Bapllia.] XLVII. § PAPILIONACEiE (baker). 249 



Seeds generally two. Bracteolaria racemosa, Walp. Rep. v. 565. Harv. 

 Thes. t. 20 ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 268. 



South Central. Highlands of the Batoka country, Dr. Kirk! 

 Also a plant of Natal. 



3. B. Heudelotiana, Baillon in Adans. vi. 216 (adnot.). An erect 

 shrub 12-20 ft. high, the branches densely clothed with pale ferrugi- 

 nous tomentum. Petioles Jin. long, tomentose; leaves oblong, 4 in. 

 long by half as broad, acute, the base rounded, subcoriaceous, gla- 

 brescent, midrib on both sides ferruginous- silky. Flowers (in our 

 single specimen) down amongst the leaves in erecto-patent racemes 

 3-4 in. long, the rachis tomentose ; pedicels erecto-patent, J-J in. 

 long ; bracteoles round, under a line deep. Calyx ^ in. deep, fer- 

 ruginous-silky, with rather narrower divisions than in the last, the 

 corolla nearly twice as long ; standard J in. broad. Ovary linear, 

 sessile, densely silky, with four ovules. Pod not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



4. B. pilosa, Baillon in Adans. vi. 216 (adnot.). Branches terete, 

 clothed when young with long soft yellowish hairs. Petioles 1 in. 

 long*, clothed like the branches ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 5-6 in. 

 long by about half as broad, acute, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, 

 under surface at first villous on the veins, finally glabrous. Racemes 

 axillary, usually a little longer than the petioles, few-flowered. Brac- 

 teoles oblong, with scattered subrigid, hairs, equalling or slightly 

 shorter than the membranous calyx. Standard slightly longer than 

 the other petals. Ovary densely silky, the hairs strong and spreading. 

 Ovules six. Mature pod not known. 



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



5. B. nitida, Afzel. ; DC. Prod. ii. 424. An erect shrub 8 or 10 ft. 

 high with slender terete glabrous branches. Petioles J-l in. lono- on 

 the flowering branches ; leaves ovate or oblong 4-6 in. long by about 

 half as broad, acute, base rounded, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers 

 1-4 together on the main branches, on slender erecto-patent glabrous 

 pedicels J*in. long. Bracteoles small, round, spreading, united at the base. 

 Calyx membranous, glabrous, \ in. deep. Corolla white, J in. deep ; 

 the standard round, f in. broad. Pod linear, straight, 4 in. long, J-| 

 in. broad, the valves rigid, coriaceous, glabrous. Seeds 2-4. — Podalyria 

 hcematoxylon, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 202. Baphia hamwtoxylon, 

 Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 321. Carpolobia versicolor, G. Don, Gard. Diet. i. 

 370. B. leptostemma, Baillon in Adans. vi. 214 (adnot.). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius I Don, Kirk. Fernando Po, Barter ! 

 Mann! Guinea proper, Thonning, Brass ! Don! and others. 



This is the Camwood of Sierra Leone and the plant of the Afzelian herbarium ; but 

 Afzelius has mistaken a branch with several simple leaves for a pinnate leaf. 



6. B. angolensis, Welrv. mss. A tree, 15-20 ft. high with slender 

 terete glabrous branches. Petioles 2-3 lines ; leaves subcoriaceous 



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