Daniellia.] xlvii. § c^salpinie;e (oliver). 301 



reticulate above, translucent-punctate with rounded and oval glands, 

 3-4 \ in. long, lg-lj in. broad; petiolule \-\ in. Calyx-tube shorter 

 than in D. thurifera, pyriform, from insertion of the bracteoles to base 

 of segments 4 lines. Filaments densely silky-tomentose. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Barter! 



Mr. Barter describes it as attaining nearly 200 ft. in height. " Flowers pale blue." 

 I think the Daniellia referred to by Mr. Bennett (Pharm. Journ. xiv. 1855, 252) as 

 collected by Afzelius, characterized by an obconical calyx-tube and silky filaments, may 

 be the same species, but the flowers on the specimens contained in the Herbarium of 

 the British Museum are detached, and I find the same form of flower associated with 

 both forms of leaflet. Either therefore there has been some misidentification, or the 

 forms here distinguished belong to one species. 



18. AFZELIA, Smith ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 580. 

 § Euafzelia. 



Calyx-tube narrowly infundibuliform or cylindrical, limb 4-partite, seg- 

 ments entire, subequal or inner pair slightlyUonger, imbricate. Vexillum 

 exceeding (sometimes many times) the calyx, clawed, lamina bilobate or 

 subentire ; lateral and anterior petals minute squamiform or 0. Perfect 

 stamens 7, filaments elongate, very shortly coherent at the base ; anthers 

 versatile, oblong, dehiscing longitudinally ; staminodia 2, subulate or 

 filiform, one at each side of the vexillum ; posterior stamen 0. Ovary 

 shortly stipitate, narrowed above into the slender style ; ovules 8-10 or 

 more. Legume oblong elliptic- or obovate-oblong, 2-valved, several- 

 seeded ; valves thick, woody, smooth or nearly so externally, with trans- 

 verse cellular or spongy septa internally separating the seeds. Seeds 

 (in well-ascertained species) large, oblong or ellipsoidal, smooth, black, 

 with a large cupuliform closely investing scarlet or yellow arillus in- 

 vesting the lower third. — Unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate. 

 Stipules not observed. Flowers in terminal simple or panicled racemes. 

 Bracteoles inserted on the pedicel at the base of the calyx- tube, shorter 

 than the bud, caducous or falling by the time of expansion. 



The following species are confined to Africa : — 



Bracts \-^ in., deciduous hut little before or at flowering, reflexed. 



Vexillum 4-5 times as long as calyx 1.-4. bracteata. 



Bracts 1-2 lines, very early caducous. Vexillum 2-3 times as long 

 as calyx. 

 Leaflets usually apiculate. Racemes panicled. Calyx-segments 



not 4 in ... 2. A. africana. 



Leaflets emarginate. Racemes usually simple. Calyx-segments 



^-| in 3. A. cuanzensis. 



1. A. bracteata, T. Vogel in Fl. Nigrit. 325, t. 34-35. Tree of me- 

 dium size ; extremities terete, glabrous or at first minutely puberulous. 

 Leaflets 3-5-jugate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, with subpro- 

 minent reticulation above, paler or subglaucous beneath, oval-oblong, 

 narrowly elliptical or obovate-oblong, obtuse often minutely emargi- 

 nate, occasionally broadly and obtusely pointed, entire or obscurely 

 undulate, 2— 4Jin. long, 1-1 J in. broad; petiolule 1—1 J lines. Flowers 

 (scarlet and fragrant according to Heudelot) in terminal simple or pani- 



