288 xlvii. § c^salpinie^ (oliver). [Bauhinia. 



rotundate, narrowed into the claw, not twice as long as the calyx ; 

 callus of posterior petal broader and much more rounded in profile than 

 in B. cissoides. Legume (only seen immature) apparently as in the 

 foregoing though probably longer in proportion to its breadth. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Flowers at length blood-red. 



Perhaps the same plant from the province Huilla. 



4. B. Kirkii, Oliv. Climber; rusty- or cinnamon-tomentose. 

 Leaves submembranous, about 5 in. broad by 4 in. long, with a deeply 

 cordate base, the basal sinus extending about J towards the shallow 

 broadly bilobed apical sinus ; leaflets connate over 2 in. (in our only 

 specimen), broadly rounded above and below, glabrous and reticulate 

 above, softly pilose-tomentose beneath ; petiole 2 in. Flowers showy 

 yellow on patent or recurved leaf-opposed peduncles, with the J-l in. 

 pedicels and calyx outside tomentose. Bracts ovate acute, 1-2 lines. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, shorter than the nearly equally 5-lobed 

 limb, lobes at length free, 1 \ to twice as long as the, tube, glabrous 

 within, the 2 posterior lobes slightly carinate. Petals considerably 

 exceeding the calyx, obovate, gradually narrowed to the claw, pilose 

 externally, reticulate, with divergent venation ; posterior petal with 

 a bifid basal callus. Stamens unequal, 2 perfect at length much 

 longer than the rest, with linear-subulate or filiform glabrous fila- 

 ments incurved above and oblong glabrous anthers dehiscing on the 

 inner face ; anthers of 8 shorter stamens variously deformed or effete ; 

 2 intermediate stamens with dilated filaments. Gynophore equalling 

 or exceeding the ovary, which is glabrous, excepting on the suture, 

 and biovulate. Legume not seen. 



South Central. Highlands of Batoka, Dr. Kirk I 



Dr. Kirk states that the "large astringent" roots and the seeds are eaten by the 

 natives, who call the plant " Marama, the beans Litamane.'' 



Not known from elsewhere, though nearly allied to B. Burkeana, Benth., a Cape 

 species, as well as to B. cissoides, Welw. 



5. B. Peter siana, Bolle in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 24. Extremities 

 terete, pubescent or puberulous. Leaves 2|— 3 (4) in. broad, firmly 

 membranous, broadly bifid, broadly cordate at the base, 7-nerved ; 

 leaflets connate f-2 in., rounded at each end, glabrous above, slightly 

 pubescent at least on the nervures or glabrescent beneath, with a 

 glandular or biglandular disk at the insertion of the petiole which is 

 J— J in. long. Corymbs few- or several-flowered, terminal or on short 

 lateral shoots ; pedicels very short. Calyx shortly tawny- tomentose, 

 tube cylindrical sulcate f-lj in. long, limb spathaceous, equalling the 

 tube, the lobes occasionally partially separating. Petals subequal, 

 linear-oblanceolate, narrowed to the pilose or pubescent claw, penni- 

 veined with a conspicuous midrib, 1J-2J in. long. Perfect stamens 5, 

 unequal, filaments slender elongate pilose below, anthers linear affixed 

 \— h from the base; 5 shorter stamens free or partially connate, with 

 reduced or effete anthers. Gynophore elongate, f-l| in. Ovules 

 10-12. Style slender ; stigma capitate. Legume not observed. 



