Andira.] XLVii. § papilionace^: (baker). 24? 



Lam. Enc. i. 171, t. 604, fig-. 1. A. grandijlora, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 

 254. A. acuminata, Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. 109. 

 Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! 



2. A. ? gabonica, Baillon in Adans. vi. 219. (adnot.). Young- 

 branches densely villous. Rachis of the leaves 10 in. long, slender ; 

 leaflets 11, alternate or subopposite, short- stalked, ovate, 3 in. long, 

 1J in. broad, acute, the base rounded, subcoriaceous, upper surface 

 shining, lower opaque. Floweis in panicles with short few-flowered 

 densely villous branches. Calyx purplish, villous, \ in. deep. Corolla 

 white, three times as long as the calyx, the standard obtuse, finally 

 reflexed, rather shorter than the other petals, the upper stamen quite 

 free. Ovary short-stalked, villous, 2-3-ovulate ; style subulate, arcuate. 

 Pod not known. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Gaboon, Duparquet {fide Baillon). 



81. DALHOUSIEA, Wall. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 552. 



Calyx campanulate, teeth very short. Standard orbicular, subsessile ; 

 wings obliquely oblong, free; keel broader than the wings, erect, 

 oblique, its petals subcoherent along the back, with very short claws. 

 Stamens free; anthers linear-oblong, shorter than their filaments. 

 Ovary subsessile, pauciovulate ; style slightly incurved; stigma small 

 terminal. Pod obliquely oblong, narrowed at both ends, compressed, 

 coriaceous, 2-valved, continuous within. Seeds 2-3. — A shrub with 

 large ovate persistent bracts and bracteoles, the latter quite including 

 the flower. 



A single species, common to Angola and the Himalayas, but not known in the inter- 

 mediate country. 



1. D. bracteata, Wall. Cat. Hero. Ind. Or. No. 5339. A shrub with 

 terete glabrescent almost sarmentose branches. Petiole 1-3 in. ; leaves 

 simple, subcoriaceous, glabrous oblong acute, of the flower-shoot 4-6, 

 on the barren reaching 6-12 in. long. Flowers in ample terminal 

 panicles with few-flowered subcorymbose branches reaching down 

 among the leaves. Bracts round, 3-4 lines, ciliated. Calyx 1^—2 lines, 

 quite enveloped in a pair of similar bracteoles. Corolla snow-white, 

 much longer. Pod rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 2J-3 in. long, 12-15 

 lines broad. — Wight Ic. t. 265. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



82. BAPHIA, Afzel. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 553. 



Calyx ovoid or globose, shortly toothed, slitting as the flower ex- 

 pands either into two reflexed lobes or down to the base along one line. 

 Petals subsessile ; standard orbicular ; wings obliquely oblong or ob- 

 ovate; keel slightly incurved, obtuse, the petals slightly coherent. 

 Stamens free, the anthers shorter than the filaments. Ovary subsessile, 



