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5. Eriosema simplicifolium, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 348. 
Eriosema lancifolium, Benth. 
. Panama (Seemann).—TRinipaD and the northern and eastern parts of Sourw AMERICA. 
Hb. Kew. 
6. Hriosema violaceum, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 347. | | 
Panama, abundant (Seemann).—Tropical Sourn America and Trinmpap. Hb. Kew. 
Tribe DALBERGIEA. 
There are twenty-four genera of this tribe, consisting chiefly of large trees and tall 
climbing shrubs, inhabiting tropical and subtropical regions, where they are generally 
distributed, but very rare in Australia. 
The species are satisfactorily defined, as Mr. Bentham monographed them some years 
ago in the ‘ Journal of the Linnean Society,’ vol. iv. supplement, pp. 1-134. 
62. DALBERGIA. 
Dalbergia, Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 52; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 544. 
Trees and shrubs. Generally dispersed in Tropical Asia, Africa, and America; and 
one species occurs in Australia. 
1. Dalbergia amerimnum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. suppl. p. 36. 
Amerimnum brownei, Sw. 
Nicaragua, without exact localities (Sinclair, @rsted, and others) ; Panama, common 
_on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts (Seemann), Rio-Grande swamp (S. Hayes, 78).— 
West Inpies and north part of Soura America. Hb. Kew. 
2. Dalbergia calycina, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. suppl. p. 35. 
GUATEMALA, without locality (Lriedrichsthal). Hb. Kew. 
8. Dalbergia campeachiana, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. suppl. p. 37. 
South Mexico, forests of Campeche, Yucatan (Linden, 1329), Yucatan and Tabasco 
(Johnson), without habitat (Jurgensen, 226). Hb. Kew. 
4, Dalbergia glomerata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 8. 
Puberula, foliis 6-8-pollicaribus, foliolis 5—6-jugis petiolulatis membranaceis ovato-oblongis 
obtusis sepius mucronulatis, floribus minimis glomerato- -cymosis, cymis parvis densis pedun- 
culatis. 
Frutex vel arbor, novellis plus minusve rufo-pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, 6—7-pollicaria ; foliola 
5-6-juga, petiolulata, membranacea, ovato-oblonga, 14-2 poll. longa, obtusa, sepius mucronu- 
lata, praecipue subtus appresse pilosula, petiolo ad pollicari, rhachi gracili, petiolulis ad sesqui- 
lin. longis. Flores minimi, basi bibracteolati, vix sequilineam longi, in cymas axillares densas 
glomeratas ad 9 lin. diametro dispositi; calyx 5-lobatus, lobis summis latioribus obtusis, infimo 
acuto; petala fere equilonga, vexillo suborbiculari, alis oblongo-ellipticis, umnia breviter 
unguiculata. Stamina 9(?); filamenta inzequilonga ; ; anthere didyme. Ovarium glabrum, 
longiuscule stipitatum, 2-3 (?)-ovulatum. 
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