Baphia.) xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 251 



f-J in. long-, slender, ferruginous ; leaves oblong or narrow-obovate, 

 3-4 in. long, acuminate, the base cuneate or slightly rounded, sub- 

 coriaceous, under surface ferruginous on the veins when young. Pedi- 

 cels 1-4 together from the main branches, Jin. long, erecto-patent, 

 ferruginous-downy. Bracteoles minute, rounded. Calyx \ in. deep, 

 finely ferruginous-downy. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, white ; 

 standard roundish, Jin. broad. Pod straight, 3 in. long, j'in. broad, 

 membranous, rigid, glabrous, brown, polished, narrowed to both ends. — 

 B. laurifolia, Baillon in Adans. vi. 213. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Vogel! Barter ! Griffon du Bellay (fide Baillon). 



83. LEUCOMPHALUS, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 553. 



Calyx ovoid, shortly toothed, membranous, slitting as the flower 

 expands down to the base along a single line. Petals subsessile ; stan- 

 dard broad-obovate ; wings linear-oblong ; petals of the keel broader 

 than the wings, not at all connate. Stamens free ; anthers linear, 

 longer than their filaments. Ovary long-stalked, pauciovulate ; style 

 incurved, subulate ; stigma small, terminal. Pod long-stalked, falcate- 

 ovate, turgid, coriaceous, two-valved, glabrous within. Seeds 1 or 2. 



A single species, restricted to West Tropical Africa. 



1. L. capparideus, Benth. Fl. Nigr. 322, t, 31. A small tree 15 ft. 

 high with slender terete glabrous branches. Petioles J-l in. long, 

 slender, glabrous ; leaves simple oblong, 3-4 in. long, cuspidate, the 

 base rounded, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in a slightly compound 

 terminal panicle. Pedicels \-\'m. long, glabrous. Bracteoles small, 

 rounded. Calyx 3-4 lines deep, green, membranous, glabrous. Corolla 

 white, equalling the calyx; Anthers linear, 2J lines long, the fila- 

 ments very short. Pod f in. long by nearly as broad, the valves coria- 

 ceous, rigid, glabrous, the small point decurved, the pedicel half as 

 long as the body of the pod. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel ! Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 



84. CAMOEWSIA, Welw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 557. 



Calyx turbinate, with imbricated lobes. Petals papilionaceous with 

 long claws, the standard orbicular, the others narrower, all free. 

 Stamens free ; anthers uniform, linear, versatile. Ovary stipitate, 

 multiovulate ; style filiform, involute in the unexpanded flower ; stigma 

 terminal, small, capitate. Pod broad-linear, flattened, coriaceous, two- 

 valved. — Wide-climbing shrubs with digitately trifoliolate leaves. 



Two species, both confined to West Tropical Africa. 



Calyx an inch long 1- C.brevicalyx. 



Calyx 6-7 in. long 2. C. maxima. 



1. C. brevicalyx, Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxv. 302. A woody 

 climber 30 ft. long with firm terete glabrous branches. Petioles -3-4 



