242 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). [LoncJiocarpus. 



calyx less silky, leaves nearly or ultimately quite glabrous below. L. 

 doming ensis, DC. 1. c. L. macrophyllus, H. B. K. Nov. PI. 383. Robinia 

 violacea, Beauv. Fl. Owar., ii. 28, t. 76. R. argentifiora, Schum. et 

 Thonn. PI. Gum. 352. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! Skues! St. Thomas, G. 

 Don! Dr. Welwitsch! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Miss Turner! Dr. DanielL! 

 Guinea proper, Thonnitig, Vogel! and others. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



2. L. laxiflorus, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 226. An erect tree 

 15-20 ft. high, the young- branches slightly grey-velvety. Petioles 

 2 in. long. ; leaflets 5-7, oblong or ovate, 3-4 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, 

 bluntish, the base rounded, subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous, pale 

 glaucous-green. Flowers in solitary or fascicled panicles sometimes a 

 foot long, the branches racemose, slender, erecto-patent or spreading, 

 3-4 in. long, dense upwards. Pedicels \ in. long. Calyx 2 lines deep, 

 finely grey-velvety, sometimes nearly glabrous, the teeth deltoid, 

 reaching a quarter of the way down. Corolla J in. deep, pale violet, 

 the standard reflexed, oblong, glabrous, \ in. broad, appendiculate at 

 the base. Pod 3-4 in. long, | in. broad, membranous, straight, gla- 

 brous, acute, narrowed gradually to the pedicel, 2-3-seeded. — Benth. 

 1. c. 97. L. Philenoptera, Benth. 1. c. ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 263. 

 Philenoptera Schimperiana, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1802 ; A. 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 232. P. Kotschy an a, Fenzl in Flora, 1844, 312. 

 Capassa violacea, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 28, t. 5. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Perrottet! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Schimper ! Madi, /Speke and Grant, 

 743! 



South Central. Banks of Lake Ngami, McCdbe! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Kirk ! Mozambique, Peters! 



Var. /3. sericeus, leaflets 3-5, the terminal one obovate, 4 in. long by nearly 3 in. 

 broad, densely grey-velvety beneath. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zamba, and east end of Lake Shirwa, Dr. Meller ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welivitsch ! 



We cannot separate from this the L. Sophia; of Kotschy and Peyritsch, figured in 

 Plantae Tinneanae, t. ii. 



3. L. pallescens, Welw. mss. An erect tree 40-50 ft. high with 

 the habit of Fraxinus, and g-labrous branches. Petioles slender, 1—2 in. 

 long ; leaves deciduous at flowering time, 6-8 in. long with 7 ovate- 

 oblong glabrous pointed grey opaque coriaceous leaflets, the terminal 

 one 3-4 in. long, 12-18 lines broad, on petiolules \ in. long. Flowers 

 in copious decompound lax terminal panicles with patent branches. 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines long, densely grey-velvety. Calyx broad-campanu- 

 late, 2J-3 lines deep, velvety, the lower teeth lanceolate, reaching 

 halfway down. Corolla scarcely twice the calyx, dull violet, the stan- 

 dard orbicular, glabrous, 4 lines broad, the keel-petals rather shorter, 

 2 lines broad. Pod membranous, short-stalked, linear, 4-5 in. long, 

 8-9 lines broad, grey-velvety, subfalcate, 4-5-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Zt.nza do Golunuo, Dr. Wdtcitsch ! 



