88 MR. Ө. BENTHAM’S SYNOPSIS OF DALBERGIE.E, 
basi supra bracteolas minutas in stipitem attenuatus. Flores ceterum 
forma et magnitudine iis L. sericei similes. Legumen immaturum 
tentum et monospermum vidi, jam 3 poll. longum, ad semen 10 lin. 
latum, infra semen longe angustatum, sutura vexillari ad semen con- 
caviuscula 13 lin. lata. OT 
Hab. Guatemala, Friedrichsthal; South Mexico, Jurgensen, n. 159. 
In flower the species resembles on the one hand the L. sericeus, from 
which it may be known by the small distant bracteoles and whitish 
aspect of the inflorescence, and on the other hand the Piscidia erythrina, 
but the inflorescence is less branched and not so silky. 
B, Jurgenseni, foliolis 7—11, pedicellis plerisque bifloris. 
Hab. South Mexico, Jurgensen, n. 247. 
y? Fendleri, pedicellis bifloris, floribus minoribus, calycis dentibus evi- 
dentioribus rufescentibus. 
Hab. Chagres, Fendler, n. 94. 
2. L. sericeus (H. B. et К. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 383 in adnot.), fo- 
liolis 7-11 ovalibus oblongisve breviter acuminatis subtus tomentosis 
puberulisve, pedicellis geminis v. breviter bifloris, bracteolis calyci 
approximatis, vexillo argenteo-sericeo basi transverse calloso-appendi- 
culato, legumine coriaceo-sublignoso, sutura vexillari ad semina parum 
dilatata.— Robinia sericea, Poir. ; Lonchocarpus sericeus, et L. ругі- 
darius, DC. Prod. ii. p. 260; L. tomentosus, Tul. Arch. Mus. Par. iv. 
р. 82.— Arbor. Foliola vulgo 2-3-pollicaria. Flores 7-8 lin. longi, 
rosei v. violacei, petalis insigniter sericeis. 
Hab. Widely spread in Tropical America; the normal form, with the 
leaflets more or less rusty-pubescent underneath, is found chiefly on the 
continent; in various parts of Brazil (Gardner, n. 1275), in Guiana 
and New Granada, and in Western Tropical Africa. 
B, glabrescens, foliolis subtus glabris v. vix minute puberulis.—L. Do- 
mingensis et L. formosianus, DC. Prod. ii. p. 260; L. macrophyllus, 
H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 383. 
Hab. In Tropical America; Cayenne, Martin; frequent in Venezuela 
and New Granada (Holton, n. 975 & 990, Schlium, n. 74, &c.), in St. 
Domingo and Jamaica, and in Western Tropical Africa. 
I had at one time thought that the glabrous foliage was sufficient to 
distinguish this form from the last, especially as the only pod I then 
knew had assumed a different shape, owing to more of the ovules having 
come to maturity ; but the copious specimens we have now received from 
various collectors in Western Tropical Africa show that all belong to one 
species. Some are precisely similar to Purdie's glabrous Jamaican ones, 
others as closely resemble the Brazilian ones described by Tulasne аз 
L. tomentosus, dnd they all pass into each other very gradually by nume- 
rous intermediates. The leaves are very variable in size; when very 
luxuriant, some of the leaflets are five or even віх inches long, though 
the ordinary size on the flowering branches is but two or three inches. ` 
