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LEGUMINOS^. CCXIV. Drepanocarpus. CCXV. Ecastaphyilum. CCXVI. Amerimnum. 



2 D- Af rica^nus ; spines stipular ; leaflets alternate, oblong 

 obtuse, white beneath ; racemes terminal. I? . S. Native of 



Guinea, on the sea shore. Legume flat, crescent -shaped, as well Doubtfi 



reniform, wrinkled. Tj . S. 

 near Caicara at the Orinoco. 



ccas, 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



as the seed. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



African Drepanocarpus. FI. Feb. 



3 D. du'bius (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 390-) 

 spmes none ; leaflets 5-7, puberulous beneath. ]j . S. Native 

 of Caraccas, in the plains. Leaflets elliptic, rounded at both 

 ends, membranous. Legume reniformly semi-lunate, wrink- 

 led reticulately. Flowers unknown. 



Doubtful Drepanocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



4 D. ? cyatiiifo'rmis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 420.) spines none; 

 shrub chmbing ; leaflets alternate, ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 panicles somewhat corymbous ; fruit orbicular, rather cup- 

 ^laped. »2 . ^. S. Native of Mexico. Pterocarpus cyathi- 

 formis, Moc. et Sessc, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



Cup-s/iujicd-iwddcd Drepanocarpus. Shrub cl. 



5 D. micropiiy'llus (Meyer, in act. soc. nat. cur. bonn. 12. 

 p. 807.) spmes stipular, recurved ; leaves with many pairs of 

 leaflets ; stamens monadelphous. ^ . S. Native of Panama. 

 Very like the following species. 



Smnll-lvajktted Drepanocarpus. Shrub 6 to 1 keU 



6 D. isade'lpiius (Meyer, 1. c.) spines stipular, recurved ; 

 leaflets 12-16 pairs ; stamens equally diadelphous. h . S. Na- 

 tive of Sunnam. Ovary hairy, falcate. Fruit unknown. 



Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



3 E. PLUMiE^Ri(Pers. ench. 2. p. 227-) leaves impari-plnnate 

 with 3-5 broadly ovate, bluntish, glabrous leaflets. ^2 . S. Narive 

 of South Amenca.— Plum. ed. Burm. t. 246. f 2. Pterocarpus 

 Plumieri, Poir. suppl. ^ 



Plumier's Ecastaphyilum. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. ' 

 . 4 E. pube'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) leaves impari-pin. 

 nate, with 5-7 alternate, ovate, acuminated leaflets, which are 

 pubescent, as well as the branches and legumes. T2 . S. Native 

 of Cayenne or French Guiana. Panicles axillary, branched, pe- 

 dunculate. Stamens equally diadelphous. Legume nearly or- 

 bicular, almost an inch in diameter. 



Pubescent Ecastaphyilum. Shrub. 



5 E. MoNETAiuA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) leaflets 3, alter- 

 nate, ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, nume- 

 rous, spiked. fj. S. Native of Surinam in humid places. 



Pterocarpus ternata, 



Monet^ria 



Poir. diet. 5. p. 727. ex Kunth and Richard, Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 277. Stamens 9, 8 of which are disposed in two equal bundles, 

 but the ninth one is loose, or hardly connected to the others at 

 the base. Legume oval, roundish. Flowers minute, white. 

 The root when cut yields a purple juice. Tlie wood is red, and 



/AaJf/pAo«*-stamened Drepanocarpus. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



7 p. panicula'tus; leaves with 4 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 

 eUiptic, coriaceous, pubescent beneath ; panicles equal in length 

 to the leaves ; fruit lunate. T^ . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 I'terocarpiis paniculatus, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 192. 



Panklcd Drepanocarpus. Tree. 



Cm//. See Pterocarpus for culture and propagation, p. Z77. 

 The species require to be watered occasionally with salted water 

 to make them thrive. 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



yields a resin resembling dragon's-blood. 

 Mo '■' - - - - - - 



6 E. Berte'rii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) leaflets 3, alternate, 

 obovate-orbicular ; racemes spike-formed, simple, axillary, soli- 

 tary; legume coriaceous, glabrous, nearly orbicular. V ^* 

 Native of St. Domingo. Pterocarpus Berterii, Spreng. syst. 



Bertero's Ecastaphyilum. Shrub. 



■f A doubtful species. 



7 E. ? microphy'llum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p* 



268.) leaflets 25-45, small, oblong, acute, and somewhat mucro- 

 CCXV ECASTAPHV'TTTTTtr/r ^ , "^^^' rounded at the base, clothed v^^ith adpressed piIi on both 



nrst snecies beinor pnrh roTni->«oo,l ^r — i i.-zi ,\ t.- x, ^ ^"c^ucm, near oanta uaroara. 



first species being each composed of only one leaflet). P.' Browne, 

 jarn. 299. Rich, m Pers ench. no. 1670. D. C. prod. 2. p. 420. 

 — Hecastophyllum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 387. 

 Lin. syst. Dmdelphia, Octo-Decdndria. Calyx campanu- 

 late, somewhat bilabiate, upper lip emarginate, lower one trifid. 

 Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens 8-10, equally diadelphous or 

 9, and 8 of them equally diadelphous and 1 loose. Lecrume 

 nearly orbicular, membranous, valveless, biovulate, but only 1- 

 seeded. Seed reniform. Radicle uncinately-in flexed.— Shrubs, 

 with simple, trifoliate, or impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary sub- 

 corymbose panicles of flowers. 



1 E. Bro'wnei (Pers ench. 2. p. 277.) petiole bearing 

 only one leaflet ; the leaflet broad, ovate, rounded and cor- 

 date at the base, acuminated at the apex, and 

 beneath. h. S. Native of the 



Cult. 



Shrub. 



See Pterocarpus, p. 377. for the culture and propaga- 

 tion of the species. 



CCXVI. AMERI'MNUM (from a, priv. and fiepiiiya, rne- 

 rimna, care ; void of care or in a state of security ; but what 

 induced Dr. P. Browne to give this name to the present genus 

 IS unknown, to us, unless it was the careless flow of the 

 branches, or some medical virtue which the plant is suppos** 



to possess). P. Browne, iam 9SR Aryans fam. 2. D. 320. D. 0. 



8. p. 1233. t. 25. 



species 



occ. 



places. 



, ,, ^, . „ , apex, and pubescent 



»2. b. Native of the West Indies and South 



America, as well as of Senegal and Gambia, in swampy 



E. frutescens, Browne, jam. p. 299. t. 52. f. 1. Ptero- 

 carpus Ecastaphyilum, Lin. spec. 1052. exclusive of the sv- 

 nonyme of Plumier. Berg. act. stockh. 1769. p. 116. t 4 

 Amerimnum Sieberi, Reichb. in Sieb. pi. exsic. seneg. no. 36' 

 Leaves spreading in a double row, pubescent when young but 

 glabrous in the adult state. Calyx ferruginous. 

 ^'"■' P> filubrum ; leaves glabrous beneath. 



Monadelph 

 2d. Petals i 



Iph 



Calyx 

 papili< 



somewhat bils- 



Brom 



Clt. 1733. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



2 E. du'bium (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 388."^ 



^ ^wo w, luonaueipnous, with the sheath or tuoe cien m ••— - 



Legume compressed, 2-valved, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded; the superior 

 suture straight, and a little winged ; the lower one very conrex- 

 —Small trees or shrubs, with alternate, stalked, ovate, somewhat 

 cordate, simple leaves. 



1 A. Bro'wnei (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 3. p. 1234.) l^v^ 

 ovate, somewhat cordate, acute, glabrous ; peduncles axiHajy. 

 10-flowered, glabrous or puberulous. h. S. Native oU^ 

 raaica, St. Domingo, and Carthagena, in dry places a>noi« 



P. Browne, jam. 288. t. S2. f. 3. Jacq. amer. I»»; 



7 



bushes. 



IfiO r * ""'^' J**™- ~»»- t. 3X. I. 3. jacq. au'^'- . _jj 



petiole with only one leaflet; leaflet elirutic-obw"cmiinff7n Vu ^\- Pt^^'ocarpus Amerimnum, Poir. diet. 5. p- ' * 

 a short blunt acumen, rather cordate at the base, and marked *!!lT.!:!„- ^!*^' ^«f ^^-scented. The shrub being weak sapporf 



pellucid lines, and pilose on the nerve beneath ; leg 



itselfupon its neighbours. 



• ■O'^onne'* Amerimnum. Clt. 1793. Shrub 6 to 10 feet 



