202 LEGUxMINOS^E. 



48. HECASTOPHYLLUM, P. Br. 



Calyx shortly and unequally 5 -dentate. Stamens 10-9: anthers bifid-didymous. Ovary 

 long-stipitate, 2-ovulate. Legume roundish, flat-compressed, wingless, 1-seeded. — Leaves 

 impari-pinnate or\-foliolate : leaflets alternate; racemes short, usually corymbose, axillary : 

 flowers small. 



124. IX. Brownii, Pers. Leaflets single, ovate or ovate-oblong, pointleted, pubescent 

 beneath ; corymbs as long as the petiole, rusty-tomentose ; stamens 10, diadelphous ; legume 

 coriaceous, oblique, nearly orbicular, smooth, pubescent : stalk as long as the calyx. — Br. 

 Jam. t. 32./. 1. Desc. Fl. 4. t. 258.— H. Sieberi, Rchb. ! Pterocarpus Ecastaphyllum, L.— 

 A shrub ; flowers white, 3"'-4'" long ; legume 10"'-12'"diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pel., List., 

 March, common in maritime thickets ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, 

 Or, ; [Cuba ! and Panama ! to Southern Brazil !, along the coast ; African coast, from Sene- 

 gaffnbia ! to Guinea !]. 



125. H. monetaria, DC. Leaflets 3-5 (-2), ovate or oval, pointleted, glabrous ; co- 

 rymbs much shorter than the common petiole, glabrescent ; calyx pubernlous ; stamens 9, 

 triadelphous, with the column split into 4-androus bundles ; legume coriaceous, slightly 

 asymmetrical, oval-orbicular, smooth, glabrous : stalk longer than the calyx. — Plum. Ed. 

 Burnt, t. 246./. 2. Miq. Surin. t. 5. — Dalbergia, L. H. Plumieri, Pers. H. Benthamianum, 

 Miq. — Leaflets variable, 6"-2" long, the terminal larger than the lateral ones ; flowers 3'" 

 long; legume 10"'-12'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pel., Cr. ; [Haiti: Guiana!, Rio Negro!]. 



49. DALBERGIA, L. 



Calyx unequally 5-dentate. Stamens 10-9 : anthers bifid-didymous. Ovary stipitate, 

 2- or several-ovulate. Legume oblong or linear, compressed, thin, wingless. — Leaves impari- 

 pinnate or \-foliolate. 



126. D. Amerimnnm, Benth. Shrubby, trailing, glabrous or glabrescent ; leaflets 

 single, ovate, pointed, archnerved ; racemes lax, corymbose, exceeding the petiole : pedicels 

 longer than the calyx ; calyx shortly bilabiate : teeth blunt ; standard obcordato-oblong; sta- 

 meus 10, monadelphous ; legume leathery, biconvex, curved, smooth, 3-1 -seeded, stipitate. — 

 Br. Jam. t. 31./. 3. Jacq. Amer. Pict.t. 263. f. 86. — Amerimnum Brownii, Jacq. — 

 10'-12'high; leaves shining ; flowers white, 5"'-6'"long; legume 12"'-6'" (-24'") long, 

 3'" (-^5'") broad, slightly falcate, bluutish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Disl., Wils., March, 

 Wullschl., forming impenetrable thickets ; Haiti, Guadeloupe ! ; Venezuela !, Panama !, Pa- 

 cific coast of New Granada !]. 



50. ANDIRA, Lam. 



Calyx shortly 5-dentate or truncate. Carinal petals distinct. Ovary stipitate, few(-l)- 

 ovulate. Legume " drupaceous, ovoid-roundish, 1-seeded." — Trees; leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 flowers paniculate, purplish. 



127. A. inermis, Kth. Leaflets 4-8-jugal, opposite, lanceolate-oblong or oblong, 

 acuminate, or with a bluntish point, glabrous ; panicle large, terminal, rusty-pubescent ; 

 Calyx campan urate : teeth 3 -angular, bluntish, petals nearly of equal length ; ovary glabrous, 

 hairy on the anterior margin, long-stipitate. — Lam. III. t. 604./ 1. Aubl. t. 373. Desc. 

 Fl. 1. t. 53. — Geoffroya, Sw. A. racemosa, Lam. A. grandiflora, Guil. Perr. ! Voucapoua 

 americana, Aubl. — Corolla glabrous, rosy ; " legume ovoid." 



o. Flowers shortly pedicellate ; corolla 6"'-5'" long : standard orbicular : its lamina twice 

 as long as the calyx. 



P. saphidoides, Benth. ! Pedicels often half as long as the calyx ; corolla 7"'-8'" long : 

 standard obovate : its lamina thrice as long as the calyx. — Pterocarpus, DC. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Al., Wullschl., common in the hills and along river-banks (a) ; 

 S. Kitts! (a); Antigua!, Wullschl. 08); Dominica!, Imr. (/3) ; S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 Trinidad !, Lockh., Sieb. Trin. 47 (o) ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Guiana ! ; Senegambia!]. 



128. A. retusa, Kth. Leaflets 3-4(-"6")-jugai, opposite, oblong, refuse, or mucro- 

 nulate at the rounded top, glabrous above, rusty-puberulous (or " glabrescent ") beneath; 

 compound racemes as long as the leaves : branches distant, rusty-puberulous ; calyx campa- 



