122 MR. d. BENTHAM’S SYNOPSIS OF DALBERGIEJE, 
In determining Schomburgk's plants I had formerly considered this 
as the same as the southern A. laurifolia ; and afterwards having many 
more specimens before me from various sources, finding the leaflets 
always pubescent underneath, more reticulate, and rather differently 
shaped, I thought it might be a distinct species, which I named 4. 
oblonga in Spruce’s distribution. .I now see, however, that it passes 
too gradually into the old A. retusa to be considered as more than a 
variety of it. 
13. A. LAURIFOLIA (Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. p. 109, et in Mart. 
Fi. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 9-17 oblongis v. ovato-oblongis ob- 
tusis retusisve basi rotundatis petiolulatis coriaceis glabris supra 
nitidis, panicula laxa, calyce tomentoso basi acutato, ovario glabro.— 
Foliola 3-4-pollicaria, fere a basi apicem versus leviter angustata, at 
apice semper obtusa et basi rotundata, rigide coriacea. Panicula 
quam in A, inermi laxior, floribus majoribus, vulgo circa 6 lin. longis, 
ealyce 3 lin. longo, magnitudine tamen interdum variant. 
Hab. Brazil, common in Minas Geraes, also prov. Pernambuco (Gardner, 
n. 2816). 
This may possibly prove to be a variety of А. retusa. 
14. A. nuMiLIS (Mart., Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. p. 109, et in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 9-11 (rarissime 7 v. 13) oblongis 
obtusis retusisve basi rotundatis petiolulatis coriaceis glabris nitidis, 
panicula laxa brevi, calyce glabrato basi acutiusculo, ovario glabro.— 
А. pauciflora, Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. l.c. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes. 
Perhaps a variety of 4. laurifolia, but the almost or quite glabrous 
dark-coloured calyces give it a very different aspect. 
15. А. NITIDA (Mart., Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. p. 109, et in Mart. 
Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 5-9 ovali-oblongis acuminatis glabris 
coriaceis nitidis, panicula laxa, calyce brevi glabro basi obtusiusculo, 
ovario glabro. 
Hab. Brazil, near Bahia. 
Differs from A. inermis as the A. humilis from the A. laurifolia, by 
. the glabrous calyx. It is said, also, to be only a shrub, or very small 
tree. 
16. A. INERMIS (Н. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. р. 385 in adnot), foliolis 
9-13 oblongis acuminatis glabris coriaceis supra nitidulis, panicula 
floribunda, floribus subsessilibus, calyce brevi tomentoso basi obtuso, 
ovario glabro v. vix ciliato.— Geoffroya inermis, Linn. ; Andira race- 
mosa, Lam. Dict. i. p. 171, et Illustr. t. 604, f. 1 ; A. grandiflora, Guill. 
et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. p. 254 ; A. acuminata, Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. 
ii. p. 109.—Arbor procerissima, ramis frondesis, pulcherrime florens. 
Foliola pleraque 3 poll. longa, 1 poll. lata, maxima 4-pollicaria, ter- 
minale cujusve folii seepe brevius et latius, concoloria, costa subtus 
