

16 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



Hab. Lower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, Wehcitsch, 



no. 4536 ! 1697 ! 



y. Leaf-rachis winged. 



:|: Leaves 7-10-jugate. Leaflets papyraceous, shortly stalked, lan- 

 ceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base more or less cuneate, apex 

 shortly cuspidate, remotely serrate, reaching 9'5 cm. long 

 and 3-5 cm. broad. Bracts rather short. 



6. B. paullinioides Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 435 (1868). 

 Natalia paullinioides Planchon in Fl. Nigrit. 252, t. xxix. (1849). 

 Hab. Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel, no. 99! Barter ! 



Afzeliusl Sweathmanl Tree in bush near Toureh, Scott Elliot, 

 no. 4476 I 



Various plants have been referred to this species which appear 

 more or less readily distinguishable. I have not seen specimens of 

 true B. paullinioides Baker from Angola. Wehcitsch, no. 1699, from 

 the spring of Quibolo, near Sange, is quite distinct, but is without 

 flowers or fruit. The plant referred to the above from Fernando 

 Po, Mann, no. 641, may also be distinct. 



:;: * Leaves 6-8-jugate. Leaflets glabrous, oblong, with a rounded 



base reaching 12-0 cm. long (or perhaps longer, as leaf 

 material is not very complete). Bracts longer. 



7. B. leiostegia Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 92 (1905). 

 Hab. Upper Guinea. Liberia, Sinoe Basin, Whyte ! Herb. 



Kew. 



*** Leaves + 8-jugate. Leaflets chartaceous, glabrous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, shortly stalked, 9-0-11*0 cm. long, 

 4'0-4-2 cm. broad. 



8. B. Preussii, sp. nov. Folia circ. 8-juga cum imparl sub- 

 sessili, rachios parte distali alata parte proxima exalata; foliohs 

 glabris chartaceis oppositis vel passim alternis ovato-lanceolatis 

 basi plus minus rotundatis apice acuminatis margine subincegris 

 vel remote serrulatis nerviis lateralibus utrinque circa 12-14 tenui- 

 bus juxta marginem inter se anastomosantibus brevissime petiolu- 

 latis foliohs proximis quam distalibus paullo minoribus; pedunculis 

 longis plus minus fusco-pubescentibus ; racemo multifloro pedun- 

 culis longiusculis tenuibus strictis quam calyce longioribus; bracteis 

 angustissimis pubescentibus longiusculis sepalis ; 4 lanceolate 

 pubescentibus antico latiore apice bidentato; petalis dense cano- 

 tomentosis petalorum lamina oblonga ; staminibus 4 filameutis basi 

 dilatatis duorum petalorum infimorum basi connatis longiusculis 

 quam stylo longioribus superne glabris ; stylo erecto superne fere 

 glabro inferne pilis plus minus vestito, stigmate capitato temuter 

 4-lobo ; ovario hirto 4-loculari. 



Species J5. leiostegia Stapf affinis differt foliolis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis baud oblongis, staminibus longioribus filamentis superne 

 glabris, &c. , 



Hab. Upper Guinea, Cameroons, Preuss, no. 408 ! Her 

 Mus. Brit. 



Rachis in our specimen 33 cm. long. Proximal leaflets ± 9 cm- 



