234 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). [Balbergia. 



oblong* or obovate-oblong, subcoriaceous, glabrous, blunt or often re- 

 tuse, rounded at the base, the veins beneath slightly raised ; the upper 

 1J-2 in. long-. Flowers in copious subcorymbose axillary and terminal 

 panicles, the former much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels ^-1 line 

 long-, subglabrous. Calyx J in. deep, subglabrous, the oblong- deltoid 

 teeth reaching nearly halfway down. Corolla whitish or rose-coloured, 

 twice the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, 12-15 lines broad, quite smooth, 

 pedicellate. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Smeathmann I 

 Bon ! Niger land, Ansell I Mann I 



7. D. bracteolata, Baker. A wide-climbing shrub with slender 

 perfectly glabrous grey-dotted branches. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 

 4-5 lines long, deciduous. Petioles 6-12 lines long ; leaflets 9-11, 

 ovate, on a rachis 3-5 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous, narrowed gradu- 

 ally from the middle to an acute point, the veinlets beneath not raised. 

 Flowers in copious subcorymbose terminal and axillary panicles. Brac- 

 teoles membranous, lanceolate, 1J-2 lines long, remaining till the 

 flowers expand. Lower pedicels J in. long*. Calyx campanulate, gla- 

 brous, f line long, the teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod 

 pointed, 18-21 lines long, 6-7 lines broad, quite smooth, narrowed at 

 the base into a pedicel quite half an inch long. 



Mozarab. Distr. Zambesi land, and on the island of Zanzibar, Br. Kirk! 



8. D. pubescens, Hook.f. Fl. Nigr. 315. A wide-climbing shrub, 

 with woody slender branchlets clothed with fine ferruginous pubescence. 

 Petioles very short; rachis 3-8 in. long; leaflets 11-21, shortly- 

 stalked, oblong, rounded at both ends, 1-2 in. long, 6-9 lines broad, 

 coriaceous, the under surface finely pubescent with raised main-veins. 

 Flowers in dense axillary and terminal panicles, the former much 

 shorter than the leaves. Pedicels densely brown-velvety, J line long. 

 Calyx J in. deep, finely pubescent, the teeth deltoid. Corolla reddish- 

 yellow, becoming paler with age, \ in. long, the keel much shorter than 

 the standard and wings. Stamens equally diadelphous. Pod oblong, 

 membranous, 2\ in. long by half as broad. — Benth. loc. cit. 47. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot I Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Q. Bon! &c. 

 Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Br. Welwitsch! 



An imperfect specimen, gathered by Dr. Kirk in Zambesi land, probably represents 

 a new species nearly allied to it. The young leaves and branches are densely grey- 

 velvety, and the calyx and corolla, though similar in structure, are considerably 

 larger. 



9. D. Afzelii, Baker. Branches glabrous, woody, terete. Petioles 

 J-| in. long, the rachis 1J-2 in. ; leaflets 15-19, oblong, short- 

 stalked, 4-5 lines long, 2 lines broad, both ends rounded, conspicu- 

 ously emarginate, coriaceous, both sides glabrous, ' veins not raised. 

 Flowers in few-flowered panicles shorter than the leaves. Calyx 2 lines 

 deep, glabrous, teeth lanceolate, not reaching more than a quarter of 

 the way down. Corolla not seen. Immature pod 1 J-2 in. long, 4 lines 



