FLOKA or THE ISTEML'S OF TANiYiU. Ill 
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bvatis obtusis basi rotundatis subcordatisvc parcc pilosis iiitidulis venis tenuibus rcticulatisj panicidis 
brevibus calycibusque fen-ugineo-tomcntosis, bracteolis orbiculatis ajiprcssis, petalis extus dense vil- 
losis, carina crostri vexillo bre^iorCj Icguminc longc stipitato fusco-tomcntoso. Volcano of Chiriqni, 
Veraguas. 
A middle-sized tree. Leaves firom 3 to 4 iuclics, leaflets nearly half an inch, and pods about 3 
inches long. . ■ . ■ 
271. LoNCHOCARPUs latifulius, H. B. K.j De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 2G0. Island of Coyba and 
Paredez Group^ on the coast of Veraguas. 
273. LoNCHOCARPUs lonyifoliuSj Bcnth. MSS. in Herb. Hook. Banks of the river Nuqui, 
Darien. 
Spruce collected this species at Burra, Province of Bio Negro, Brazil. It approaches closely to 
L. violacem, but the leaves have no pellucid dots ; the flowers arc blue. 
273. LoNCHOCARPUs veluiinus, Benth. MSS. ; foliolis 7-9 ovali-oblongis breviter acuminatis 
marginc recur^is ntiinque mollitcr tomcntosiSj panicula raraosissima tomentosa, pediccUis medio 
articidatis 1-2-floris, calyce cyatliiformi vexilloque tomentosis, alis carinaquc a;qualibus obtusis 
pnberulis, staminibus monadclphis, ovario tomentoso medio biovulato. — Nomen vcrnacul. " Iguana." 
Near the village of San Carlos, Province of Panama. 
A tree 30 feet high. Leaves about 6 inches long ; leaflets from 2 to 3 inches long, and from three- 
fourths of an inch to one inch broad ; flowers dark purple. Hind collected this species at Culebra. 
274. Gliricidia maculala, Kunth, Synop. vol. iv. p. 80 in aduot.— JCo«cAocfl/yo macuhtus, 
De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 260. — Nomina vemacul. "Bala" et "Madera negra." Common all over 
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Employed for making hedges ; the leaves are used for poisoning rats. 
275. Platymiscium polystachyum, Bentb. MSS. (Tab. XXI.) j foliolis 3-5 ovatis breviter 
obtuse acuminatis, stipulis orbiculatis obtusis, racemis simplicibus, pcdlccllis calycem subxquantibus, 
vexillo orbiculato alas subscquante. — Nomen vemacul. '' Guira." Da\id, Province of Veraguas. 
There are specimens of this species in fruit from Trinidad (Purdie), in Herb. Hook., with adult shining 
" leaves. Mr. Bentham has also seen it from Sautamarta (Bertcro) and other localities. It is a fine tree, 
producing a beautiful hard wood, streaked black and red. 
PiATE XXL Pig. 1, an entire flower; 2, vesillum; 3, one of the ala; ; 4, carina; 5, calyx and stamens; 
6, ovary and style : — all magnified. 
276. Andira inermis, H. B. K., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 475. On the banks of rivulets and 
rivers, Panama. 
277. Ormosia Panamcnsis, Benth. MSS.j foliolis 5-7 elliptico-oblongis obtuse acuminatis 
basi angustato-rotundatis utrinque pilis adprcssis pubcrulis, racemis simplicibus.— Nomen vcruacul. 
" Pcronil." Village of Remedios, Veraguas. 
A tree fifty feet high ; wood durable and used for budding purposes ; leaves about 1 foot long ; the 
terminal leaflet 4 inches long, 1 incli broad. Flowers of a Hkc colour. 
278. GuiLAXDiNA Bonduc, Ait., Dc Cand, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 480. Common on the sea^^ 
coast. 
