Byi'socarpns.'] XLVi. connarace^ (baker). 458 



leaflets 7-9, ovate, |-^ in. loii<^, more than half as broad, acut<.-, the bii§€ 

 slightly rounded, the lateral ones subopposite, on petiolules 1 lint- lonj^ ; tei- 

 ture subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous ; veins beneath not raised. Flower* 

 in lax cymes. Corolla not seen. Fruit-calyx 2 lines deep, the lol)e« bluntJy 

 rounded, scarcely fully patent when mature. Pod sessile, oblong-cylindr!c«l, 

 ■f- in. long, i in. thick, glabrous, slightly curved. 



Mozamb. Distr. Banks of the Rovuma river, thirty tnih-.n from Ihp eont, Dr. 



Meller! 



4. B. maximns. Baker. A small tree, with glabrous, rugose, mottled 

 branches. Petioles 1-1} in. long, slender, glabrous, the rachis 2 3 in. long ; 

 leaflets 7-9, obovate or broad ovate, 1:J-H ^"- 'o'^f^. i- 1 in- broad, subacute, 

 the base rounded; texture subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous, the vein* 

 beneath not raised. Flowers in lax cymes. Petals not seen. Fruit-calyx 2 

 lines deep, the lobes subdeltoid, scarcely spreading fully when mature. Pod 

 sessile, oblong-cylindrical, f in. long, \ in. thick, glabrous, considt-rably 

 curved. 



Mozaxnb. Distr. Bauks of the Rovuma, Dr. Kirk ! 



2. AGEL^A, Soland.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 432. 



Calyx quinquepartite, persistent, the divisions ligulate or narrow-ovate, at 

 first slightly imbricate, afterwards spreading or reflexed. Petals 5, lanceolate 

 or ligulate, free or slightly cohering in the lower half. Stamens 5, free, or 

 10, united or free at the base, the filaments filiform. Carpels 3-5, verj- hair)-, 

 narrowed into the subulate styles ; stigmas simple or 2-lobed. Capsules 

 1-2, velvety, sessile or short-stalked, coriaceous, rugose or lamellate, ^i:^ 

 erect, the testa coriaceous or crustaceous, fleshy and arilliforra from the base 

 above the middle ; albumen 0. — Trees or erect or climbing shrubs, with 3- 

 foliolate leaves. 



A small genns, common to Africa and the Malay Archipelago. 



Stamens 5, included \. A. Lamarcktt. 



Stamens 10, exserted. 



Petals free to the base. Leaves glabrous beneath '2. A. obltqua. 



Petals cohering below. Leaflets villose beueath 3. J. vtUota. 



1. A. Lamarckii, Planch, in lAnnaa, xxiii. 438. A wide-climbing 

 shrub, with woody glabrous or slightly downy branchlcts. Petiole 2-3 in. 

 long, firm, usually glabrous. Leaflets 3, the terminal one on a petiole 1 in. 

 long, obovate or rounded, cuspidate, 3-4 in. long. 2-3 in. broad, the base 

 rounded, the lateral ones nearly sessile, unequal-sided ; texture coriaceous ; 

 upper surface glabrous, lower glabrous or slightly downy, only the pnncipal 

 veins prominent. Flowers in copious tliyrsoid panicles, sometimes 1 ft. long, 

 the lower branches erecto-patent, copiously compound. IVdials vcr>- short, 

 the flower scarcely more than ^ in. long, the petals free, equalling the sepals, 

 which are firm in texture and velvety on the back, the t-xpauded tlower star- 

 like, 2 lines broad. Stamens 5, free to the bjise, included. I od obliquely 

 oblong-turbinate, as in the other species and siniilar in sue. finely vclyrty. 

 — Baillon in Adans. vii. 238. Connnrus pnuiatus, Lam. I>ict. »i. 95; C»T. 

 Piss. vii. 376. t. 223. Ompknlobium penta^nunt, DC. Pnul. ii. 86. 



