248 xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). [Baphia. 



2-6-ovulate ; style incurved, shortly subulate ; stigma small, terminal. 

 Pod linear-lanceolate, straight or falcate, acuminate, flattened, coria- 

 ceous or submembranous, continuous and slightly filled up within. 

 — Trees or shrubs, with simple leaves, sometimes climbing. 



All the species Tropical African, one extending to Natal. 

 * Bracteolaria {Hochst.). Calyx bilabiate. 



Twigs and calyx thinly grey-silky. 



Pod straight, 3-4 in. long 1. B. polygalacea. 



Pod recurved, 2 in. long 2. B. racemosa. 



Twigs and calyx densely brown-velvety 3. B. Heuddotiana. 



** Delaria (Desv.). Calyx spathaceous. 



Bracteoles as long as the calyx 4. B. pilosa. 



Bracteoles much shorter than the calyx. 

 Calyx membranous-glabrous. 

 Branches glabrous. 



Calyx half as long as corolla 5. B. nitida. 



Calyx as long as corolla 6. B. angolensis. 



Branches densely tomentose 1. B. Kirkii. 



Calyx coriaceous, more or less silky. 



Calyx grey-downy # 8. B. maxima. 



Calyx clothed with ferruginous silky hairs. 



Pod recurved grey-silky 9. B. spathacea. 



Pod straight glabrous 10. B. pubescens. 



1. B. polygalacea, Baker. An erect shrub 8-10 ft. high with slen- 

 der terete glabrous or slightly downy branches. Petioles slenaer, 1-1 J 

 in. long ; leaves ovate or oblong, cuspidate or acuminate, 3-5 in. long 

 by 2-2J in. broad, the base rounded, sometimes cordate, subcoriaceous, 

 both sides glabrous, the main veins prominent beneath. Flowers in 

 an ample panicle either mixed with or separate from the leaves; 

 branches firm, erecto-patent ; pedicels 2-2 J lines long, spreading at a 

 right angle. Calyx with two minute rounded bracteoles at the base, 

 membranous, slightly adpressed- silky, 2J lines deep, the divisions ob- 

 long, ultimately reflexed. Corolla white, half as long again as the 

 calyx. Pod linear, nearly straight, 3-4 in. long, |-§ in. broad, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, glabrous, rigid, subcoriaceous, seeds 2-3. — 

 Bracteolaria polygalacea, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 322. Delaria pyrifolia, Desv. 

 Linnsea, ii. 510. Carpolobia dubia, G. Don, Gard. Diet. i. 370. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! G. Don! Barter! Dr. Kirk! Fer- 

 nando Fo, Barter ! Mann! Niger land, Vogel! Barter! and others. 



2. B. racemosa, Hochst. in Flora 1841, part 2, 638. An erect shrub 

 6 or 8 ft. high with glabrous branches. Petioles slender, J-f in. long ; 

 leaves oblanceolate or narrowly oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 2J-3 in. 

 long, the base cuneate or slightly rounded, subcoriaceous, under sur- 

 face a little silky when young. Flowers in an irregular ample leafy 

 panicle ; pedicels thinly silky, 2 lines long, spreading at a right angle, 

 or sometimes cernuous. Bracteoles minute, ovate. Calyx membranous, 

 slightly grey-silky, 2 J lines deep. Corolla white, half as long again as 

 the calyx, the standard f in. broad, marked with purple veins. Pod 

 2 in. long, f-| in. broad, the point recurved, firm, glabrous, coriaceous. 



