338 xxxvii. MELiACE^ (olivek). [Khaya. 



and I have ventured to refer to the same species specimens in the Kew herbarium from the 

 White Nile and Zambesi region. 



1. K. senegalensiSy A. Juss. Mem. Mel. 98. ^. 10. A large glabrous 

 tree. Leaves 4-10-foliolate, 6-12 in. long; leaflets coriaceous, subopposite 

 or alternate, elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate, shortly and obtusely apiculate, 

 rounded or sometimes cuneate at the base, entire or undulate-denticulate, 

 petiolulate, 2^-3^ in. long, 1-ly in. broad; petiolule \-\ in. Panicles 

 shorter than or nearly equalling the leaves, with ascending or spreading lateral 

 branches decreasing in length from below. Flowers cymose, usually in 

 threes, or peduncles trichotoraous. Pedicels shorter than the flower. Bracts 

 minute, ovate-deltoid. I have not seen fruit, but Dr. Kirk secured a draw- 

 ing of what I take to be one, in which the woody pericarp separates from 

 above in 4 valves, septicidally, from the 4-angled axis, as figured by Jussieu 

 from the Senegal plant. Seeds " flat, winged, in 2 rows." — Fl. Seneg. 

 t. xxxii. Swietenia seiiegalensis, Desr. Encycl. (ex A. Juss.). 



Upper Guinea. Abundant near Cape Verde and on the Gambia {Guillemin and Per- 

 ruitet). 



Nile Land. Madi, White Nile (form with sparse inflorescence, drying pale green), 

 Speke and Grant ! 



Mozamb. Distr. ? Manganya hills, Zambesi, Br. Meller ! 



Until fruiting and flowering specimens shall have been matched, doubt must attach to the 

 above stations in Eastern Africa. G. and P. describe the petals as almost valvate, surely 

 through mistake. 



Oeder XXXVIII. CHAILLETIACEJE (by Prof. Oliver). 



Flowers hermaphrodite or rarely unisexual. Sepals 5, connate below or 

 free, equal or unequal, imbricate. Petals as many, more or less exceeding the 

 calyx, free and equal or more rarely connate with the stamens at the base 

 (or in Tapura nearly throughout), usually more or less unguiculate, 2-fid or 

 2-partite. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals (or united in Tapura and 

 very shortly in some species of Ckailletla) ; anthers 2-celled, elliptical to 

 linear, the connective often dorsally thickened. Hypogynous glands oppo- 

 site to the petals, free or connate. Ovary free (partly or wholly inferior in 

 a few species of Chuilletiu), 3-2 -celled ; style simple (in African species), 

 3- or 2-fid at the apex. Ovules geminate. Drupes dry or rarely fleshy, the 

 epicarp sometimes opening, 3-1-celled, 3-1-seeded. Seeds exalbuminous, 

 radicle superior. — Small trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Leaves alter- 

 nate, simple, entire, stipulate. Flowers small, cymose, dichotomous or fas- 

 cicled, axillary ; peduncles rarely adnate to the petiole. 



A small Order nearly exclusively confined to the tropics. 



Petals distinct or very shortly united at the base, equal. Antheriferous 



stamens 5 1. Chailletia. 



Petals united with the stamens into a tube, rather unequal. Antheriferous 



stamens 3 " . . 2. Tapuea. 



