Bauhitiia.] XLVII. § OESALPINIE^ (oliver). 289 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, near Senna, Dr. Peters I Foot of Moramballa, 

 Dr. Kirk I Manganya bills, Waller/ 



The flowers Bolle describes as red ; Dr. Kirk as white. A good coloured drawing 

 accompanies Dr. Kirk's specimens. 



6. B. macrantha, Oliv. sp. nov. Shrub of 4-5 ft., extremities 

 pubescent- tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, the upper about 1 \ in. 

 broad, slightly cordate at base ; leaflets obliquely ovate or ovate-oblong-, 

 rounded above and below, connate \ or J their length, each 3-nerved, 

 sparsely pubescent and reticulate above, paler and pubescent beneath ; 

 petioles very short tomentose. Flowers very large, 2 or 3 together on 

 short terminal or leaf-opposed peduncles ; bracts short, linear-subulate. 

 Calyx shortly tomentose, tube narrowly cylindrical, sulcate, 1 to nearly 

 2 in. long, limb spathaceous ovate, tipped by the free subulate apices 

 of the lobes. Petals ample, 1 J-2J in. long, obovate cordate at the base 

 or abruptly narrowed into the short claw, penniveined from a prominent 

 deliquescent midrib. Perfect stamens 4-5 with elongate slender fila- 

 ments thinly pilose below and linear straight glabrous anthers ; abor- 

 tive stamens much shorter, several connate in a short phalange. Ovary 

 many-ovuled on a gynophore of 1 in. more or less ; style slender, 

 stigma capitate. Legume not seen. 



South Central. Desert by Lake Ngami, McCabe! 



7. B. Bowkeri, Harv. Fl. Capensis, ii. 596. Shrub or small tree, 

 unarmed; extremities puberulous or early glabrate. Leaves J-l J in. 

 long, f-lj in. broad, slightly cordate or truncate at base, leaflets 

 broadly obliquely oblong ovate- or obovate-oblong, rounded above and 

 below, connate from 1 or 2 lines to half their length, glabrous or 

 sparsely pubescent and reticulate above, paler or glaucous pubescent 

 or glabrate beneath. Flowers rather large, white, terminal and from 

 the upper axils, usually in few-flowered leafy corymbs ; pedicels very 

 short. Calyx puberulous or shortly tomentose, tube cylindrical elon- 

 gate . sulcate, limb spathaceous, j-lj in. long, shorter than or nearly 

 equalling the tube. Petals 1J-2 in., oblanceolate, narrowed into the 

 claw, with a strong midrib and conspicuously penniveined. Stamens 

 10, all perfect, unequal ; filaments filiform. Ovary on a long gyno- 

 phore, narrowed above into the slender pubescent style ; stigma capi- 

 tate. Legume not seen. 



South Central. Chapman and Baines ! 

 Found also in Caffraria. 



8. B. rufescens, Lam. ; DC. Prod. ii. 514. Much and divaricately 

 branched shrub or small tree; extremities minutely puberulous or 

 glabrous. Leaves very small, usually under 1 in. in diameter, rather 

 coriaceous ; leaflets free nearly or quite from the base, obliquely and 

 broadly oblong or more or less ovate or obovate, rounded at each end, 

 3-nerved, minutely setulose-puberulous or glabrate and reticulate be- 

 neath ; petiole 2 lines to \ in. Flowers small, white, fragrant, in 

 terminal racemes or corymbs; pedicels -£$~\ m - Calyx-tube cam- 

 panulate, 2 lines long, limb spathaceous, twice as long as the tube, the 



