Afzelia.] XLVIl. § C.ESALPINIE2E (OLIVER). 303 



long-, |-2J in. broad, on petiolules of 1-5 lines. Flowers larger than 

 in A. 'qfricana, in terminal simple solitary hoary or pubescent racemes 

 not exceeding 3-4 in. in length in our specimens, the racemes occasion- 

 ally forked at the base. Bracts concave, caducous, 1—3 lines long* ; 

 bracteoles caducous, \ in. or less. Calyx-tube narrowly funnel-shaped 

 or subcylindrical, about equalling- the inner and longer obovate concave 

 segments of the limb. Vexillum f-l| in. long-, 2-3 times as long- 

 as the calyx, clawed, the claw channelled, either very narrow at the 

 base dilating 1 upwards into the bilobate blood-red lamina or broader 

 and cuneately expanded above, sometimes thinly pilose dorsally. 

 Lateral and anterior petals very minute squamiform. Fertile stamens 

 7 (-9) and staminodia as in A. bracteata ; filaments very shortly connate 

 at the base, glabrous, or thinly pilose. Ovary on a gynophore of about 

 its own length, thinly pubescent on the margin ox glabrous, narrowed 

 into the elongate slender style. Ovules uniseriate, about 10. Legume 

 oblong, smooth, punctate, glabrous, shortly and obliquely apiculate, 

 rounded and gibbous at the base, 5-7 in. long, If -2 \ in. broad. — A. 

 Petersiana, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 19. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitschl 



South Central. Highlands of Batoka country, Dr. Kirk! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Usekhe, Speke and Grant! (A form with more 

 coriaceous leaflets and broadly clawed petal) ; common on the Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 

 West shore of Nyassa, Dr. Kirk ! 



Also south of the Tropic at Delagoa Bay, Forbes ! 



Specimens of an Afzelia, probably specifically distinct, in fruit only, with unfolding 

 leaves and young buds are in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Dr. Kirk on the Rovuma. 

 It differs from the Zambesi plant in its smaller growth and larger flowers, according to 

 Dr. Kirk. The leaflets also appear longer and more ovate. The legumes are very 

 thick and woody, about 6 in. long, 24 in. broad, 8-9 seeded, broadly oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, rounded and gibbous at the base, projecting upon the oblique insertion of the 

 stout peduncle. Afzelia attenuata, Klotzsch, also described in the work cited from 

 very fragmentary specimens, cannot be certainly identified. An authentic specimen, 

 however, kindly lent by the Berlin Museum for comparison at Kew, agreed, so far as it 

 went, with the above.* 



With our specimens of Afzelia are sorted away specimens, in leaf and fruit only, of a 

 leguminous tree or shrub from the Batoka country (Dr. Kirk), which may or may not 

 belong to the genus. The young extremities and rachis of the leaves more or less 

 tawny-pubescent, or pilose-tomentose ; leaflets in 3-4 pairs, very coriaceous, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, or emarginate, finely reticulate, at length glabrescent, sparingly pubescent 

 on midrib beneath, 2-2^ in. long. Legume fiat, obliquely and narrowly obovate-euneate 

 or oblanceolate-cuneate, 3-5 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad near the extremity, narrowed with 

 but slightly curved sides to the obtuse base ; valves clothed with a deciduous, patchy, 

 ferruginous tomentum. Seeds few, compressed, elliptical, smooth, dark-brown, 1 in. 

 long, exarillate, exalbuminous. In the Herbarium of the British Museum are insuf- 

 ficient specimens of perhaps 2 species from Sierra Leone, probably belonging to this 

 genus. 



19. CRYPTOSEPALUM, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. Plant, i. 584. 



Flowers small, buds enclosed between a pair of valvate bracteoles. 

 Calyx-tube minute, turbinate or urceolate, limb of 3-4-5 minute often 



* Afzelia f Pancovia, DC. Prod. ii. 507 {Pancovia bijuga, Willd.), M. BaiJlon in- 

 forms me is a Sapindacea. 



