462 XLVT. coNNARACE^ (baker). [CnesHs. 



branches terete, the young ones densely grey- or ferruginous-velvety. Fully 

 developed leaves 1 ft. long, the petioles 2 in. ; leaflets in 8-10 pairs and a 

 terminal one, the upper ones oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-2^ in. long by half 

 as brgiad, bluntish, the base cordate, the lateral ones not quite opposite ; tex- 

 ture '^ubcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower coated all over with grey-fer- 

 ruofinous tomentum. Flowers in terminal panicles with long, narrow, racemose, 

 erecto-patent branches ; pedicels about equalling the calyx, which is cam- 

 panulate, under -|- in. deep, the divisions lanceolate, densely brown-velvety 

 on the back. Petals whitish, rotundate-cuneate, considerably shorter than 

 the calyx. Carpels 1-5, 1-ly in. long, ^ in. thick below, considerably 

 curved and narrowed upwards, deeply wrinkled with longitudinal grooves, 

 clothed with bright red velvety tomentum. — Planch, in Linnaea, xxiii. 440. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudeht ! Sierra Leone, Smeathmann ! Jfzelitis ! 

 Don, Morson ! Guinea proper. Barter ! Burton ! Griffon du Bellay ! 



Var. /3. {C. fraterna. Planch. Walp. Ann. ii. 306). Leaves hardly at all pubescent be- 

 neath. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



4. C. macrantlia, Baillon in Jdans. yii. 242. A shrub 8 or 10 ft. 

 high, with strong terete branches, densely clothed with grey or slightly fer- 

 ruginous, spreading pubescence. Fully developed leaves 6-8 in. long, the 

 petiole very 'short; leaflets in 12-15 pairs and a terminal one^ oblong with 

 the 2 sides subparallel, H-^l-j in. long, |-|- in. broad, the point and base 

 both bluntly rounded, the latter slightly oblique, the lateral ones close, quite 

 sessile ; texture membranous, both sides with thin grey pubescence, that of 

 the upper surface shining. Flowers in ample panicles with elongated, erecto- 

 patent, racemose, densely hairy branches ; pedicels equalling the calyx, which 

 is 2^-3 lines deep, the divisions ligulate, densely grey or pale brown-velvety 

 on the outside. Petals not more than a third as long as the sepals, rotun- 

 date-cuneate, the apex eraarginate. Flowers polygamous. Filaments 

 slightly connate at the base. Carpels 5, densely grey-pubescent, the styles 

 nearly as long as the petals. Pod not seen. 



Upper Gxiinea. OM Calahar, Mann ! Duparquet, fide Baillon. 



5. O. oblongifolia. Baker. A woody climber 30 ft. long, the branches 

 terete, thinly ferruginous- velvety when young. Fully developed leaves 6-8 

 in. long, the petioles under 1 in. long; leaflets in 12-15 pair5 and a ter- 

 minal one, oblong, with the 2 sides subparallel, 1^2 in. long, ^-f in. broad, 

 narrowed gradually to a point, the base subcordate, the lateral ones close, 

 nearly sessile and opposite ; texture subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, 

 lower thinly clothed with grey-ferruginous pubescence. Flowers in ample 

 terminal panicles, the lower branches slightly compound ; pedicels equalling 

 the calyx, which is campanulate, 1 line deep, the divisions lanceolate, densely 

 brown-velvety on the back. Petals shorter than the calyx. Pod obliquely 

 oblong, 1^ in. long, transversely rugose, densely clothed with scarlet velvety 

 tomentum. 



Upper Qninea. Prince's Island and Camaroons country, Mann !• 



Very like C.ferruginea in vestiture; flowers, and fruit, but different in the leaves and 

 sometimes with short fascicled racemes in their axils. 



