200 LEGUMINOSjE. 



114. Ii. violaceus, Kth. Leaflets 4(-2-6)-jugal, ovate, with a bluntish point, pellucid- 

 dotted, glabrous; calyx glabrous, subtruncate ; standard glabrous ; legume hard-membra- 

 naceous, glabrous, sinuate-oblong, pointed, tapering and acute at the base, 3-1-seeded. — 

 Jacq. Afner. Pict. 261./. 61 : the flower. Desc. Fl. 7. t. 522. — Robiuia, Jacq. R. sepinm, 

 Sieb. Mart.182 (non Sw.).—A low tree, 12' high; leaflets 2i" long, H"-l" broad; flowers 

 •violet ; calyx 2"', corolla 6"'-7'" long ; legume 4"-2" long, 1" broad, contracted between 

 the seeds. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 133 ; [French islands!, Venezuela!, New Granada]. 



115. Ii. sericeus, Kth. Leaflets 4(3-9)-jugal, oval-oblong, pubescent beneath or gla- 

 brescent ; calyx sericeous, subtruncate ; standard sericeous ; legume woody, tomentose (or 

 tubcrulous), straightish-repand or sinuate on the margin, oblong, shortly stipitate, 4-2(-l)- 

 secded.— Robinia, Voir- A tree ; leaflets 8"-2V', calyx 2'", corolla 8'" long ; flowers purple ; 

 legume 4"-2" long, 9"'- 8"' broad. 



, a. Leaflets pointleted, rounded at the base ; calyx somewhat exceeded by the large cadu- 

 cous bracteoles ; legume tomentose. 



j8. jamaicensis. Leaflets blunt, subacute at the base, glabrous ; bracteoles minute ; legume 

 puberulous. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Dist. (a), Pd. (P, in rocky places, Manchester) ; Montserrat, Trinidad ; 

 [Cuba ! to Brazil; western trop. Africa]. 



42. MUELLERA, L.fil. 



Character of Lonchocarpus, but " legume nearly terete in the transverse section at the 

 seeds." 



1 16. M. moniliformis, L. fil., Mey. Esseq. ! Leaflets bijugal, elliptical, usually 

 pointed, with scattered pellucid dots, glabrous ; pedicels geminate, single ; calyx puberulous 

 or gkbrescent, subtruncate : teeth minute, distant ; standard glabrous ; legume many(-l )- 

 seeded, moniliform, deeply constricted between the seeds. — Aubl. t. 356. Miq. Surinam. . 

 t. 4. — Coublandia frutescens, Aubl. Lonchocarpus pterocarpus, Miq. ! in Pi. Hostm. 

 {non DC). Sphinct olobium glaucescens, Miq. — A tree or shrub; leaflets membranaceous, 

 3"- H" long ; flowers purplish : calyx 2'", corolla 8'" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., at Irais; 

 [Guiana]. 



43. PISCIDIA, L. 



Calyx shortly and broadly 5 -dentate. Wings adhering to the falcate keel. Stamens and 

 ovary of Lonchocarpus. Legume compressed, shortly stipitate, bearing along both margins 

 two broad membranaceous longitudinal wings. — A tree ; leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets 

 opposite; racemes lateral, precocious, compound ; pedicels jointed above; flowers whitish, 

 with a purplish tinge. 



117. P. Erythrina, L— St. 1. 176./. 4, 5. — P. carthagiuensis, L.: a form with larger 

 bluntish leaflets; DC: a form with a shorter legume-stalk. — 1 5 '-30' high ; leaflets 5-3- 

 jugal, pubescent or glabrescent, oblong or elliptical, pointed or blunt ; flowers 6"'-8"' long ; 

 legume 4"-2" long, 4'" broad, puberulous : stalk 5"'-2"' loug, usually 2-3 times as long 

 as the calyx, sometimes scarcely exserted : wings transversely striate, lacerate.or repand, each 

 8"'-6'" broad ; seeds 6-8, transversely oblong, black, subcompressed, 2>\'" long. — Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, all. coll., common j Antigua !, Wullschl. ; S. Lucia 1, S. 

 Vincent ! ; [Florida ! to Guayaquil !]. 



44. PLATYMISCIUM, Yog. 



Calyx 5-dentate. Wings free : carinal petals distinct below. Ovary 1-ovnlate, long-sti- 

 pitate. Legume flat-compressed, membranaceous, stipitate, seminiferous in the middle, firmly 

 cohering and wing-like around the seed. — Leaves opposite /, impari-pinnate, glabrous ; leaf- 

 lets opposite ; racemes axillary : pedicels simple, jointed at the top ; flowers yellow. 



118. P. platystachyum, Benth. Leaflets 5 (7-3), elliptical, blunt, or with a bluntish 

 point, chartaceous ; racemes simple ; pedicels as long as or somewhat longer than the calyx ; 

 standard roundish, as long as the wings ; legume oval-oblong, 5-8 times as long as its stalk. — 



