364 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



branching racemes; bracts and bractlets small (Western tropical 

 Africa 1 ). 



278. Dalhousiea Wall. 2 — Receptacle concave short. Calyx cam- 

 pannlate ; teeth very short. Petals unequally-unguiculate ; standard 

 subsessile orbicular ; wings oblique ; keel erect oblique broader than 

 wings. Stamens 10, free; anthers uniform oblong. Germen sub- 

 sessile ; ovules few ; style incurved ; apex minute stigmatiferous. 

 Legume obliquely oblong, acute at both ends, compressed coriaceous- 

 woody, continuous within, 2-valved. Seeds 1-3, orbicular com- 

 pressed ; radicle short straight. — A shrub ; leaves 1-foliolate ; flowers 3 

 in axillary and terminal simple or branched racemes ; bracts minute 

 or altogether abortive ; stipules of bracts rather large, ovate or orbi- 

 cular, cordate at base, subpersistent, including flower (East Indies, 

 tropical Africa*). 



279. Bowringia Champ. 5 — Calyx broadly bowl-shaped subcam- 

 panulate membranous ; teeth 5, short subequal. Corolla nearly of 

 Dalhousiea ; petals shortly unguiculate ; keel-petals subsimilar to 

 wings, a little longer, slightly connate behind. Stamens 10, free; 

 anthers oblong uniform. Germen stipitate ; ovules co ; style subu- 

 late ; apex minute stigmatiferous. Legume stipitate, ovoid or sub- 

 globose, turgid submembranous, 2-valved. Seeds posses-sing a large 

 bowl-shaped aril ; embryo fleshy radicle short straight. — A climbing 

 shrub ; leaves alternate simple petiolate ; stipules small ; flowers 6 

 in short lax axillary racemes ; bracts and bractlets small (South of 

 China 1 ). 



280. Panurea Spruce. 8 — Receptacle obconical, disciferous within. 

 Calyx oblique ; lobes short, subvalvate or slightly imbricate ; 2 

 superior valvate above, connate into a 9 -toothed lip. Corolla and 

 stamens of Bather gia ; anthers small subglobose, dehiscing by short 

 oblique clefts ; filaments quite free. Germen sessile ; ovules few ; 



1 Species 1. L. capparideus Benth., h/ria). — Wigiit, Icon., t. 265. — Benth., in Ann. 

 loc. cit. — Hook., Icon., t. 784. — Bakee, in Wien. Mus., ii. 69. 



Oliv. Fl. Trop. Aft., ii. 252.— Walp., Ann., i. 5 In Hook. Journ., iv. 75.— B. H., Gen., 553, 



257. n. 265. 6 White. 



2 Cat. Herb, bid., n. 5339. — Endl., Gen., n. 1 Species 1. Ii. caUicarpa Champ., loc. cit.— 

 6424. — B. H., Gen., 552, n. 262. Benth., Fl. Hongkong., 95. — BAKER, in Oliv. 



3 White. Fl. Trop. Afr., ii. 247.— Walp., Am., iv. 585. 



4 Koxb., Fl. Coromand., iii. t, 259 (Poda- » Ex B. H., Gen., 551, 1002, n. 266. 



