188 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Spatholobus. 



58. SPATHOLOBUS, Hassk. ; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. Plant, i. 534. 



Upper two teeth of calyx subconnate, the others equal. Standard 

 ovate, obtuse, exappendiculate ;' wings linear-oblong- ; keel nearly 

 straight, obtuse, equalling* the wings. Upper stamen usually free, but 

 in our plant connate with the others ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 

 biovulate ; style incurved, beardless ; stigma small, terminal. Pod sub- 

 sessile or stipitate, linear- oblong, often falcate, flat and indehiscent in 

 the lower part, the apex convex, single-seeded and dehiscing. — Wide- 

 climbing shrubs. 



A small genus, the other species all Tropical Asiatic. 



1. S. ? africanus, Baker. Stems firm, woody, climbing to a 

 length of 100 ft., the young branches slightly grey-tomentose. Petioles 

 4-5 in. long, firm, woody, tomentose ; leaflets 3, central one obovate, 

 5-6 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, slightly repand upwards, apex blunt, emar- 

 ^inate, base subcuneate, coriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower 

 finely grey-pubescent all over, veins and veinlets raised. Flowers in 

 ample panicles 1-2 ft. long with narrow racemose branches, the lower 

 ones stalked and often half a foot long. Pedicels very short, with two 

 small rounded bracteoles at the apex adpressed to the calyx, which is 

 almost tubular, 2 lines deep, densely adpressed grey-silvery, teeth very 

 short, subdeltoid. Corolla scarlet, three times the calyx. Ovary linear, 

 sessile, slightly silky. Pod not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann I 



This closely resembles the common East Indian Butea parviflora of Roxburgh in its 

 ample panicles and the shape and texture of its leaves, but the corolla is smaller, the 

 calyx less deeply toothed, and the stamens are monadelphous. 



59. GALACTIA, P. Br. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 535. 



Calyx-teeth acuminate, the two upper ones connate, the lowest rather 

 longer than the others. Standard ovate or orbicular, subappendiculate 

 or the edges at the base inflexed ; wings narrow or obovate, adhering 

 to the keel ; keel equalling or exceeding the wings, not beaked. Upper 

 stamen free, or connate with the others at the middle ; anthers uni- 

 form. Ovary subsessile, multiovulate ; style filiform, beardless ; stigma 

 small, terminal. Pod linear, straight or incurved, compressed, two- 

 valved, thinly septate between the seeds. — Prostrate or climbing herbs 

 or erect shrubs. 



A moderate sized tropical genus, with its head quarters in America. 



1. G. tenuiflora, Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Ind. 206. Stems slender, 

 firm, wide-twining, finely grey-pubescent. Stipules small, lanceolate, 

 deciduous. Petioles slender, 1-2 in. long ; leaflets 3, the central one 

 oblong, 2-2 J in. long, both ends rounded; petiolules f- j in. long; 

 lateral ones slightly unequal-sided ; texture subcoriaceous, thinly gTey- 



