128 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Millettia. 



raised. Petiolules 2 lines long, not stipellate. Flowers in a long- 

 stalked slightly compound panicle about as long as the leaf with race- 

 mose branches. Pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, 2-2J lines 

 deep, slightly brown-silky, the teeth obsolete. Corolla reddish. 

 | in. deep, the orbicular standard J in. broad, quite -glabrous on the 

 back, the wings and much incurved keel nearly as long. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Ovary linear, sessile, very silky, pluriovulate. Pod 

 unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann! 



3. M. Thonningii, Baker. A tree 30-40 ft. high, with glabrous 

 branches. Stipules none or deciduous. Petiole about an inch long, 

 the rachis of the leaf 3-6 in. long, both glabrous ; leaflets 7-9, the 

 upper oblong acuminate, 3-5 in. long, 2-2J in. broad, the lowest pair 

 considerably shorter, the petiolules about 2 lines long, with small 

 spreading setaceous deciduous stipellse, subcoriaceous, both sides gla- 

 brous, the veins beneath not prominent. Flowers in sessile drooping 

 axillary racemes 4—8 in. long. Bracts linear or lanceolate, shorter 

 than the slender pedicels, which are 2 lines long, and about equal the 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent broadly campanulate calyx. Calyx- 

 teeth deltoid, reaching about a quarter down, the lowest the narrowest, 

 the two uppermost connate. Corolla J-| in. deep, lilac or violet, 

 standard orbicular, § in. broad, glabrous. Upper stamen free above the 

 middle. Pod linear-oblong, 6-8 in. long, f in. broad, glabrous, firm, 

 subligneous, slightly curved, 5-6-seeded. — RoUnia Thonningii, Schum. 

 et Thonn. PI. Guin. 349. M. Grijfoniana, Baillon, Adans-. vi. 222. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Thonning, Vogel! 

 Barter! Irving! Mann! Griffon du Bellay. Fernando Po, Mann! Senegambia, 

 Heudelot! 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



A very handsome tree, with copious drooping racemes of pale lilac flowers. Dr Wel- 

 witsch has gathered in Congo a plant which differs by having the leaflets alternate in- 

 stead of opposite, and the pods shorter and broader, 2^—3 in. long, 10-12 lines broad, 

 -3-seeded. 



4. M. drastica, Welw. mss. ■ A shrub or small tree 10-15 ft. high, 

 with the habit of Fraxinns, with glabrous branches. Petioles 1-2 in. 

 long. Leaves 6-12 in. long, with 15-19 obovate or oblong subcoria- 

 ceous pointed glabrous leaflets, the terminal one 2-3| in. long, 12—20 

 lines broad, on petiolules 2 lines long, with deciduous setaceous sti- 

 pellse. Flowers in stiff short ascending axillary and terminal racemes 

 about as long as the leaves, the lower ones 2-3 together. Pedicels 

 1^—2 lines long. Calyx campanulate. 2-2^ line's deep, finely brown- 

 or grey-velvety, with deltoid teeth not reaching more than a quarter 

 down. Corolla deep purplish lilac, 8-9 lines deep. Standard orbicu- 

 lar, 7-8 lines broad, finely silky on the back. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Pod sessile, subligneous, glabrous, linear-oblong, compressed, 5—7 in. 

 long, 9-10 lines broad, many-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Cazengo, Golungo Alto, &c, Br. Welwitsch ! 



