Pterocarpus.| XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). 239 
finely ciliated. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, the upper stamen free. 
Pod broad-oblong or nearly round, 14-14 in. broad, tapering to a short 
pedicel, the centre not much thickened, the wing rigid, 3-4 fines broad, 
the faces glabrous, with slightly raised veins, the style slightl oblique. 
—Benth. 1. c.75. P. abyssinicus, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 
1597; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 233 t. 45. Dalbergia precox, Hochst. in 
Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 890. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet ! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Callabat, Schweinfurth! 
ahaa Distr. Senna, Dr. Kirk! (Pod longer and narrowed more gradually 
at the base). 
There is an allied plant in Zambesi land which has a pod 3-4 in. long, 2-8 in. broad, 
with the veins scarcely raised, and a rigid coriaceous wing about an inch broad all 
round the slightly raised centre. This may be the Natal P. sericeus, Benth., but we 
have the pods only. 
4. P. melliferus, Welw. mss. A noble tree 50-80 or even 100 ft. 
high, with glabrous woody branchlets. Petioles woody, glabrous, 1-2 in. 
long; leaves 6-10 in. long, with 5-7 glabrous obovate or oblong 
bluntish alternate coriaceous leaflets, 4-5 in. long, 24-3 in. broad, 
glabrous and shining above, finely downy at first below, on petiolules 
6—9 lines long. Flowers in copious terminal panicles a foot or more 
across, with thyrsoid branchlets barren downwards. Pedicels finely 
grey-downy, 2-3 lines long. Calyx glabrous, nearly black, } in. deep, 
with deltoid teeth reaching }—} down. Corolla bright yellow, 7+8 lines 
deep, with a round standard 5—6 lines broad, upper stamen connate 
with the others. Pod oblong, slightly oblique, coriaceous, naked, 
2-3 in. long, 18-21 lines broad, casually 2-seeded, with a pedicel 
exceeding the calyx. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
5. P. tinctorius, Welw.mss. A tree 40-70 ft. high, with hard red 
or white wood and glabrous branchlets. Petiole 9-18 lines long; 
leaves 4-8 in. long, with 7-9 oblong cuspidate glabrous coriaceous 
leaflets 14-2 in. long, on patent petiolules 14-3 in. long. Flowers in 
copious rather dense panicles 4—5 in. broad, with racemose branchlets ; 
pedicels 1-1} iines long. Calyx Jin. deep, densely brown-velvety, 
the teeth deltoid, reaching a quarter of the way down. Corolla bright 
yellow, twice the calyx, the orbicular standard purplish-brown on the 
back, 4 lines broad. Stamens monadelphous. Pod round, ultimately 4-5 
in. broad, at first finely velvety, the membranous wing twice as broad as 
the disk ; style deflexed ; pedicel 6-8 lines long.—Var. 8. macrophyllus, 
Welw. mss. Panicle larger and laxer. Leaflets 3—5 in. long, 2-2} in. 
broad, 
Lower Guinea. Angola, widely distributed, Dr. Welwitsch! 
6. P. erinaceus, Poir.; DC. Prod. ii. 419. A tree often 40-50 ft. 
high with slender woody densely grey-pubescent branchlets. Petioles 
1-2 in. long; leaves Pon. to eat long, with 5-15 distinctly stalked 
alternate ovate or oblong leaflets, which are 2-4 in. long, rounded at 
