314 MR. BENTHAM ON TROPICAL LEGUMINOSÆ. 
As the flowers of Camoénsia maxima are the largest known among Papilionaceæ, so 
are those of Baikiea insignis the largest among Cæsalpinieæ, and said to be as grand- 
looking as those of Camoénsia. Its characters also, although showing some affinity to 
Schotia, are at the same time so well marked, that there is little danger of the genus 
being merged into any other. I have therefore great pleasure in dedicating it to the 
distinguished and enterprising traveller who, during his noble and persevering exertions 
in the cause of West-tropical-African civilization, has also done so much towards 
making us acquainted with the botanical treasures of that country, and whose loss every 
friend of Africa has so much reason to deplore. 
The only species known may be thus described :— 
B. INSIGNIS, sp.n. (Plate XLI.) 
Arbor, teste Mannio, 30-40-pedalis, inflorescentia excepta, glabra. Foliola nune semipedalia late ovali- 
elliptica, nune oblonga 4-5-pollicaria, obtusa v. obtuse acuminata, rigide coriacea, nitida, venis 
præter costam validam parum conspicuis, petiolulata, secus petiolum brevem opposita v. alterna. 
Stipule parvæ, ovatæ, squamiformes. Flores maximi, nutantes, pauci ad apices ramorum conferti 
racemum brevissimum constituentes, rhachi bracteis calycibusque dense fusco-velutinis. Bracteæ 
et bracteolæ latæ, concavæ, 1-2 lin. longze. Pedicelli brevissimi, erassi. Calycis tubus crassus, tur- 
binatus, fere 9 lin. longus ; segmenta linearia, demum 3 poll. longa, crassa, dorso fusco-velutina, intus 
sericeo-villosa, ad margines angustissime attenuata, per anthesin revoluta et mox decidua. Petala 
semipedalia, obovata, basi in unguem longe angustata, dorso laxe villosa, intus medio pilosula, 
marginibus utrinque glabris; summum intimum, ceteris latius at non longius. Stamina 5 petalis 
fere æquilonga, 5 alterna triente breviora, filamentis basi villosis superne sparse pilosis glabratisve. 
Ovarium villosissimum, in stipitem longiusculum attenuatum, ovulis ad 8 ; stylus pena glaber, 
stigmate capitato. 
Hab. West tropical Minn. Island of Fernando Po (G. Mann). Some FREE sent from Ango by 
= Consul Burton may possibly belong to the same species. 
XVI. CRUDIA, Schreb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 584. 
This genus, hitherto supposed to be exclusively American, had not been recognized 
in the Old-World species published, which have, consequently, been referred to other 
genera. The three I am acquainted with are the following :— 
1. C. SENEGALENSIS, Planch. in herb. Hook. MS. Glabra, foliolis 5-7 ovatis oblongisve 
acuminatis basi valde obliquis, stipulis maximis foliaceis persistentibus, racemis laxis 
pedunculatis. | 
Frutex elatus v. arbor parva, c. Parens; DC. 7 wines exceptis, simillima. Foliola 3—4-pollicaria. 
Stipulæ ovato-lanceolatæ, acutze, membranacez, persistentes, 3-1 poll. longe. Racemi 4-5-pollicares, 
Pedicelli graciles, dissiti. Flores omnino C. Parivoe. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. On the Nunez river, Senegambia (Heudelot, n. 708). On the Nun river 
` and in the island of Fernando Po (G. Mann). 
2. C. zEYLANICA. Glabra, foliolis 2-6 ovatis oblongisve acuminatis basi parum obliquis, 
` stipulis obsoletis, racemis floribundis parce pilosulis folio æquilongis brevioribusve. 
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