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parviusculis in racemos elongates terminales et laterales dispositis ; 

 bracteis angustis quam pedicellis longioribus ; cahjcis tubo hirsuto 

 dentibus brevibus ; vexillo luteo calyce longiori ; alls unguiculatis 

 vexillo brevioribus ; carina dorso angulo recto curvata hinc in 

 rostrum gracilem attenuata apice acuta ; ovario lineari ; legumine 

 ignoto. 



Nigeria: Eiver Benue, Talbot, n. 449; Lokoja, 'A. C. Parsons^ 

 n. L 38 (Herb. Kew.). 



Steyn 4-5 ft. (Jide Dr. Parsons), branches ascending. Stipules 



•3-4 mm. long. Leaves hirsute, 6-8 cm. long, 5-11 mm. broad; 



petioles 2-4 mm. long. Bracts 5-6 mm. long ; bracteoles narrow. 



Sfa7idard yellow with brown lines, + 9 mm. long. Wings with claw 



+ 7 mm. long. Carina bent at a right angle with claws, 8-9 mm. long. 



Closely allied to C. Vogelii Benth. in the Simplicifolias. It differs 

 by its shorter calyx-teeth, &c. 



It is also closely allied to C. linearifolia De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas 

 •et Moyen Congo, 257, t. xiv. figs. 3-9, but differs by the broader 

 leaves and acute, not blunt, apex of the carina. 



The distinguishing features of this plant are the terete, hirsute, 

 branched stem 1-1 • 6 metre high ; the linear-lanceolate, hirsute leaves 

 with a petiole 2-4 mm. long ; the rather lax, virgate racemes of 

 rather small, yellow flowers ; the carina ± 7-9 mm. long, bent at a 

 right angle with a slender rostrum. 



Baphia (Delaria) obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris 

 sec. el. detectorem ramulis cinereo-corticatis ; foliis papyraceis 

 ovatis vel ellipticis glabris vel glabriusculis basi late cuneatis vel 

 cuneato-rotundatis apice mucronatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 5-6 arcuatis prope marginem inter se conjungentibus petiole brevi 

 suflFultis ; floribus pro genere parviusculis racemosis e ramis 

 vetustioribus ortis ; pedicellis gracilibus stxiatis patentibus 

 teretibus ; hracteolis late ovatis parvis ; calyce glabro spathaceo 

 membranaceo ; vexillo obovato bilobo calyce paullo longiori ; alis 

 late oblongis basi unguiculatis ; carina naviculariformi ungue 

 brevi ; filamenlis filiformibus ; ovario lineari curvato in stylum 

 gradatim attenuate. 



Oban ; n. 1682. 



Tree about 10 metres high, ieaucs 8-13 cm. long, 4 "5-6 "5 cm. 

 broad ; petiole 5-6 mm. long. Flowers in lax racemes from the stem 

 and old branches. Pedicels 6-8 mm. long. Calyx + 7-8 mm. long. 

 Standard slightly longer than the calyx. Carina about 10 mm. long. 



[Flower stalks vivid dark green, calyx green. Standard white, 

 yellow at base, other petals white. Pistil and filaments green, anthers 

 dull yellow.— P. A. T.] 



Baphia opbieulata Bak. fil. sp. nev. Arbor ramulis teretibus 

 superne fusce-tementellis ; foliis coriaceis ovalibus vel suborbi- 

 cularibus vel ovatis supra glabris subtus pubescentibus nervis 

 lateralibus 6-8 apice saepe retundatis basi rotundatis vel leviter 



