LEGUMINOS^. CCXIII. Pterocarpus. CCXIV. Drevanocarpus. 



377 



which is a powerful remedy in obstinate clironic diarrhoeas and Amerimnum scandens, '^'illd. spec. 3. p. 909. Points of leaflets 

 dysenteries, and in all diseases arising from laxity of the solids. 



emarguiate. 



Flowers violaceous. Calyx truncate. Legume 2- 



Externally it is applied as a styptic to check haemorrhages from seeded. 



Climbing Pterocarpus. Clt. 1817. Shrub cl. ■ 



Sect. V. Atelk^a (from areXrjCf nteles^ imperfect ; in refer- 



-.- , ,T^ n^ 1 .1/^\^/1 -n • ^i\ce to P. Atcle'iay which is without the wings and keel to the 



13 \\ Angole Nsis (D. C. prod. 2, p. 419.) leaflets 11, petio- flowers). Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 2. 



lulate, ovate ending m a short taper point, glabrous above but ^ 4^9^ Legume membranous, samaroid, stipitate, compressed, 



wounds or ulcers, and to diminish the discharge of ichorous mat- 

 ter from ill-conditioned ulcers. 

 //crf^<?-//oo*. fruited Pterocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



pubescent along the nerves beneath ; fruit large, rather villous. 

 Vl . S. Native of the western coast of Africa, in the kingdom of 

 Angola. 

 Angola Pterocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



with the upper suture straight, and furnished with a narrow \ving, 

 but the lower suture is convex. Racemes simple. Perhaps a 

 proper genus. 



22 P. Atele'ia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) leaflets 13, alternate, 

 ovate, low^er ones smallest. ^ . S. Native of Mexico. Atelei 



. ovate, lower ones smallest. f? . is. iNative 01 iviexico. ^iteieia 



Sect.^IV. Santala^ria (from santalum, the Latm name for pterocarpa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers white, 



Stamens unequally 

 Fruit almost orbi- 



Saunder*s-wood). D. C. prod. 2. p. 419. 

 diadelphous, that is, 9 connected, and 1 free, 

 ciilar, containing 2 or 3 seeds inside. 



14 P. Indicus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 904.) leaflets 5-9, alternate, 

 ovate, acute, glabrous; racemes axillary, simple or branched; 

 fruit acutely mucronate. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Rumph. amb. 2. t. 70. P. Tndicus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 53. 

 P. Draco, Lam. ill. t. G02. f. 2. — Comm. hort. amst. 1. t. 109. 

 Flowers white. 



Indian Pterocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



15 P. Santali'nus (Lin. fil. suppl. 318.) leaflets S-5, alter- 



nate, roundish, retuse, glabrous ; racemes axillary, simple or 

 branched ; petals c'renated. 



disposed in racemose spikes. Corolla with an oblong vexillum, 

 but the wings and keel are wanting. Stamens 10, monadelphous 

 at the base. 



Imferfect-Aowered Pterocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



23 P. microca'rpus (Pers. ench. 2. p. 277.) leaflets 7, oppo- 

 site, elliptic, obtuse at both ends, but emarginate at the apex, 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; peduncles and petioles pubescent. Tj . S. 

 Native of South America. Flowers unknown. Legume pale, 

 1 -seeded, reticulately veined. 



Small-fruited Pterocarpus. Tree. 



24 P. gu'mmifer (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) 



leaflets 5-7, opposite, oblong, attenuated at both ends, bluntish, 

 T2 . S. ^ Native of India, on moun- glaucescent ; petioles and pedicels glabrous. Tj . S. Native of 



tarns. Flowers yellow, streaked with red. This is the true 

 Santalum rubrum of Kccnig. The wood is dark red with black 

 veins, heavy, close, capable of a good polish, and sinkin 



water. The wood is known in commerce by the name of >S'aM«. ^^ ^^ .^^.^,,,^ ^x.. v.. ^.xv.^. ^. i^. ^x. ........... ^, 5 



aers^jvood; it yields a deep red colouring matter, w^hich appears jf^ear, glabrous ; legumes stipitate; oval, winged on one side, 1 - 



or in 



St. Domingo. D. C. legum. mem. 10. t. 57. f. 1. Flowers un- 

 known. Pods like those of the two preceding species. 



Gum-bearing Pterocarpus. Tree. 



25 P. pelta^ria (D. C. prod. 2. p; 419.) leaflets 3, oblong- 



to be of a resinous nature, to ether and alcohol, but not to water. 

 Its colouring matter forms beautifully coloured precipitates with 

 many metallic solutions. It also yields one kind of dragon's-blood. 

 Saunder's'TVood. Clt. 1800. Tree 66 feet. 



16 P. Santalinoi'des (Lher. herb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) 

 leaflets 7-9, alternate, oval, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes axil- 

 lary, simple, shorter than the leaves ; peduncles clothed with 

 velvety pubescence ; bracteoles 2, linear, subulate, longer than 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers dirty yellow. 



African Saunder's-wood or Santalum-Uke Pterocarpus. Clt. 

 1793. Tree 60 feet. 



17 P. FLA vus (Lour. coch. p. 431.) leaflets 5-7, opposite, 



^2 . G. 



seeded. Pj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Clypeola 

 and Peltaria Capensis, Burm. herb. — D. C. legum. mem. 10. t. 

 57. f- 2. Racemes terminal, almost simple. Flowers pendulous. 

 Calyx acutely 5-toothed, small, permanent. Petals deciduous. 

 Stamens monadelphous, with the sheath or tube permanent, and 



cleft above. 



^McZrZer-podded Pterocarpus. Tree. 



CulL The species of Pterocarpus thrive best in a loamy soil, 

 and young cuttings not deprived of their leaves root readily in 

 sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



CCXIV. DREPANOCA'RPUS (from Iptiravoy, drepanon, a 

 sickle, and k-apTroc, carpo^, a fruit ; in reference to the form of 

 Moluccas. P. luteus, Poir. suppl. 4. the pods, which are falcate). Meyer, prim, esseq. 238. D. C. 

 Rumph. amb. 3. t. 117. Bark yellow, bitter, and is prod. 2. p. 420.— Nephrosis, Rich, ined.— Oruc^ria, Juss. ined. 

 ^sed for dyeing yellow. Flowers yellow. 



i^c/W-barked Saunder's-wood. Tree 40 feet. 

 18 P. Roxbu'rghii; leaflets alternate, ovate, obtuse, pubes- 

 ^^nt beneath ; fruit 1-seeded. 12 . S. Native of the East In- 

 *^»es. P. fl^vus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 153. but not of Lour. 

 lioxburgh's Pterocarous. Tree 30 feet. 



ovate, acute ; racemes lateral, spiked ; vexillum toothed. 



Native of China and the Moluccas. P. luteus, Poir. suppl. 4. 

 p. 610. -- » if 



Monadelph 

 Calyx 5-toothed, with 2 bracteas at the base, lower tooth 



. 19 P. ULiGiNosus (Roxb. hort. beng, p. 533.) leaflets oppo- 

 ^ e, ovate, acuminated, glabrous : racemes lon^j, panicled. 

 Native of the East Indies. ^ 



diverging at the apex. Petals 5, disposed into a papiliona- 

 ceous corolla. Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the sheath or 

 tube cleft in front, or equally diadelphous, that is, disposed in 2 



Legume compressed, indehiscent, wing- 

 Seeds fixed to the ventral su- 



pentandrous bundles. 



less, falcate, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. 



^ 



S. 



Tree. 



P ^«- Flowers white. 



ISog Pterocarpus. 



^ 20 P, Sapindo^des (D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) leaflets 11-13, 

 opposite, oval, acuminated, glabrous; panicles axillary, much 



Shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves with usually from 5-9 



Panicles of flowers ter- 



J»orter than the leaves, rather 

 ?outh Ame 



S. Native of 



velvety. 1? 

 rica. Stamens diadelphous. Fruit unknown. 



Per- 



1 .-*.«. fc-7iaiiic:iia uiai 



na^ referrible to Amerimnum. 

 ^apindus-like Pterocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



P. SCANDENS (Poir. dict. 5. p. 730.) leaflets 7-11, oppo- 



ture. 



nearly opposite oval-oblong leaflets. 



minal. 



1 D. luna'tus (Meyer, 1. c.) spines stipular, hooked ; leaflets 



5-9, alternate, glabrous, oblong, obtuse; panicle ferruginous. ^ .S. 



Native of South America by the sea-side- Pterocarpus lunatus, 



Lin. fil. suppl. 317. P. apterus, Gaert. fruct. t. 156. Nephrosis 



aculeita. Rich. herb. Oruciria lunata, Juss. herb.— Plum. ed. 



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Burm. t. 201. f. 2. 



Oruckria, Clus. exot. 47 and 48. with a 



Flowers white. 



figure.— Bauh. hist. 1. p. 445. with a figure. 



»Jte, oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes axillary, longer than Legumes crescent-shaped. 



the leaves: sfnma ^ir-^i.; r g xr„*;tf/% /^f rnm^nac /.;/n/i/^»-noddt^d Drenam 



es ^ 



VOL. u. 



stems climbing. ^ . ^^. S. Native of Caraccas. 



epanocarpus 

 SO 



Clt. 1792. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 



