302 xlvii. § c^salpinie^ (oliver). [Afzelia. 



cled hoary-puberulous racemes. Bracts deciduous a little before or 

 at the time of flowering", broadly ovate or obovate, reflexed, J— \ in. 

 long-. Pedicels J-| in. long ; bracteoles geminate, elliptical, hoary at 

 length, reflexed and deciduous at or before flowering, \ in. long or less, 

 about half as long as the calyx-tube. Calyx puberulous, tube cylin- 

 drical at length, slightly longer than the subequal obovate or broadly 

 elliptical obtuse segments of the 4-partite limb. Posterior petal with a 

 linear claw j-l| in. long, lamina deeply bifid, }— 1 in. broad, each lobe 

 rounded or subreniform ; remaining petals (or early evanescent). 

 Perfect stamens 7, filaments filiform, pilose more or less, and very 

 shortly coherent at the base ; staminodia 2, filiform or subulate, one on 

 each side of the base of the vexillum ; posterior stamen 0. Ovary on a 

 short gynophore, compressed, narrowed into the slender style ; stigma 

 subcapitate. Ovules 10 or more, uniseriate. I have not seen authentic 

 specimens of the legume. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! T. Vogel! Senegambia, Heudelot! 

 Bagroo river, Mann ! 



2. A. africana, Smith; DC. Prod. ii. 507. A large glabrous tree; 

 extremities terete. Leaves often 1 ft. or more in length ; leaflets 4-5- 

 jugate, elliptical or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, obtusely apicu- 

 late or rounded at the apex, usually broadly rounded at the base, thinly 

 coriaceous or submembranous, obscurely undulate-crenulate or entire, 

 shining and reticulate above, paler or subglaucous beneath, 2J-5 in. 

 long, l|-2f m. broad; petiolules \-\ in. Flowers hoary-puberulous, 

 in terminal panicled short lax or dense racemes. Bracts very early 

 caducous, ovate or rotundate, 1-2 lines long. Pedicels \-^ in. ; brac- 

 teoles caducous, \ in. long. Calyx-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 shorter than or at length nearly equalling the obovate or broadly ellipti- 

 cal segments of the limb. Vexillum J-f in. long, broadly clawed, about 

 twice as long as the calyx-lobes, pilose at least on the claw. Stamens, 

 staminodes, and pistil as in A. bracteata. Ovules about 10. " Legume 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, suboblique, with a short lateral acumen. Valves 

 very thick, glabrous externally." — El. Seneg. i. 263, t. 57. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Perrottet I Nupe, Niger, Barter ! 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! 



Barter describes the flowers as " white and red, very fragrant." The only fruits of 

 Afzelia sent home by Mr. Barter are not attached to the flowering specimens, by number 

 or otherwise, and so cannot be certainly identified. They are broadly and obliquely 

 oblong, 6-7 in. long, 2— 2f in. broad, and nearly 1 in. in thickness, 10-12 seeded; the 

 valves are thick, woody, perfectly glabrous, and minutely punctate or shagreened ex- 

 ternally. 



3. A. cuanzensis, Welrv. Apont. Phyto-geogr. No. 35. Tree, varying 

 from 15-30 ft. and upwards ; annual shoots shortly and very finely pubes- 

 cent, early glabrous. Leaves glabrous, 5-18 in. long ; leaflets 4-7- 

 jugate, firmly membranous to coriaceous, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, 

 occasionally obovate- or ovate-elliptical obtuse and emarginate, rounded 

 or broadly cuneate at base, entire or obscurely undulate-crenulate, 

 shining and reticulate above, subglaucous or paler beneath, l|-4 in. 



