256 xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). [Cadia. 



slightly silky; teeth deltoid, reaching about halfway down. Corolla 

 reddish-violet, 1 in. deep, veiny, its petals obovate, uniform, much 

 imbricated, \— § in. broad. Pod linear, glabrous, nearly straight, nar- 

 rowed to a point, with a stalk equalling the calyx. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 

 i. 248. t. 46. C. purpurea, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 548. Spaendoncea tamarin- 

 difolia, Desf. dec. phil. vii. 259. Panciatica purpurea, Picciv. Hort. 

 Pane. 9 cum icone. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Salt! Quartin- Dillon and Petit! Roth! 



Also a native of Arabia. 



In the other species, the Mascarene C. pubescens, Bojer, the leaflets are 4 lines broad, 

 and the calyx is three quarters as long as the corolla. 



89. BAPHIOPSIS, Benth. mss. 



Calyx small, oblong, membranous, without a disciferous tube, at first 

 closed and entire, splitting irregularly when expanded. Petals six, 

 about equalling the calyx, oblong, nearly equal. Stamens 16-18, 

 almost hypogynous, not more than half as long as the calyx and corolla, 

 the anthers oblong, the filaments filiform, varying from as long as the 

 anthers to twice as long. Ovary sessile, biovulate, linear, glabrous, 

 narrowed into a very much hooked style which exceeds it and about 

 equals the petals ; the stigma minute, capitate. Pod unknown. — A large 

 tree with small flowers in racemes or umbels from the woody branches. 



Habit of Baphia, from which the number of stamens and character of the petals 

 separate it. It comes nearest Aldina in technical characters, but this has a disk to 

 the calyx, a large showy corolla, perigynous indefinite stamens, linear anthers, and im- 

 paripinnate leaves. 



1. B. parviflora, Benth. in Herb. Kerv. A tree 40 or 50 ft. high 

 with glabrous terete grey woody slender ultimate branches. Stipules 

 none or deciduous. Petioles 6-15 lines long, woody, glabrous, incras- 

 sated at the base and apex. Leaves oblong, 6-8 in. long by less than 

 half as broad, acute, entire, base rounded, coriaceous, colour pale-green, 

 both sides quite glabrous, the veinlets finely reticulated and raised on 

 both sides. Flowers in umbels or abbreviated racemes of a dozen each 

 on slender pedicels 3 or 4 lines long. Bracteoles minute, ovate, scarious, 

 striated, deciduous. Bud oblong, acute, 2 lines long. 



Upper Guinea. Ambas bay, Mann ! 



90. SWARTZIA, Schreb. .; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 561. 



Calyx without a disciferous tube, at first globose and entire, splitting 

 variously as the flower expands. Corolla with one petal in our species 

 but sometimes with none oi* three. Stamens indefinite, free or shortly 

 connate at the base, almost hypogynous, declinate and ascending, the 

 filaments filiform ; anthers uniform or some larger, fastened near the 

 base, the dehiscence longitudinal. Ovary stipitate, often incurved, 

 multiovulate, narrowed into the style ; the stigma terminal, small, rarely 

 capitate. Pod ovoid or elongated, turgid or subterete, coriaceous or 



