Entry for BERLINIA acuminata Baillon Var. Heudelotiana [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Notes
Mr. Barter sent the same variety, but with larger flowers, from the Niger Expedition, the name of the locality not clear. If the difference in length of the style be constantly associated with the other characters named, M. Baillon's species probably ought to be maintained. Vahl, in the “Skrivter af Naturhistorie Selskabet” (1802). p. 117, published a genus of Leguminosæ under the name Westia, basing it upon two plants (W. grandiflora and W. parviflora) from Upper Guinea. The description being wholly insufficient to enable one to identify the genus, I applied to Prof. Lange, of Copenhagen, through whose kindness I have been allowed to examine one of Vahl's species W. grandiflora (Guinea, Isert coll.) This turns out to be Berlinia acuminata, Sol. As W. parviflora must be generically distinct, the right course appears to be simply to suppress the genus.
