90 МЕ. G. BENTHAM'S SYNOPSIS OF DALBERGIEE, 
§ 2. DENSIFLORI. 
[As the species of this group differ from the last almost entirely in 
the pod alone, the position of those which have not yet been seen in 
fruit is in some cases doubtful.] 
5. L. UNIFOLIOLATUS, sp. n., foliolis solitariis amplis ovatis glabris 
nitidulis, pedicellis plerisque bifloris, calyce vexilloque tenuiter sericeis. 
— Totus floribus exceptis glaberrimus. Foliola in specimine omnia 
ad apicem petioli pollicaris solitaria, ovata v. suboblonga, acuminata, 
3-5 poll. longa, 2-2} poll. lata, basi rotundata, juniora membranacea, 
adulta subcoriacea et nitidula, petiolulo 2-3 lin. longo. Racemi 
graciles, 5—6-pollieares. Flores inter minores (4-5 lin. longi). Pedi- 
celli breves. Bracteole parve, anguste, caduce. Calyx 1 lin. 
truncatus. Vexillum basi leviter calloso-plicatum. Ovarium sericeo- 
pilosum. Legumen ignotum. 
Hab. South Mexico, Jurgensen, n. 717. 
6. L. LATIFOLIUS (Н. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. vi. p. 383), glaber 
v. tenuissime rufo-sericeus, foliolis 5-9 amplis ovali-oblongis acumi- 
natis tenuibus glabris v. subtus pube minuta conspersis, racemis elon- 
gatis, pedicellis plerisque bifloris calycem squantibus, bracteolis mi- 
nutis, vexillo tenuiter sericeo, ovulis 2, legumine oblongo v. lato-lineari 
plano tenui demum glabro suturis acutis nec alatis nec dilatatis.— 
Amerimnum latifolium, Willd. Spec. Pl. iii. p. 909; Dalbergia penta- 
phylla et D. heptaphylla? Poir. Dict. Suppl. ii. p. 445, 446; Lonchocar- 
pus latifolius, L. pentaphyllus, L. heptaphyllus? et L. oxycarpus, DC. 
Prod. ii? p. 260, 261.—Arbor 30-40-pedalis, ramis debilibus. Petioli 
communes 6-10-pollicares. Foliola maxima 6-8 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. 
lata, ssepius tamen subdimidio minora, minus coriacea quam in preece- 
dentibus et lzte virentia, subtus elevato-pennivenia, costa venisque 
primariis szepius tenuissime rufo-sericeis. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii 
v. gemini, 3-5-роШсагез, jam infra medium floridi. Flores 4-5 lin. 
longi, sspius pallidi (v. albi?) rarius atro-violacei. Vexillum basi 
late truncatum, vix callosum. Ovarium tenuiter sericeum, ovulis 2 
remotis. Legumen 2-3 poll. longum, 8-10 lin. latum, 1-2-spermum, 
inter semina non vel vix constrictum. 
Hab. Common in the West Indies (Cuba, Wright, n. 141, 142; Mar- 
tinique, Sieber, 176), and adjoining parts of South America, in 
Surinam, British Guiana, Portorico, Veraguas, and Central America 
to Nicaragua, (Ersted ; and Teapa, Linden, n. 732; the latter a variety 
with dark-coloured flowers. I have not seen it from Brasil, Ecuador, 
or Peru. 
The species is generally known by its somewhat large leaflets, long 
rather than broad, notwithstanding its name, of a thinner texture and 
"a lighter colour than most species, with oblique prominent veins, and 
rather short racemes of small flowers on comparatively long pedicels. 
The fruit is often like that of a Dalbergia. zT 
