252 xlvii. § PAPiLioNACE^E (baker). [Camoensia. 



in. long*, firm, glabrous ; leaves digitately trifoliolate ; leaflets on 

 petiolules \ in. long-, oblong- or with a slig'ht obovate tendency, 4-7 in. 

 long, subacute, the base cuneate or a little rounded, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 upper surface glossy, the main veins raised. Flowers in stalked erecto- 

 patent racemes 6-12 in. long from the axils of the leaves. Pedicels 

 J-f in. long, erecto-patent, with a pair of small ovate spreading brac- 

 teoles at the apex. Calyx an inch deep, turbinate, coriaceous, slightly 

 downy, turning black when dried, the five teeth all broad-deltoid, \ in. 

 deep. Corolla 2 in. deep, standard 1^ in. broad. Ovary linear, multi- 

 ovulate, straight, glabrous, with a slightly raised line along the edge 

 both above and below. Ripe pod not seen. 

 Upper Guinea. Gulf of Guinea. 1° N. lat., Mann ! 



2. C. maxima, Welw. ; Benth. in Linn. Trans. I.e. t. 36. A woody 

 climber with terete glabrous branches. Stipules rigid and subspines- 

 cent. Petioles 2-2| in. long ; leaves digitately trifoliolate, the leaflets 

 with very short petiolules and linear stipellse, obovate- oblong, 5-6 in. 

 long, narrowed below the middle, cuspidate, *subcoriaceous, glabrous. 

 Flowers in short-stalked 6-8-flowered axillary racemes ; pedicels 1-2 

 in. long, downy ; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate. Calyx densely 

 coated with reddish woolly tomentum, tubular, 6-7 in. long, the stamens 

 inserted halfway up, slit into five lanceolate segments 1-1J in. deep, 

 which are finally recurved. Petals cream-coloured, with deeper coloured 

 veins and a golden border, edges crisped and crenulated, the standard 

 protruding 4 in. beyond the calyx, its limb suborbicular, 3-4 in. broad ; 

 the other petals shorter and not more than an inch broad. Pod 6-8 in. 

 long, 1-1 J in. broad, nearly straight, clothed with ferruginous woolly 

 tomentum, 3-4-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Prof. 0. Smith! (not Sierra Leone, Afzelius, as given 

 by mistake in Linn. Trans.). Angola, common in the forests of Golungo Alto, Dr. 

 Welwitsch / 



A magnificent species, much the most striking plant of the Suborder. 



85. CALPURNIA, E. Meyer; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 554. 



Calyx-teeth broad, short, the two upper ones connate. Standard 

 suborbicular, erect or recurved ; wings falcate- oblong ; keel incurved, 

 obtuse, its petals united along the back. Stamens free, the anthers 

 versatile, often small. Ovary stipitate, multiovulate ; style incurved, 

 subulate ; stigma terminal, capitate. Pod linear, flattened, mem- 

 branous, indehiscent, narrowly winged along the upper suture. 



A small genus, restricted to the Cape, except this species. 



1. C. aurea, Baker. An erect shrub 10-15 ft. high with slender 

 thinly adpressed grey-silky branches. Petioles slender, J-l in. long; 

 rachis of the leaves 3-4 in. long; leaflets 13-21, opposite, short-stalked, 

 elliptical, 1— If in. long, bluntly rounded at both ends, not coriaceous, 

 the under surface slightly silky when young. Flowers in copious 



