432 XLIY. SApiNDACE^ (baker). [Deinbollla. 



oblong, unequal, much imbricated, brownish-drab and ratlier silky on the 

 back in tlie dried plant, the edge subscariose. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 yellow, slightly ciliated with a large ciliated appendage of the same texture 

 as the petal. Stamens 20-24, equalling the petals in the male flowers, the 

 filaments pubescent. Fruit as in D. pinnata.— D. grandifolia, Hook. f. 1. c. 



Upper Guinea. Cape Palmas, T. Vogel I Fernaudo Po, T. Vogel ! Mann ! 

 Iiow^er Guinea. CoDgo^ Smith ! 



2. D. cuneifolia. Baker. A shrub with slender, glabrous, terete branches. 

 Petioles 4-5 in. long, slender, woody, the leaflets in about 4 pairs, 2-3 in. 

 from one anotlier, the upper ones oblong, 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, the 

 point acute or acuminate, the base cuneate, narrowed into a petiolule \ in. 

 long ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous, the upper bright green, 

 the lower with slender raised veins and veinlets. Flowers in long-stalked 

 axillary racemes 6-12 in. long, the flowers in clusters of 5-6 each; pedicels 

 equalling or exceeding the calyx, which is \ in. deep. Sepals coriaceous, 

 dark green, much imbricated. Petals small, spathulate, with a scale. Sta- 

 mens 16, equalling the sepals; the filaments filiform, downy. Ovary with 2 

 rounded lobes. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Baitks of the Bagroo river, Mann ! Sierra Leone, Barter ! 



3. D. pinnata, Schum. ei Thonn. Guin. PL 242. A small tree with 

 strong, woody, glabrous or slightly grey- downy, terete branches. Petiole 2-3 

 in. long; leaflets in 5-6 short-stalked pairs 1-2 in. apart, oblong, 3-4 in. 

 long, half as broad, the point acute, the base a little rounded, the edge 

 quite entire ; texture coriaceous, colour pale green, both sides glabrous or the 

 lower a little silvery with the veins and veinlets in relief. Flowers sub- 

 sessile,in a dense terminal panicle with short branches, and sessile, shorter, 

 and less compound sessile axillary ones. Calyx ^ in. deep,- the sepals 

 membranous, glabrous, subrotund, unequal, the centre brown, the edge 

 becoming gradually subscarious. Petals 5, ligulate-oblong, 2 lines long, 

 ciliated, with a large woolly scale at the base. Stamens 8, equalling the 

 corolla in the male flowers, the filaments filiform and densely clothed with 

 white pubescence. Capsule 1-2, roundish, f — ^ in. long, crustaceous, orange 

 coloured. 



Upper Guinea, Thonning ; Niger country, T. Vogel ! Irving ! Barter ! _ 



4. D. laurifolia, Baher. A tree with glabrous, terete, slender, woody 

 branches. Petioles 2-3 in. long in the upper leaves, 4-5 in. in the lower 

 ones, the leaflets in about 6 opposite or nearly opposite nearly sessile pairs, 

 oblong, 2-3 in. long by about half as broad, the point acute or acuminate, 

 the base rounded or subcuneate, the edge quite entire ; texture coriaceous, 

 colour pale green, both sides quite glabrous, the lower with the veins and 

 veinlets in relief, the main ones connected by anastomosing veinlets a space 

 within the edge. Flowers in a moderately large terminal panicle with 

 spreading woody branches 2-3 in. long, the flowers crowded upwards ; pe- 

 dicels equalling* the calyx, which is \ in. long ; the sepals the same colour 

 and texture as in D.pinnata, roundish and much imbricated. Petals oblong, 

 ciliated, equalling the sepals, with a large woolly scale at the base. Sta- 



