262 MR. o BENTHAM ON THE GENERA SWEETIA AND GLYCINE. 
racemis brevibus puberulis, legumine tenui glabro.—Leptolobium bi- 
jugum, Vog. in Linnea, xi. 391.—Foliola 1-2-pollicaria, coriacea, nitida, 
impari sæpius deficiente. Flores magnitudine eorum S. dasycarp@ ; 
petala calyce dimidio longiora, vexillo breviore et latiore. 
Hab. Between Victoria aud Bahia, Sello; Ilheos, Lushnath, Mart. Herb. 
Fl. Bras. n. 1322. 
Sect. III. Leptolobium. Calycis lobi tubo zequales v. longiores. Em- 
bryonis radicula brevis, recta.— Foliola in omnibus excepta S. Gardneri 
obtusissima vel emarginata. Florum alabastra in 4 prioribus subpyri- 
formia, in 3 ultimis magis globosa. 
4. S. BRACHYSTACHYA, sp.n. Foliis glaberrimis, foliolis 5-9 parvis 
ovato-oblongis opacis subtus pallidis, racemis brevibus laxe subcorym- 
bosis puberulis.—Foliola 4-}-pollicaria, retusa. Flores fere S. nitentis. 
Petala parum inzqualia. Legumen ignotum. 
Hab. Serra da Lapa, Riedel. 
5. S. pasycarpa. Foliis subtus vel utrinque velutino-pubescentibus, 
foliolis 3-7 ovatis rigidulis venosis, panicula ampla pubescente, calyce 
basi attenuato, legumine tenui pubescente.— Leptolobium dasycarpum, 
Vog. in Linnea, xi. 388.—Foliola 13-3-pollicaria. 
Hab. Apparently common in a great part of Brazil from Minas Geraes to 
Para, Gardner, n. 2543 & 3116; Blanchet, n. 3114, and many other 
collectors. 
Leptolobium lanceolatum, Tul. in Arch. Mus. Par. iv. 118, seems 
to be a slight variety of S. dasycarpa. 
6. S. GLABRIFOLIA. Foliis glabris vel subtus parce puberulis, foliolis 
3-5 ovatis rigidulis venosis, panicula ampla pubescente, calyce basi 
attenuato, legumine tenui glaberrimo.—Leptolobium glabrifolium, Tul. 
in Arch. Mus. Par. iv. 118; L. tortuosum, Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 
n. 1151; L. elegans var. grandiflorum, pl. exs. ex herb. Berol. dis- 
tribute. 
Hab. Provinces of Minas Geraes and Piauhy. 
Perbaps a variety of S. dasycarpa. 
7. S. NITENS. Foliis glaberrimis, foliolis 7-9 ovatis vel elliptico-ob- 
longis rigidulis nitidis vix venulosis, racemis densis puberulis, calycis 
lobis suramis latissimis, legumine crassiusculo coriaceo glabro.—Lepto- 
lobium nitens, Vog. in Linnea, xi. 394; L. nitidulum, Mig. Stirp. 
Surin. 18.— Foliola 1-3-pollicaria. 
Hab. British Guiana, Rob. Schomburgk, 1st coll. n. 526, 2nd coll. n. 239 
& 457; Rich. Schomburgk, n. 379 & 730. Surinam, Hartmann, n. 1126. 
Rio Negro and Santarem, Spruce, n.921. Vasiva River, Spruce, n.3310. 
8. S. ELEGANS. Glaberrima, foliis 5-11 ovatis v. ovali-oblongis tenuiter 
eoriaceis nitidis oblique venosissimis, racemis laxiusculis brevibus, 
legumine tenui glabro.—Leptolobium elegans, Vog. in Linnea, xi. 
390.—Foliola 1 2-pollicaria. 
Hab. Provinces of Minas Geraes and S. Paolo, Sello, and others; Mart. 
Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 1150. 
