74 MR. Ө. BENTHAM’S SYNOPSIS ОЕ DALBERGIEE, 
i-l-pedalis. Calyx 5-6 lin. longus. Petala vix dimidio longiora. 
Legumen cum ala 6-8 poll. longum. 
Hab. Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. 
2. C. TOMENTOSUM (Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 66, et in Mart. 
Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 13-17 ovatis oblongisve basi oblique 
truncato-subcordatis supra pubescentibus subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis 
inter venas transverse venulosis, legumine breviter echinato, stylo ad- 
scendente.—Foliola quam in precedente szpius latiora et submajora. 
Leguminis ala latior, spinz breviores. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and San Paulo. 
3. C. PARAENSE (Tul. in Arch. Mus. Par. iv. p. 87), foliolis 7-13 late 
subcordato-ovatis membranaceis utrinque petiolis paniculisque ferru- 
gineo-villosis, legumine longe echinato, stylo patente v. recurvo.— 
Stipulee late, semipollicares, membranacez, diutius persistentes quam 
in precedentibus. Foliola latiora, venis primariis subtus valde promi- 
nentibus, transversis tenuibus. Panicula quam in C. tomentoso minus 
ramosa. Legumen 7-8-pollicare. 
Hab. North Brazil, in British Guiana in the Roraima district, Rod. 
Schomburgk, 2nd coll. n. 314; Rich. Schomburgk, n. 590. · Also, ap- 
parently the same species, but with more glabrous and less decidedly 
cordate leaflets, near Angostura in Venezuela, Purdie. 
IX. PrEROCAEPUS, Linn. 
Amphymenium, Н. В. et K., Echinodiscus, Moutouchia et Phellocarpus, 
Benth., Ancylocalyx, Tul. 
Calyx turbinato-campanulatus, basi acutus, szpius incurvus, 5-dentatus, 
subbilabiatus. Carine petala dorso apice breviter connata v. sublibera. 
Stamina 10, nunc monadelpha vagina latere superiore fissa, nune vagina 
utrinque fissa isadelpha, v. stamine vexillari soluto diadelpha 3. Antheræ 
versatiles. Ovarium 2-6-ovulatum. Legumen compressum, indehiscens, 
orbiculatum v. ovatum, plus minus obliquum v. faleatum, stylo laterali v. 
rarius terminali, medio seminifero plus minus induratum v. incrassatum, 
circumcirca attenuato-alatum v. carinatum, nunc fere totum attenuato- 
coriaceum v. membranaceum. Semina 1-3, isthmis duris separata.— 
Arbores utriusque orbis inermes. Folia alterna, impari-pinnata. Foliola 
alterna v. irregulariter opposita, exstipellata. Racemi simplices v. laxe 
paniculati. Flores lutei, rarius albidi violaceo mixti, sepius speciosi. 
Petala glabra. 
$ 1. Ovario stipitato. 
* Legumine subovali subrecto. 
1. P. lucens. (Africa tropica.) 
2. P.sericeus. (Africa austr.-occid.) 
