of »he trunk uumtiou* 

 vertically flattened radiating plates (Dr. Kirk). 



6. KHAYA, A. Juss. ; Benth. et Tlook. f. Cicn. PI. i. 338. 



Sepals 4, rotuudate, snuill, imbricate. Petals as many, contorted. Sta- 

 mens 8, monadelphous ; tube 8-lobed at the mouth, lobes rounded, entire ; 

 anthers included. Ovary 4-(3-)celled, surrounded by an annular disk, nar- 

 roAved into the style; stigma discoid. Ovules 10 14 in each cell, bisenate. 

 Capsule woodv, separating septicidally. Seeds numerous, conipressed or 

 winged, albuininous.— A Inrge tree. Leaves abruptly pinnatr. Panicles 

 from the upper axils. 



A genus founded upon a Senegambian plant of which I ha>e not >c.n nnthent.c -ikc- 

 ;ncn3. It appears to be well figured in GuillenuQ and Pcrrotlct, and u. .lu^M.•u . .Mrmo.r. 



