66 MR. G. BENTHAM’S SYNOPSIS ОЕ DALBERGIE E, 
. viseido-puberulis, foliolis 7-9 ovatis v. elliptico-oblongis lete virenti- 
bus tenuiter penniveniis subreticulatis glabriusculis, racemis breviter 
paniculatis confertifloris, floribus sessilibus rufo-sericeis, staminibus 
monadelphis, leguminis ala breviter oblonga.—Nissolia leiophylla, 
DC. Prod. ii. p. 258; Macherium surinamense, Miq. Stirp. Surin. 
p. 21.—Habitu et foliis Drepanocarpum cristacastrensem refert. Fo- 
liola inter se sspe insequalia, terminali sub-3-pollicari, lateralibus 
dimidio minoribus, v. omnia 23-3-pollicaria. Panicule sspe ramo- 
sissimæ at foliis breviores et confertiflore ; undique rufo-tomentos. 
Flores 34-4 lin. longi. Legumen bipollicare, crasso-coriaceum, sub- 
lignosum, ad semen 9-10 lin. latum et hinc intrusum, apice in alam 
coriaceam vix longiorem quam latam attenuatum. 
Hab. Guiana, Surinam, Hostmann, n. 256 & 1198; Cayenne, Martin 
and others; British Guiana, Parker, Schomburgk, lst coll. n. 482, 
2nd coll. n. 41; and (apparently the same species, but with rather 
longer and more equal leaflets) Venezuela, Fendler, n. 2318. These 
specimens are, however, not in fruit. 
The species comes very near to Drepanocarpus cristacastrensis ; but 
the pod being more decidedly winged, it must be placed in Macherium. 
47. M.? SCHOMBURGKII (Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 67), inerme, 
foliolis subquinis oblongis acuminatis coriaceis nitidis concoloribus 
reticulato-penniveniis subglabris, spicis fasciculatis abbreviatis ferru- 
gineo-sericeis, floribus sessilibus imbricatis, vexillo glabro, staminibus 
monadelphis.—Arbor. Folia adulta preeter costam glabra, sub-3-pol- 
licaria, 1-14 poll. lata, rigide coriacea, petiolulo brevi. Stipules ovate, 
striate, rigide. Spice floride 1-1}-pollicares. Bracteæ ovato-tri- 
angulares, 2 lin. longz. Bracteole ovate, paullo breviores. Flores 
fere 6 lin. longi. Calyx dense rufo-sericeus, laciniis ad quartam partem 
attingentibus. Carine petala dorso imbricantia, nec connata. Ovarium 
sessile, rectum, villosissimum, biovulatum. 
Hab. British Guiana, Rob. Schomburgk, lst coll. n. 327, 2nd coll. n. 254, 
Rich. Schomburgk, n. 385 ; also Surinam (Miquel in Linnea, xviii. 
р. 577). 
The pod being unknown, and there being some slight discrepancies in 
the flowers, the genus of this plant is as yet uncertain. 
48. M. oPAcuM (Vog. Linnea, xi. p. 187), inerme, foliolis 11-17 cor- 
dato-ovatis coriaceis subtus pubescentibus, petiolis inflorescentiaque 
molliter tomentosis, paniculis oblongis floribundis folio brevioribus, 
floribus sessilibus, vexillo sericeo, staminibus monadelphis, legumine 
stipitato glabro.— М. campestre, Mart., Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. 
p. 100.—Foliola pleraque bipollicaria, late cordata, rigide coriacea. 
Flores 3-4 lin. Legumen 2-23-pollicare, ad semen 6 lin. latum. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 
The veins of the leaflets are very prominent on the under side, but 
not so regular and parallel as in the following group. 
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