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LEGUMINOSiE. CVIII. Mullera. CIX. Lonchocarpus. 



1 8 N. sca'ndens (Konig. ex Sprang, syst. 3. p. 191.) shrubby, 4 L, viola^ceus (H. B. et Kunth, 1, c. in a note) leaves with 



scandent ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate-oblong, acute, rather 



S. Native 



coriaceous, smooth leaflets ; flowers panicled. 

 of the East Indies. 



T2. 



w 



Climbing Nissolia. 

 Cult. 



Shrub cl. 



For culture and propagation see Eysenhdrdtia, p. 234. 



CVIII. MULLERA (in honour of Otto Frederick Muller, 

 a Danish botanist, and one of the editors of Flora Danica). Lin. 



from 7-11 ovate, obtuse, rather emarginate, glabrous leaflets, 

 full of pellucid dots, membranous, with the middle nerve rather 

 prominent ; calyxes glabrous ; peduncles of racemes 2-flowered, 

 ^2.8. Native of Carthagena and Guadaloupe, in bushy places. 

 Robinia viol^cea, Jacq. 

 262. f. 61. 



fil. suppl. 53. 

 Lin. syst. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 259. 



amer. 210. t. 177. f. 49. pict. 103. t. 

 Flowers diadelphous, violaceous, large, having the 

 scent of violets. Stamens somewhat monadelphous, the tenth 

 one only free at the base. 



r2o/«ceoM5-flowered Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1799. Tr. 12 ft. 



5 L. pentaphy'llus (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. in a note) leaves 



Monadeliihiay Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-tootlied, apparently cut round about at the base after the teeth vu ^ 'y j vi i • i - - 



have fallen. Petals 5, papilionaceous, caducous. Stamens 8-10. ^"^ 5-7 nerved, bluntly acummated, quite glabrous leaflets; 



I'acemes shorter than the leaves ; legumes lanceolate, glabrous, 

 1-3-seeded. T? . S. Native of Porto-Rico. 



phylla, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 445. Flowers unknown. 



Dalbergia penta- 



leqfletted 



Tree 20 feet. 



monadelphous, having the tube compressed, falling off along 

 with the calyx. Ovary sessile. Style filiform. Legume mo° 

 niliform, having 1-5 1-celled 1 -seeded, indehiscent, distinct 

 joints. Seeds compressed, reniform. Flowers almost like those 

 of a species of Robinia, but the stamens are monadelphous, the 

 fruit almost like that of Soj)hdra, and the habit o{ Pterocdrpiis. 



1 M. MONILIFORMIS (Lin. fil. 1, c.) leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 joints of legume smooth. T2 . S. Native of Surinam and of 1 - , , - . - 



French Guiana. Goubl^ndia frutescens, Aubl. guian. 4. p. 937. ij"^' "^I'/q/^A J"^"^' slender, glabrous, 2-3-seeded 

 t. 35(5. Leaves with 2 pairs of ovate, acute, glabrous, petiolu- ^^^^^ " "^ - -- -r^.n.^ „•_ 1 . 1 _/n. ti 

 late leaflets. Racemes axillary, simple. Bracteas subulate, l^ij^nl 

 small, caducous. 



6 L. heptapiiy'llus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 259.) leaves with 7 

 lanceolate, obtusely mucronate, glabrous leaflets, pale beneath, 

 and with the nerve and lateral veins rather prominent ; racemes 

 a little longer than the leaves ; calyx 5-toothed ; legumes ob- 



' " - " " , J , " l2.S. 



Native of St. Domingo. Dalbergia heptaphylla, Poir. I ft 



p. 446. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from L. penta- 





Flowers pale-yellow. 

 NecJclace-forvicd-YioMed Mullera. Clt. 1782. Sh. 6 to 7 ft. 

 Cult. See Eysenhdrdtia^ p. 234. for culture and propagation. 



CIX. LONCHOCA'RPUS (from Xo^x^, lonche, a lance, and 

 rapTToc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the lance shape of the 

 pods). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 383. 



- 259. 



phjlhis and Z. violaceus. 



leajl 



Flowers purple. 



Tree 20 feet. 



D, C. 



7 L. Leone'nsis ; an erect, branched tree ; leaflets oblong, 

 mucronate, undulated, entire; racemes axillary and terminal; 

 flowers on short pedicels. 

 Corolla violaceous. 



b . S. Native of Sierra Leone 



prod. 2 



LiN. SYST. Mona-Diadilphia, Decdndria. Calyx campa- 

 nulately-urceolate, obsoletely 5-toothcd. Corolla papilionaceous. 

 Vexillum somewhat orbicular, spreadingly-reflexcd. Wings, 

 vexillum, and keel about equal in length. Stamens diadelphous 

 and monadelphous. Legume on a short stipe, oblong-lanceolate, 

 straight, flat, membranous, 2-4-8-seeded. Seeds compressed, 

 reniform. Radicle uncinately inflexed. — Unarmed trees, from 

 the West Indies and South America, with impari-pInnate leaves, 

 opposite, exstipellate, stalked leaflets, and purplish flowers. 

 This genus is not sufficiently defined. Perhaps the diadelphous 

 species should be separated from the monadelphous ones, but 

 the habit of both are very similar. 



1 L. ruNCTA'TUs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 383.) 

 leaves with 5-7 oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, full of pellucid 



dots, shining above, having the middle nerve rather prominent 

 below 11^ - - . - 



h. S 



Sierra Leone Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 

 8 L. ALBiFLORus ; leaflets 7, 



entire 



, ovate, acuminated, glabrous, 

 flowers on long peduncles or racemose, axillary ; legume 

 flat, pubescent. ^2. S. Native of the Island of St. Thonnas, 

 in the Gulf of Guinea. Flowers white. 



White-Jlowered 



Fl. Oct. Tree 50 feet. 



9 L. FormosiVnus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 7, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, oval, obtusely acuminated, having the nerve 

 and lateral veins rather prominent ; racemes panicled ; pedicels 

 usually 2-flowered ; calyx truncate, and is as well as the petals 

 and legumes clothed with silky pubescence. J^ . S. Native of 

 Africa, on the banks of the river Formosa. Rnhmia violacc«f 



Beauv. fl. d ow. 2. p. 28. t. 76. 



Dalbergia Guineensis, Spreng. 



Flowers violet. 



syst. app. 3. p. 266. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Formosa Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 

 10 L. SERicEus (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets 7-11, ov 



al, 



c-lkx .iX^^ A ^ "r' ^'-^^^^^^ P^^"^>»^nt acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous abov e, bu clothed with rufous 



cnljxglabrous; lower peduncles of raceme 2-flowered. silkv pubescence hpne;.fh .« wpII .. .1' .ol.... t^pdicels. and 



Native of South America, near Cumana. Dalbergia 

 punctata, Spreng. syst. app. 3. p. 268. Legumes unknown. 

 jDo//t'(/-leavcd Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



2 L. macrophy'llus (II. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves with 9 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminated, dotless, glabrous leaflets, shinintr 

 above, having the middle nerve and primary veins rather pro- 

 rnment ; calyx clothed with brownish tomentum. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, near Angostura de Carara, on the banks 

 of the river Magdalena. Dalbergia macrophylla, Spreng. syst. 

 app. 268. This species is nearly allied to L. Domlngcnsis. 



Zo«^-/rartc/ Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1818. Tree 40 feet. 



3 L, Dominge'nsis (D. C. prod. 2, p. 259.) leaves with 11 

 Qval, acuminated, glabrous, petiolate leaflets ; racemes axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves ; calyx somewhat truncate, bibracteate 

 at the base, and are as weH as the legumes pubescent. 

 Native of St. Domingo. 



L. Turpinii. 



p. 276. 



Legume l-2-8eeded. Flowers red. 



Dnlbergia Doming^nsis, Pers. ench. 2. 

 Kunth, 1. c. 



Stamens monadelphous. 



Domingo 



Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



silky pubescence beneath, as well as the calyxes, pedicels, 

 branches ; racemes erect, length of leaves ; pedicels very short, 

 usually twin or 2-flowered; petals clothed with silky-silverY 

 pubescence on the outside. Ij . S. Native of the Islands ot 

 Montserrat, St. Christopher, and Trinidad. Robinea sericea, 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 226. R. mollis, Vahl. in herb. Puer. Calyx 

 truncate. Legume unknown. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Silky Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1826. Tree 20 feet. 



11 L. PYxiDA^Rius (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 7, ovate, 

 acuminated, glabrous above, but clothed with adpressed villous- 

 pubescence beneath; petioles, peduncles, and calyxes clothed 

 with short velvety down ; racemes erect, shorter than the leaves; 

 vexillum clothed with adpressed silky down on the outside. \ ' 

 S. Native of Cuba, where it is called Palo de Caja or box- 

 wood. Stamens monadelphous. This species comes very near 

 to Z. sericeus. 



Box Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



12 L. LATiFonus (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets 7, ovate, 

 short-acuminated, glabrous, pale beneath, havincr the nervet ^^ 

 lateral veins rather prominent ; racemes axillary, much long<^^ 



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