64 MB. G. BENTHAM’S SYNOPSIS OF DALBERGIE E, 
staminibus diadelphis.—Foliola M. brasiliensis, sed numerosiora. 
Flores 5 lin. longi, petalis calycibusque dense villosis. Legumen 
ignotum. 
Hab. Brazil, Pohl. 
39. M. vestitum (Vog. Linnea, xi. p. 190), inerme, foliolis 7-13 
oblongis acuminatis nitidis concoloribus reticulato-penniveniis subtus 
ad costam petiolis ramulisque ferrugineo-tomentosis, racemis fascicu- 
latis folio brevioribus, floribus subsessilibus rufo-villosis, staminibus 
diadelphis, legumine longiuscule stipitato glabro.— Foliola 1-13-polli- 
caria. Partes novella, fere ut in М. oblongifolio, rufo-villose v. 
tomentose. Flores 5 lin. longi, iis M. brasiliensis similiores. 
Hab. South Brazil, Sello, Riedel. 
40. M. TRISTE (Vog. Linnea, xi. p. 416), inerme, foliolis 5-10 elliptico- 
ovatove-oblongis acuminatis subopacis margine subtusque et racemis 
dense fusco-ferrugineo-pubescentibus, racemis folio brevioribus, flori- 
bus subsessilibus subsericeis, staminibus diadelphis. ` 
Hab. Rio Janeiro, Luschnath. 
I have not seen this plant; but, from Vogel's detailed description, it 
appears to me to be scarcely distinct from the last. 
4l. M. OBLONGIFOLIUM (Vog. Linnea, xi. p. 184), inerme v. stipulis 
hine inde spinescentibus, foliolis 5, rarius 7, oblongis ovatisve obtusis 
v. obtuse acuminatis tenuiter reticulato-penniveniis subtus ramulisque 
rufo-tomentosis villosisve, racemis brevibus, floribus subsessilibus, 
vexillo hirsuto, staminibus monadelphis, legumine stipitato glaber- 
rimo.—M.verrucosum, Vog. Linnza, хі. p. 183; M. villosulum, Mart. 
Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 159; M. puberulum, Mart., Benth. in Ann. Mus. 
Vind. ii. p. 99; M. heterophyllum, Presl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 26, t. /2.— 
Foliola quoad formam quam maxime variabilia, nunc omnia elliptico- 
oblonga 1-2-pollicaria, nune nonnulla v. omnia ovata 2-3-pollicaria, 
v. parva et subcordata. Flores circa 5 lin. longi. Legumen circa 
23 poll. longum, prope basin 5 lin. latum, ad semen vix intrusum. 
Hab. South Brazil, common near Rio Janeiro, and extends from San 
Paolo to Bahia (Gardner, n. 24 ; Vauthier, n. 133; Blanchet, n. 3771). 
42. M. Seemanni (Benth. in Seem. Bot. Her. р. 110), inerme, foliolis 
11-13 parvulis ovatis oblongisve obtusis subacuminatis basi rotundatis 
subcordatisve nitidulis pilosulis tenuissime reticulato-penniveniis, 
racemis brevibus confertis ferrugineo-tomentosis, floribus sessilibus 
rufo-sericeis (staminibus diadelphis ?), legumine longe stipitato fusco- 
tomentoso.— Foliola 4-14 poll. longa, 5-6 lin. lata, breviter petiolulata, 
sepius obliqua, novella rufo-villosa, adulta preter costam glabres- 
centia, concoloria. Inflorescentia fere Drepanocarpi inundati, racemis 
(seu spicis) vix pollicaribus ramosis recurvis, confertifloris. Bracteole 
orbiculate. Flores 3j lin. longi. Calyces uti petala molliter rufo- 
sericei. Stamen vexillare anthesi peracta solutum. Legumen 3-polli- 
