244 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). — [| Lonchocarpus. 
with a slight obovate tendency, 5—6 in. long, acuminate or cuspidate, 
the base rounded, subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous and opaque or the 
lower slightly rufescent on the veins. Flowers in panicles 6-12 in. long, 
which are sometimes nearly simple, in none of our specimens more than 
slightly branched below, the peduncles several inches long, firm, 
woody, rigid, erecto-patent, the Howers fascicled. Pedicel a line long. 
Calyx campanulate, 2 lines deep, ferruginous-silky, the teeth broad, 
deltoid, reaching a quarter down. Corolla rose-coloured, 3 in. deep, 
the standard ovate, $ in. broad, thinly silky on the back. Ovary sub- 
sessile, silky, with 5-6 ovules. Immature pod linear, woody, 23 in. 
long, 4-3 in. broad, finely brown-velvety.—Z. Heudelotianus, Baillon 
in Adans. vi. 222. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Guinea proper, Barter! Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Prof. C. Smith. 
Closely allied to the American L. nitidulus and rufescens. 
79. DERRIS, Lour.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 549. 
Calyx with very short or obsolete teeth. Standard obovate or orbi- 
cular, not appendiculate ; wings obliquely oblong, slightly adhering to 
the keel above the claw; keel slightly incurved, the petals cohering 
slightly along the back. Upper stamen free at the base, connate with 
the others at the middle in a closed tube, rarely entirely free; anthers 
versatile. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, bi- or multiovulate ; style 
filiform, incurved ; stigma small, terminal. Pod oblique, orbicular or 
oblong, flat, subcoriaceous, indehiscent, the style-scar terminal, one 
suture or both margined with a narrow wing. Seeds solitary or sepa- 
rated.— Wide-climbing shrubs or rarely trees. 
A considerable genus, belonging principally to Tropical Asia. 
Standard linear oblong, 1 line broad . 2... 
Standard oblong or orbicular, 2-3 lines broad. 
Both sutures winged : 
Lower suture only winged 
Upper suture only winged. 
Rerren SO OO a a ee 
Leaves deeply emarginate and cuspidate, permanently velvety 
beneath: 26 2 a yoeie s : 
— 
. D. glabrata. 
. D. lucida. 
. D. nobilis. 
2 
3 
4, D. uliginosa. 
5. D. brachyptera. 
1. D.? glabrata, Welw. mss. An erect shrub 3-6 ft. high, with 
inconspicuously grey-downy branches. Petioles 2-3 in. long; leaves 
6-8 in. long, with 5 or usually 7 obovate-oblong coriaceous deeply 
emarginate opaque grey-green leaflets, the terminal one 24—3$ in. long, 
14-2 in. broad, glabrous above, with only a little short brown pubes- 
cence on the ribs below. Petiolules } in. long, not stipellate. Flowers 
densely fascicled in copious terminal panicles with narrow densely 
flowered short-stalked racemose branches. Pedicels under a line long. 
Calyx turbinate, a line deep, densely brown-velvety, the deltoid teeth 
reaching a quarter down. Corolla three times the calyx, whitish (red- 
dish when dried); standard linear-oblong, recurved, 1 line broad ; 
wings very narrow, shorter than the slightly incurved keel, the petals 
