292 xlvii. § cjesalpinie^ (oliver). [Bauhinia. 



companulate, thin, glabrous, shortly 5 deltoid-toothed. Petals 5, erect, 

 exserted J in., obliquely oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, narrowed into 

 the claw, beautifully purple -reticulate with a narrow veinless margin. 

 Stamens 10, antheriferous, filaments glabrous ; anthers elliptic-oblong. 

 Ovary and gynophore smooth, glabrous (or glandular) ; ovules inde- 

 finite in 2 or more series. Legume flat, 2-valved, shortly falcate-oblong 

 or subreniform, the dorsal suture broadly rounded ; slender style per- 

 sisting at one side of the apex ; valves glabrous, transversely reticulate. 

 Seeds few. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Br. Welwitsch! 

 Also in Namaqua-land and on the Gariep. 



Imperfectly known Species. 



B. punctata, Bolle in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 23. An unarmed shrub ; 

 extremities and petioles minutely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, orbi- 

 cular, 9-nerved, truncate at base ; leaflets connate nearly throughout or 

 shortly bilobate, rounded above, upper surface smooth and shining, 

 lower clothed with short appressed hairs and golden-yellow spots. 

 Flowers in twos or threes, terminal or leaf-opposed, on long peduncles. 

 Calyx spathaceous, 2-valved. Petals' rotundate, with a claw of J in. Fila- 

 ments glabrous. Ovary stipitate tomentose. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Peters. 



Abstracted from tbe work cited. The form of the calyx-tube is not stated, nor the 

 number of antheriferous stamens. 



B. Adansoniana, Guill. et Perr. Ft. Seneg. i. 265. " Leaves 2-fid, 

 7-nerved from an ovate or subrotund base, lobes lanceolate obtuse 

 pubescent. Legume linear subtorulose." 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Adanson. 



Unknown to me. 



B. acuminata, Bruce, Trav. Abyss. App. 167. t. 18. 



This plant, the " Far ek" of Bruce, I cannot identify. The leafage, calyx and 

 petals at any rate, are those of a Bauhinia, while the pistil is unlike that of any 

 species known to me. B. acuminata is represented with distinctly cordate leaves, the 

 leaflets connate \-\ their length, and gradually narrowed to a rather obtuse apex. 

 Flowers in a short extra-axillary peduncled corymb or raceme. Calyx spathaceous. 

 Petals ovate- lanceolate or oval clawed. Perfect stamens 10. 



15. BERLINIA, Solander ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 579. 



Buds enclosed between a pair of valvate bracteoles until flowering. 

 Calyx-tube short or elongate, segments 5, subequal, imbricate. Poste- 

 rior petal nearly equalling the rest in length or much longer, usually 

 distinctly clawed, with an entire or bilobate lamina; lateral and anterior 

 petals similar to the posterior or much smaller, diverse in form, shorter 

 than or exceeding the calyx. Stamens 10, all perfect or 5 alternating 

 with as many rudimentary staminodia ; in the decandrous species the 

 posterior stamen free from the base, the rest usually very shortly co- 

 herent; filaments slender, elongate, anthers oblong or elliptical, dehis- 

 cing longitudinally, versatile. Ovary shortly or distinctly stipitate ; style 



