250 xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). [Baphia. 



glabrous ovate acute reaching 2— 3 in. long". Flowers usually solitary, 

 very rarely geminate, from the old branches, on very slender erecto- 

 patent glabrous pedicels 9-12 lines long. Calyx 6-7 lines, membranous, 

 glabrous, with a pair of minute round adpressed blunt bracteoles at the 

 base, splitting down to the base when the corolla expands. Corolla 

 6-7 lines, white ; orbicular standard | in. broad. Ovary linear, gla- 

 brous. Pod unknown. 



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



7. B. Kirkii, Baker. An erect shrub, the main branches terete, 

 the young* ones densely clothed with yellowish-brown tomentum. 

 Petioles 1 in. long, slightly tomentose ; leaves ovate, 2-3 in. long, 

 acute, the base subcuneate, thin, subcoriaceous, upper surface quite 

 glabrous when mature, lower a little tomentose. Flowers 6-9 in lax 

 long-stalked axillary racemes. Bracts linear-oblong, 5-8 lines long, 

 scarious, striated, deciduous. Lower pedicels ascending 4-6 lines long, 

 the upper ones much shorter. Calyx 3-4 lines deep, membranous, gla- 

 brous, with a pair of small deciduous membranous tomentose bracteoles 

 at the base. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard sub- 

 orbicular, f-| in. broad, equalling the wings and keel. Ovary sessile, 

 linear, slightly silky, 4-ovulate. Pod not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Br. Kirk. 



8. B. maxima. Baker. An erect shrub 10 or 12 ft. high with thick 

 woody branches which are finely grey-downy when young. Petioles 

 2-4 in. long, glabrous ; leaves oblong, 6-7 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, 

 blunt or acute, the base broadly rounded, subcoriaceous, glabrous. 

 Flowers in a close slightly compound panicle amongst the leaves; 

 pedicels downy, 3-4 lines long ; bracteoles 2 lines deep, sometimes 

 reflexed ; calyx coriaceous, J-| in. deep, densely grey-downy. Corolla 

 1 in. deep, standard roundish, f in. broad. Pod subligneous, 4-5 in. 

 long, j-| in. broad, narrowed to both ends, glabrous, the upper suture 

 flattened, and with a slightly raised line on both sides. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Cameroon river, Mann! 



9. B. spathacea, Hook. f. FL Nigr. 320. A tree 20-25 ft. high, 

 the branches moderately stout, terete, slightly adpressed-brown-silky. 

 Petioles firm, glabrous, J-l in. long ; leaves 4-6 in. long, oblong, acu- 

 minate, the base rounded, coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in a slightly 

 compound panicle which is either lax or moderately close, amongst or 

 above the leaves. Pedicels erecto-patent, densely ferruginous, J-J- in. 

 long. Calyx \ in. deep, coriaceous, densely ferruginous- silky. Brac- 

 teoles ovate, 1 J-2 lines deep, reflexed. Corolla yellow, about equalling 

 the calyx. Pod 1-1^ in. long, Jin. broad, subfalcate, the valves rigid, 

 coriaceous, grey-silky. Seeds 2-3. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country, Ansell ! Barter ! Mann ! Fernando Po, Barter 1 



10. B. pubescens, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 320. A tree about 20 ft. high, 

 the ultimate branches slender, terete, densely brown-silky. Petioles 



