318 xlvii; § (LESALPiNiEiE (oliver). [Cynometra. 



3. C. (Eymenostegia) floribunda, Benih. in Linn. Trans, xxv. 318. 

 A tree of 30 ft. (Mann) ; extremities puberulous at first, early gla- 

 brous. Leaves 2-3 in. long-, leaflets sessile, in 4-6 pairs, obliquely 

 trapezoidal, obtuse or very obliquely broadly pointed, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous or thinly and very minutely pubescent beneath at first, J-1J in. 

 long", the upper leaflets usually the longer. Flowers in simple racemes 

 2-3 in. long from the upper axils, collectively forming- ample leafy 

 panicles ; rachis of raceme pubescent. Pedicels about \ in. long*. 

 Bracts caducous. Bracteoles petaloid, in pairs a little tinder the calyx- 

 tube, broadly ovate, sessile, with a cordate base, J— ^ in. long, persis- 

 tent at least until expansion. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, tube turbi- 

 nate, segments of limb 4. Posterior and 2 lateral petals ovate- or ob- 

 ovate-oblong, 2 anterior minute. Stamens 10. Ovary hairy, the stipes 

 partly adherent to the side of the calyx-tube • style glabrous. Ovules 

 2. Fruit not sent home. 



Upper Guinea. Muni river, lat. 1° N., Mann ! 



4. C. (Eymenostegia) laxiflora, Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxv. 318. 

 A glabrous tree of 25-40 ft. or more ; extremities slender. Leaflets 

 submembranous or at length coriaceous, 1 -2-jugate, usually 1-jugate, 

 when 2-jugate the upper pair much larger than the lower, ovate- 

 lanceolate falcate acuminate, base very oblique, upper or only leaflets 

 2-4 in. long ; petiole 3-5 lines. Racemes terminal, simple, glabrous, 

 few-flowered. Pedicels slender, 3-5 lines long. Bracteoles petaloid, 

 similar to those of C, floribunda, \-\ in. long, \-\ in. below the calyx. 

 The structure of the flower so far as I have ascertained is similar to 

 that of the foregoing, the ovary, however, is* glabrous. Ovules 2. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Dr. Welwitsch describes the flowers as whitish rose-coloured, the heart-wood as deep- 

 rose or blood-colour, tough and durable 



In the same province of Angola Dr. Welwitsch collected specimens of a nearly allied 

 plant in fruit only, differing in the leaflets being rarely 1-jugate, shining, and more coria- 

 ceous in texture. The legume is very oblique, about 3 in. long, 1^ in. broad, the 

 valves thinly but firmly coriaceous, each separating in two layers when dry. It may 

 be distinguished as var. nitidula. Welw. 



5. C. {Eymenostegia) Afzelii, Oliv. Very near to C. laxijiora. 

 Extremities and inflorescence minutely puberulous. Leaflets rather 

 coriaceous, 2-jugate, upper pair much larger, obliquely elliptical or 

 ovate-elliptical, acuminate, usually obliquely cuneate at base, glabrous, 

 without the minute subprominent reticulation of C. laociflora; petiole 

 winged. Terminal racemes few- or several-flowered. Bracteoles as in 

 the above, inserted at the base of the calyx- tube. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelim I 



31. APHANOCALYX, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Plant, xi. 53. 



Flowers enclosed in bud between a pair of sepal-like valvate brac- 

 teoles. Calyx obsolete or reduced to minute teeth. Petal 1, posterior, 



