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V. DnEPANOCARPUS, Mey. 
Flos Macherii. Legumen late faleatum v. fere in orbem curvatum, 
plano-compressum, crasso-coriaceum, apice non vel vix attenuatum, inde- 
hiscens, monospermum, sutura vexillari (seminifera) intrusa, carinali valde 
arcuata. Semen magnum, compressum, reniforme, radicula inflexa.— Caulis 
arborescens v. alte scandens.  Habitu, foliis et inflorescentia Macheriis 
Lineatis v. Reticulatis adeo conformis, ut genera, legumine deficiente, 
nequaquam distinguenda. 
$1. Lineati. Foliolorum уеп primarie a costa divergentes, crebre, 
parallele, vix anastomosantes. Stipulee spinescentes. 
- D. lunatus. (America trop. et Africa occid.) 
D. aristulatus. (Brasilia borealis.) 
- D. ferox. (America tropica.) 
4. D. microphyllus. (America centralis.) 
R 
eticulati. Foliola reticulato-pennivenia. Armati v. inermes. 
D. floridus. (Brasilia.) 
D. cristacastrensis. (America tropica.) 
D. frondosus. (Brasilia bor.) 
D. inundatus. (America tropica.) 
$1. LINEATI. 
l. D. LuNATUS (G.F. W. Mey., DC. Prod. ii. р. 420), stipulis spines- 
centibus, foliolis 5-11 oblongis obovatisve obtusis retusisve coriaceis 
lineato-venosis.—Pterocarpus lunatus, Linn. fil.; Sommerfeldtia ob- 
ovata, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. Pl. Guin. р. 331.— Foliola forma et 
magnitudine varia, maxima 14-pollicaria v. paullo longiora. Panicula 
terminalis foliata. Flores subsessiles, 3-4 lin. longi. Vexillum sericeo- 
puberulum. Carina et ovarium valde incurva. Stamina monadelpha. 
Legumen in orbem completum curvatum, 1-1} poll. diametro. 
Hab. Tropical America and Western Africa, chiefly near the sea-shore, 
North Brazil, Surinam, Hostmann, n. 446, and others; Cayenne, 
British Guiana, several of the West Indian Islands, Central America, 
near Segovia, Œrsted; South Mexico, near Vera Cruz, Galeotti, 
n. 3253, Linden, n. 1321. Occurs also in most collections from 
western tropical Africa. 
2. D. ARISTULATUS (Spruce, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), 
stipulis demum recurvo-spinescentibus, foliolis 11-15 oblongis apice 
rotundatis aristato-subpungentibus crebre subparallele venulosis, pani- 
cula floribunda pyramidata subsericeo-pubescente, staminibus mona- 
` delphis.—Habitus D. ferocis. Foliola 13-2 poll. longa. 
Hab. North Brazil. 
The pod is unknown ; but I have referred the plant to Drepanocarpus 
9n account of its close affinity with the D. feroz. 
