Ormosia.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 2;") 5 



A small genus, stretching round the world in the Tropics. 



Standard shorter than the wings and keel 1.0. Ian 'flora 



Standard as loDg as the wings and keel 2.0. atwolen.sis. 



1. O. laxiflora, Benth. in Herb. Kew. A tree 40 ft. high, with very 

 hardwood, the branches finely grey-downy. Petioles 1-1 \ , in. lon°" 

 leaves 5-6 in. long, with 9-11 oblong- glabrous coriaceous pointed 

 leaflets 2-3J in. long-, on petiolules 2-2-J lines long-. Flowers in copious 

 nearly sessile thyrsoid panicles with racemose branches. Pedicels 4-5 

 lines long-, finely grey-downy. Calyx coriaceous, 4 lines deep, finely 

 g-rey-velvety, finally breaking- away from the disk, the teeth reaching 

 three-quarters of the way down, the three lower ones lanceolate 

 Corolla greenish, 6-7 lines deep, the standard orbicular, g in. broad, 

 recurved, considerably shorter than the other petals, which are all S3-2J 

 lines broad. Ovary linear, silky, stalked. Pod unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Barter! Jeba, Dalton! Cameroons river, Mann ! 



2. O. angolensis, Baker. A shrub reaching- 8 ft. high, with densely 

 brown-velvety branches. Petiole 15-18 lines; rachis 4-5 in., both 

 densely brown-velvety ; leaflets 7-9, coriaceous, glabrescent above, 

 thinly brown-velvety below, oblong, blunt, emarginate at the point ; 

 the end one the largest, 1J-2 in. long ; side ones alternate. Flowers 

 in ample terminal thyrsoid panicles, with densely brown-velvety 

 branches. Pedicels J-f in., with minute linear deciduous bracteoles. 

 Calyx campanulate, coriaceous, densely velvety, | in. long ; teeth ob- 

 long-lanceolate, reaching halfway down. Corolla J in., reddish ; petals 

 subequal, much veined , standard round, | in. broad. Ovary linear, 

 densely silky, pauciovulate. Pod not known. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Br. Welwitsch! 



88. CADIA, Forsk. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 500. 



Calyx campanulate with broad subequal teeth. Petals uniform, free, 

 erecto-patent, obovate or suborbicular, shortly unguiculate, the upper 

 one outermost in aestivation. Stamens free, subequal, rather shorter 

 than the petals ; anthers uniform, linear, versatile. Ovary subsessile 

 or stipitate, multio vallate; style incurved, subulate; stigma small, ter- 

 minal. Pod linear, acuminate, flattened, coriaceous, two-valved, con- 

 tinuous within. — Erect shrubs. 



Only two species known, restricted to Arabia and Tropical Africa. 



1. C. varia, Vllerit. ; BC. Prod. ii. 486. A small shrub, the ulti- 

 mate branches slender, woody, finely downy. Leaves subsessile ; rachis 

 3-4 in. long, leaflets in 15-25 pairs and a terminal one, alternate, ses- 

 sile, ligulate, 6-8 lines long, a line broad, coriaceous, the upper surface 

 green, the lower glaucous, edges revolute. Flowers solitary or in 2-4- 

 flowered cymes on downy peduncles an inch or less long. Pedicels 1 in. 

 long, slender, pendulous. Calyx J in. deep, membranous, glabrous or 



