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36 МЕ. Ө. BENTHAM’S SYNOPSIS OF 9 
Panicula terminalis laxa, ramulis irregulariter paniculato-ramosis. 
Flores subsessiles, circa З lin. longi. Legumen viscoso-pubescens, 6 
lin. latum. 
` Hab. Brasil, prov. Minas Geraes. 
18. D. acuta (Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 15-25 
lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis margine revolutis utrinque ramulis in- 
florescentiaque molliter villosis, calycis laciniis omnibus acutis, stami- 
nibus 10 monadelphis.— Foliola 6-9 lin. longa. Flores in paniculis 
brevibus conferti, 4 lin. longi. Ovarium villosissimum, ovulis 4. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes. 
19. D. cusaBensis (Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 15-21 
oblongis obtusis utrinque ramulis inflorescentiaque molliter velutino- 
pubescentibus, calycis laciniis 3 inferioribus acutis, staminibus 10 
monadelphis. Foliola fere pollicaria v. foliorum superiorum semi- 
polliearia. Flores subsessiles, 3 lin. longi. Ovarium villosissimum, 
ovulis circa 3. Legumen 1-14 poll. longum, 6 lin. latum, molliter 
pubescens. 
Hab. Brasil, prov. Mattogrosso. 
20. D. AMERIMNUM, foliolis solitariis ovatis acuminatis subcordatis 
glabris v. subtus tenuiter puberulis, racemis brevibus axillaribus laxis 
subpaniculatis, calycis pedicellati dentibus obtusis, staminibus 10 
monadelphis.— Amerimnum Brownei, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. p. 1234. 
Amerimnum strigulosum, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 389? 
—Arbor partibus novellis puberulis. Folia adulta sepius glabra. 
Foliolum 2-3-pollicare, demum subcoriaceum. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. 
longi. Flores albi, cirea 4 lin. longi. Ovarium stipitatum, pilosulum, 
ovulis 4-5. Stylus subuletus. Legumen nunc monospermum, 6-9 
lin. longum, nunc 3-4-spermum, 13-2-pollieare, cirea 5 lin. latum, 
glabrum, venulosum v. demum leviter incrassatum et lieve. 
Hab. Tropical America, Jamaica, St. Domingo, and other West Indian 
islands; in Central America, Sinclair, Cuming, n. 1318, Oersted ; 
Tumaco in Columbia, Hinds; Cumana, Funcke, n. 583 ; Maracaybo, 
Moritz. 1266, and on the Orinoco if the synonym of A. strigulosum 
be correct. 
21. D. NIGRA (Allem., Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 
17-25 oblongis obtusis retusisve subtus pilosulis, ramulis inflores- 
centiaque minute tomentellis, racemis brevibus laxis subramosis, 
calycis pedicellati laciniis superioribus obtusis infima productiore, 
staminibus 10 monadelphis.— Pterocarpus niger, Vell. Fl. Flum. yii. 
t. 91. Miscolobium nigrum, Allem. Trab. Soc. Vell. p. 66, non Mart. 
et excl. syn. Vog.— Arbor. Foliola in speciminibus florentibus vix per- 
fecte evoluta 4—5 lin. longa. Inflorescentia et flores omnino D. 
Amerimni. Ovula tamen duo tantum in ovario. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes (and Rio Janeiro ?). 
This, according to Allemáo (whose specimens have been kindly lent to 
