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6-pollicaria, petiolo communi foliolis breviore. Stipule nunc persistentes rigide conicæ incurvæ 
spinescentes, nune evanidæ ; stipellæ subulatæ. Flores maximi, penduli, in racemos breves axillares 
dispositi, rhachi bracteis calycibusque molliter rufo-lanatis. Pedicelli brevissimi, crassi. Bractex et 
bracteolæ lineari-lanceolatz, setaceæ, acuminatsæ, caducæ. Calyces 6-7-pollicares, parte discifera 
tenuiore 3—4 poll. longa, parte libera paullo ampliore at pariter tubulosa, ad medium in labia 2 fissa, 
labio superiore breviter 2-fido, inferiore 3-partito, lobis margine leviter imbricatis, labii inferioris 
sepius revolutis. Petala lactea, venosa, marginibus crispulis aureo-marginatis, in ungues calycis 
lobos subæquantes angustata; vexillum suborbiculatum, calycem pollices 4 excedens; 4 inferiora 
minora et multo angustiora. Stamina petalis paullo breviora, glaberrima; antheris longe linearibus 
medifixis. Ovarium dense rufo-lanatum ; stylus staminibus longior, superne glabratus, stigmate 
globoso-capitato. Legumen rufo-lanatum, angulo recto in stipitem recurvum, 6-8 poll. longum, 
1-13 poll. latum, suturis parum incrassatis. Semina sepius 3—4. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. Common in dense forests of the Golungo Alto, adorning the loftiest trees of 
the outskirts with its splendid bunches of pendulous milk-white flowers tinged with gold on the edge 
of the petals (Welwitsch). Specimens are also in the British Museum, from Afzelius's collection, of 
what appears to be a slight variety, with much smaller flowers, but of the same shape as in Wel- 
witsch’s specimens, and much larger than in C. brevicalyx. 
2. C. BREVICALYX, sp. n. Calyce late campanulato ovarioque minute tomentellis. 
Frutex, fide Mannii alte scandens, glaber, excepta inflorescentia minute tomentella. Foliola ovali-elliptica 
v. late oblonga, obtusa v. brevissime obtuseque acuminata, demum coriacea nitida, pleraque 3-6-pol- 
licaria, petiolulo 2-3 lin. longo fulta, petiolo communi foliolis parum breviore v. interdum longiore. 
Stipulæ brevissimæ, late, squamiformes, rigidæ at non spinescentes ; stipellas non vidi. Flores 
speciosi (albi?), in racemos axillares laxos pedunculatos foliis longiores dispositi. Pedicelli semipol- 
licares.  Bracteæ et bracteolæ breves, latæ, concavæ, squamiformes, deciduæ. Calyces subpollicares, 
parte discifera tenui 3 poll. longa, parte libera late campanulata, in alabastro angulata, per anthesin 
usque ad medium in lobos 5 leviter imbricatos divisa, superioribus vix altius connatis. Petala in 
ungues calyce longiores angustata; vexillum suborbiculatum lamina subsesquipollicari, 4 inferiora 
paullo breviora et angustiora. Stamina petalis paullo breviora. Ovarium stipitatum, rufo-tomen- 
tellum ; stylus elongatus, superne glabratus, stigmate parvo. Legumen non visum. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. On the river Muni, lat, 1° N. (G. Mann). 
Had it not been for the comparison with its magnificent congener, this would have 
been reckoned a most showy large-flowered climber. I have not seen it in.any other 
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VII. BATESIA, Spruce, in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 563. 
(Tribe ScteRoLoBinz. Tropical America.) 
Cuar. Gex. Calycis tubus discifer campanulatus; segmenta 5, imbricata. Petala 5, parum inæqualia, 
ovata, imbricata, summo intimo. Stamina 10, libera, filamentis basi villosis, vix declinatis ; antheræ 
uniformes, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, in fundo calycis 
liberum, pauciovulatum, stipite apice oblique dilatato subarticulato ; stylus brevissimus, crassus, stig- 
mate terminali truncato concavo ciliato. Legumen breve, subfaleatum, compresso-turgidum, 
Coriaceo-sublignosum, costis elevatis percursum, folliculatim dehiscens. . Semina 2-3, transverse 
suborbiculata, crasso-compressa, exarillata, albuminosa ; cotyledones plan, carnosulæ, basi cordatæ ; 
a brevis recta—Arbor procera, inermis. Folia ampla, imparipinnata, foliolis coriacels. 
Flores lutei, racemosi, racemis ad apices ramorum in paniculam amplam ramosissimam dispositis. 
Bracteæ et bracteole angustæ, caducissimæ. 
