A TRIBE OF LEGUMINOS Е. 85 
XIII. Озтвүослвров, Hook. fil. 
Calyx campanulatus, truncatus, minute 5-dentatus. Vexillum ecallosum. 
Ale a carina liber. Carine petala dorso connata. Stamen vexillare 
liberum, cætera connata. Ovarium sessile, pluriovulatum. Legumen orbi- 
culatum, plano-compressum, coriaceum, indehiscens, exalatum. Semen 
transversum, late oblongum. 
Species unica. 
О. Rrpartus, Hook. fil. Fl. Nig. p.316. Frutex ramis sarmentosis fo- 
lisque glaberrimis. Folia alterna, pinnata, exstipellata. Foliola 5, 
opposita cum impari distante, 4-8 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, oblonga, 
utrinque rotundata, apice abrupte et breviter acuminata, coriacea, 
nitida. Paniculz racemiformes, 4-8-pollicares v. interdum longiores, 
pube subsericea ferruginez. Flores secus ramulos breves (fasciculorum 
rhaches elongati) sparsi, subsessiles, 4 lin. longi, albido-flavicantes. 
Petala glabra. Ovarium pubescens, ovulis 3. Legumen 2 poll. dia- 
metro, glaberrimum. 
Hab. Sierra Leone, Don, Vogel; Senegambia, on the Rio Nunes, Heu- 
delot, n. 817; Fernando Po, Vogel. 
The inflorescence and many of the characters are those of some Lon- 
chocarpi, but the tenth stamen is free, the wings do not adhere to the 
carina, and the pod is different. 
XIV. LowNcHocaAR?2US, H. B. et К. 
Sphinetolobium, Vog.; Neuroscapha, Tul.; Philenoptera, Fenzi. 
Calyx truncatus v. brevissime 4-5-dentatus. Als supra unguem carine 
leviter cohserentes. Carinse petala dorso superne leviter coherentia. Stamen 
vexillare ima basi liberum, dein cum ceteris in tubum completum connatum. 
Аю еге versatiles. Ovarium bi-pluri-ovulatum. Legumen planum, ob- 
longum v. elongatum, membranaceum coriaceum v. sublignosum, indehis- 
cens, stylo terminali, suturis non alatis, vexillari tamen interdum lateraliter 
dilatata v. incrassata. Semina, si plura, dissita, compressa. Radicula inflexa. 
— Caulis lignosus, arboreus v. seepius alte scandens. Folia alterna, foliolis 
Oppositis cum impari distante, stipellis raris v. nullis. Racemi simplices v. 
rarius paniculati. Pedicelli fasciculati v. gemini v. biflori, v. fasciculi rha- 
chi elongato racemoso-sparsi. Flores violacei purpurei v. albi nec lutei, 
petalis sericeis v. glabris. Calyx peracta anthesi ssepius cyathiformis. 
$1. МесвовсАРНІ. Flores secus rhachin gemini. Foliola supra glabra. 
Vexillum basi bicallosum v. biappendiculatum, extus ssepe sericeum. Le- 
guminis sutura vexillaris presertim ad semina incrassato-dilatata. 
l. L. guatemalensis. (America centralis.) 
2. L.sericeus. (America trop., Africa occid.) 
3. L. neuroscapha. (Brasilia.) 
4. L. parviflorus. (America centralis.) 
$2. Densiriori. Flores secus rhachin gemini. Foliola supra glabra. 
