LEGUMINOSjE. 201 



Seem. Panam. t. 21. — P. Trinitatis, Benth. ! : a form with puberulous racemes. — Leaflets 

 2"-3" long, shining above : stipules deciduous ; pedicels 3'", corolla 6'", legume 3"-2^", its 

 stalk 6"'-3'" long ; seed oval, 1" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad!, Pd.;Cr.; 

 in mountain woods, S. Anns; [Vcraguas !, Panama!, Venezuela!]. 



45. PTEROCARPTJS, L. 



Calyx unequally 5-dentate, turbinate at the base. Slaminal sheath open on the upper or 

 both sides. Ovary several- or 1 -ovulate. Legume usually hard, compressed, roundish, attenu- 

 ated on the edges, or narrowed by a wing, seminiferous in the middle. — Trees ; leaves impari- 

 pinnate : .leaflets alternate, reticulated ; racemes usually compound ; flowers yellow. 



119. P. Draco, L. Leaflets 7 (5-9), oblong, bluntish or pointleted, shining-glabrous ; 

 bracteoles minute ; calyx glabrous, longer than the puberulous pedicel ; legume glabrous, 

 stjpitate, corky-rugose, with a very oblique axis, 1-seeded, surrounded by a narrow wing, 

 which is less distinct on the carinal edge. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 264. f. 91 : a leaf. Aubl. t. 

 299. — : P. suberosus, Pers. Moutouchia, Aubl. — 25-30' high ; calyx turning black in drying ; 

 corolla 6'" long; legume 2"-l5" diam. : wing 4"'-3'" broad on the vexillar edge. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Wils. ; rare at Mauchioneal; Trinidad!, Or.; [Guadeloupe!; Nicaragua, Guiana!, 

 Venezuela]. 



120. P. Rohrii, V.,Mey.! Leaflets 7-9 (-5), elliptical-oblong, shining-glabrous; brac- 

 teoles linear, often nearly as long as the calyx ; calyx rusty -tomentose, longer than the pedicel ; 

 ovary sessile, tomentose ; legume sessile, submembranaceous, slightly thickened in the mid- 

 dle. — Aubl. t. 147- f: 5 b ■. the legume. — Amphymenium, Kth. Phellocarpus floridus, 

 Benth. — Corolla 6 long. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Venezuela, Guiana !, equatorial 

 Brazil]. 



46. DREPANOCARPUS, Mey. 



Calyx shortly 5-dentate, blnnt at the base. Column of Pterocarpus. Ovary 1-ovulate. 

 Legume hard, compressed, wingless, circinate-falcate. — Leaves impari-pinnate -. leaflets alter- 

 nate, penninerved ; racemes compound. 



121. D. lunatus, Mey. ! Armed with recurved, setaceous, stipular spinules ; leaflets 

 5—11, oblong, rounded at the top, glabrous : veins straight, approximate; racemes in a 

 terminal panicle ; legume stipitate, thickish, reticulated-rugose, glabrous, reniform-cochleate. 

 — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 201. /. 2. — A shrub ; leaflets li" long, 8"' broad ; flowers violet ; 

 legume 6"'-8"' broad, forming a complete circle with a narrow sinus : stalk 4'" long. — 

 Hab. S. Lucia !, S. Vincent !, Guild., in maritime swamps j [Haiti and Mexico ! to Brazil ; 

 trop. coast of Western Africa]. 



47. MACHiERlUM, Pert. 



Character of Brepanocarpus, but legume produced at the top into a long wing, which 

 is reticulated- veiny, and thickened on the inferior edge. 



122. M. angustifolium, Fog. Armed with strong, recurved, stipular spines ; leaflets 

 12-ZO-jugal, oblong-linear, refuse, penninerved with straight approximate veins, puberu- 

 lous or glabrescent beneath : petioles and panicles rusty-pubescent ; flowers pedicellate, violet ; 

 standard slightly piftescent, twice as long as the calyx : keel falcate ; column closed on the 

 inferior side; ovary villous, curved, long-stipitate ; "legume pubescent, with a glabrescent 

 wing." — Drepanocarpus microphallus, E. Mey. M. affine, Benth. — A tree ; leaflets 8"'-12''' 

 long, 2'" (-3'") broad.— Hab. Trinidad!; Cr.; [Panama! to Brazil]. 



123. M. robinifolium, Fog. Armed with strong stipular spines ; leaflets 8-17-jugal, 

 oblong, refuse, penninerved with straight approximate veins, puberulous or glabrescent 

 beneath : petioles and panicles rusty-pubescent ; flowers pedicellate ; standard glabrescent, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; keel falcate , column at length split into 2 equal bundles ; ovary 



villous, curved, long-stipitate ; legume — Nissolia, BC. Drepanocarpus isadelphus, E. 



Mey. M. Sieberi, Benth— Nearly allied to the preceding ; leaflets 20"'-12'" long, 7"'-4'" 

 broad.— Hab. S. Vincent, Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Panama !, Guiana !, equatorial Brazil !]. 



