56 MR. G. BENTHAM’ S SYNOPSIS OF DALBERGIE, 
foliolis 31-45 anguste oblongis obtusis retusisve crebre lineato-venosis 
nitentibus subtus pilosulis, paniculis brevibus fusco-pubescentibus, 
vexillo sericeo, carina alis multo breviore, staminibus isadelphis.— 
Nissolia aculeata, DC. Prod. ii. p. 958; Drepanocarpus polyphyllus, 
Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. p. 96; Macherium sericiflorum, Vog. 
Linnea, хі. p. 192, ex descr.—Foliola 5-6 lin. longa, coriacea, venis 
nonnisi subtus conspicuis. Flores semipollicares fere Drepanocarpi 
ferocis. 
Hab. Brazil, chiefly near the sea, from Rio Janeiro to Pernambuco 
(Gardner, n. 965). 
5. M. sPLENDENS (Vog. Linnea, xi. p. 192). Stipulis demum indu- 
rato-spinescentibus, foliolis circa 19 lineari-oblongis retusis basi cuneatis 
subtus cresio-nitentibus, racemis compositis, legumine incurvo cultri- 
formi glabro. 
Hab. South Brazil, Sello. 
I have not myself seen this species, said to differ from the last chiefly 
by being glabrous in all its parts. 
6. M. uncinatum (Benth. іп Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. p. 98, et in Mart. ЕІ. 
Bras. Leg. ined.), stipulis parvis demum indurato-spinescentibus, 
foliolis 19-31 anguste oblongis obtusis retusisve glabris v. subtus 
minute puberulis crebre lineato-venosis, racemis lateralibus paniculatis 
densifloris folio brevioribus, petalis glabris, staminibus isadelphis, 
ovario subrecto. — Nissolia uncinata, V ell. Fl. Flum. vii. t. 76.—Foliola 
5-7 lin. Flores 4 lin. longi. 
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes. 
Tn its inflorescence and smaller flowers, this species has something of 
the habit of a Dalbergia. 
7. M. ROBINIZFOLIUM (Vog. Linnea, хі. p. 182), stipulis demum 
indurato-spinescentibus, foliolis 19-31 oblongis obtusis mucronulatis 
glaberrimis, racemis axillaribus multifloris folio brevioribus, rhachi 
calycibusque subferrugineis, floribus glabris.— Nissolia robiniefolia, 
DC. Prod. ii p. 258; Macherium Sieberi, Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. 
ii. p. 98.— Habitus et inflorescentia fere M. uncinati, sed racemi lax- 
iores, minus numerosi, floribus paucioribus majoribus. Stipule spi- 
nescentes rect. Rami glabri. "Foliola 3-1-pollicaria, basi rotundata, 
ut in M. uncinato lineata, subcoriacea. Calyx subglaber. Carina sub- 
rostrata, alas subsuperans. Ovarium villosissimum. Legumen tenuiter 
sericeo-villosum, 14-2 poll. longum, 5-6 lin. latum, stipite 3lin. longo, 
ad semen hinc intrusum, ala crassiuscula. 
Hab. West Indies, Trinidad, Sieber, n. 204 ; St. Vincent's, Herb. DC. 
The above character and description were made in the herbaria of 
Vienna and of DeCandolle. I regret that, in now working up the genus, 
I have not had specimens before me to compare more satisfactorily with 
the allied species. 
