364 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
branching racemes; bracts and bractlets small (Western tropical 
Africa’). 
278, Dalhousiea Watu.’—Receptacle concave short. Calyx cam- 
panulate ; 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* 
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 (Last Indies, 
tropical Africa’). 
279. Bowringia Cuamp.’—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 «; style subu- 
late ; apex minute stigmatiferous. Legume stipitate, ovoid or sub- 
globose, turgid submembranous, 2-valved. Seeds possessing a large 
bowl-shaped aril ; embryo fleshy radicle short straight.—A climbing 
shrub; leaves alternate simple petiolate; stipules small; flowers® 
in short lax axillary racemes; bracts and bractlets small (South of 
China’). 
280. Panurea Sprucz.’—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 Dalbergia; anthers small subglobose, dehiscing by short 
oblique clefts; filaments quite free. Germen sessile; ovules few ; 
1 Species 1. LZ. capparideus Bentu.,  lyria)—Wreut, Icon., t. 265.—BEnTH., in Ann. 
loc. cit.—Hoox., Icon., t. 784.—BakrR, in Wien, Mus., ii. 69. 
Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr., ii. 252.—Watp., Ann., i. 5 In Hook. Journ,, iv. 75.—B. H., Gen., 553, 
257. n. 265. § White. 
2 Cat. Herb. Ind., n. 5339.—ENDL., Gen., u. 7 Species 1. B. callicarpa Cuamp., loc, cit.— 
6424.—B. H., Gen., 552, n. 262. Brytu., Fl. Hongkong., 95.—BakeEr, in Oliv. 
3 White. Fil. Trop. Afr., ii. 247.—Watr., Ann., iv. 585, 
4 Roxs., Pl. Coromand., iii. t. 259 (Poda- 8 Ex B. H., Gen., 554, 1002, n. 266. 
