No. 367. 
BAPHIA NITIDA. 
Class, Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This interesting plant (with many others 
from the same country) was presented to 
us in 1799 by our most esteemed friend 
T. Furley Forster, Esq. It was recei 
by him from Dr. Afzelius, who brought 
the identical specimen from Sierra Leone. 
It is a native of the interior country, at 
à distance from that settlement, and was 
procured by him with much difficulty. 
We understand that the wood is a valuable 
article of commerce ; it is used as a dye, 
and imported under the name of Cam-wood. 
The flowers are produced in the months 
of November and December; they come 
out in pairs from the joints, generally where 
the leaves have fallen o 
There is, properly speaking, no Calyx, 
but a sort of Calyptra, which wholly en- 
closes the flower: when arrived at its pro- 
stage of growth, this bursts, usually 
from beneath the keel, and when the 
flower is open, it assumes an erect position 
