Drepanocarpus.|__ XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 237 
75. DREPANOCARPUS, G. F. Meyer; Benth. et Hook. f. 
Gen. Plant. i. 546. 
Calyx campanulate, the teeth short deltoid. Standard broad-ovate, 
or orbicular ; wings oblong, often falcate; keel incurved, its petals con- 
nate at the back. Stamens all connate in a sheath slit above, or both 
above and below, or the upper one free; anthers versatile. Ovar 
short-stalked, 1—2-ovulate; style incurved, filiform; stigma small, 
terminal. Pod falcate, compressed, coriaceous, indehiscent, 1-seeded, 
the upper suture prominent, the lower very much arched.—Our single 
species an erect spinose tree. 
A small genus; all the species American; one also West African. 
1. D. lunatus, G. F. Meyer; DC. Prod. ii. 420. An erect bush or 
small tree with firm glabrous branches, with sharp subfalcate spines 
from the nodes. Petioles short; rachis 2—4 in. long; leaflets 5-11, 
short-stalked, oblanceolate or oblong, 14~2 in. long, blunt, rigidly coria- 
ceous, both sides glabrous, the veins slightly raised. Panicles copious, 
axillary and terminal. Pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, gla- 
brous, } in. deep; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla lilac, 3—4 lines put 
Pod 2 in. broad, curved round so that the point touches the base, sub- 
igneous, the curve 14-1} in. broad; pedicel 4 in. long.—Benth. Le. 
546; Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 231. Pterocarpus lunatus, Linn. f. suppl. 
317. © P. apterus, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 156. Sommerfeldtia obovata, Schum. 
et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 331. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Brass! Thonning, Barter! Mann! Prince's 
island, Mann! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Don! Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! : 
In America, from the West Indies, southward to Brazil. 
76. PTEROCARPUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 547. 
Calyx turbinate, narrowed at the base, the two upper teeth more or 
less connate. Standard orbicular or broad-ovate; wings obliquely 
obovate or oblong; keel with its petals resembling or shorter than the 
Wings, free or shortly connate. Stamens all connate in a sheath slit 
above, or both above and below, or the upper one free ; anthers versa- 
tile. Ovary sessile or stipitate, 2-6-ovulate ; style filiform, slightly in- 
curved; stigma small, terminal. Pod compressed, indehiscent, orbi- 
cular or broad-ovate, more or less oblique, the style lateral or terminal, 
Seminiferous in the centre, and there more or less incrassated, with a 
wing round the border. Seeds 1 or 2.—Trees without prickles. 
A small genus belting the world in the Tropics. 
1, P. simplicifolius. 
Leaves simple . . . . 
éaves compound. 
od sessile, with a much thickened centre and very narrow 
Wie OUT ee ee a dk ge SS 2. P. esculentus. 
