300 xlvii. § C2ESALPinie.e (oliver). [Daniellia. 



flowering, oblong-, entire, sessile, shorter than the calyx. Stamens 10, 

 free, all perfect, filaments elongate, glabrous, anthers versatile, oblong, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary raised upon a gynophore of its own 

 length, glabrous, narrowed above into the slender elongate style ; 

 stigma terminal. Ovules 12-16, biseriate, inserted at and above the 

 middle of the cavity. Legume stipitate, flat, coriaceous, smooth, gla- 

 brous, 2-valved, the endocarp rolling up when mature ; usually 

 1-seeded. Seed suspended by a funicle dilated at the hilum ; " ex- 

 albuminous. Cotyledons flat ;' radicle short, straight." — A large resin- 

 affording unarmed glabrous tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Stipules 

 .... Flowers in terminal panicled racemes. Bracts and bracteoles 

 caducous. 



Based upon the following species, which are confined to Western Africa. 



Leaflets usually ovate-elliptical or lanceolate. Calyx-tube narrowly 



funnel-shaped. Filaments glabrous 1.2). thurifeta. 



Leaflets oblong. Calyx-tube pyriform. Filaments tomentose . . 2. 2). oblonga. 



1. D. thurifera, Bennett in Pharm. Journ. xiv. (1855) 252. A large 

 tree from 50-150 ft. in height, wholly glabrous ; the extremities marked 

 with annulai scars, apparently of broad-based caducous stipules. Leaves 

 abruptly pinnate, varying from 4 or 6 in. to 1 J ft. ; leaflets in 5-8 pairs, 

 coriaceous ai. i shining above, ovate-elliptical to ovate-lanceolate or 

 oblong obtusely apiculate or shortly acuminate, base usually broadly and 

 very obliquely rounded, reticulation rather prominent, more or less dis- 

 tinctly translucent-punctate ; 2-7 in. long ; petiolule 2-5 lines. Flowers 

 white or tinged with violet, in terminal many-flowered glabrous often 

 glaucous panicles consisting of numerous alternate racemes successively 

 spreading or decurved from a common, axis. Bracts very early ca- 

 ducous, obovate or oblong, ^— ^ in. long ; bracteoles geminate, elliptical 

 or obovate, thinly coriaceous, \ in. long, falling long before expansion. 

 Calyx-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, narrowed into the pedicel of \— J- 

 in., segments obovate- or oval-oblong \ in. long. Posterior petal only 

 usually noticeable at flowering, oblong, entire, dotted with immersed 

 glands, shorter than the calyx-lobes. Filaments filiform, glabrous, 

 exserted. Ovary glabrous on a gynophore of about its own length, 

 narrowed above into the style. Legume usually 1-seeded, obliquely 

 obovate, the ventral suture much rounded, dorsal nearly straight, 

 2-2J in. long, 1-1 J in. broad. Seed compressed, dark-coloured, f in. 

 long, J-f in. broad ; funiculus J— J in. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Dr. Daniell, M. L. Mel- 

 ville I Niger Expedition, Barter ! Fernando Po, Mann ! 



The Frankincense Tree of Sierra Leone, called Bumbo, Bungbo, or Bungo by the 

 natives, or Thievi in Senegambia; or, according to Mr. Bennett, I.e., the above names 

 of the Leonese are applied to the fragrant resin exuded by the tree. 



2. D. oblonga, Ottv. Of this species we have not material for a 

 complete description, but our fragmentary specimen from Barter suffices 

 to establish specific distinction. Leaflets narrower than in 2). thurifera, 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, base very oblique, glabrous, shining and 



