316 LEGUMINOS 2. 
Soura Mexico, Bolafios (Coulter). Hb. Kew. | 
A very distinct plant, perhaps the type of anew genus. The young pod is straight, 
and the two ovules probably both mature. 
4. Drepanocarpus microphyllus, G. A. F. W. Mey. J. ¢. et in DC. Prodr. 
li. p. 420. | 
Panama, Isle of Taboga (Hinds, Seemann, &c.). ‘Hb. Kew. 
5. Drepanocarpus, sp. 
Panama, Chagres, hilly regions (Fendler, eet) Hb. Kew. 
Perhaps a variety of D. inundatus. 
. 66. PLATYPODIUM. 
Platypodium, Vog. in Linnea, xi. p. 420; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 546. 
é Two arboreous species, endemic in Tropical America. 
1. Platypodium elegans, Vogel in Linnea, xi. p. 422. 
Panama, between Gorgona and Matachin (S. Hayes)—Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
3 67. PTEROCARPUS. 
Pterocarpus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 854; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 547. 
Angut fifteen arboreous species, dispersed in Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. | 
- 1. Pterocarpus amphymenium, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 418. 
Ampkymenium pubescens, H. B. K. 6:38): 
Mexico, between Zumpango and Mescala, in the Cafiada de Sopilote (Humboldt & 
Bonpland). , 
2. Pterocarpus crispatus, DC. Prody. ii. p. 418; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 
282. 
MExIco. 
Bentham refers this, with a doubt, to P. draco. 
8. Pterocarpus draco, Linn. (ex parte), DC. Prodr. ii. p. 418. 
? Pterocarpus officinalis, Jacq. Amer. t. 183. fig. 92. 
Moutouchi suberosa, Aubl. Pl. Guian. ii. p. 748, t. 299. 
_ Nicaragua, San Juan (Grsted); Panama, Frijoli railway-station (S. Hayes, 83).— 
CoLomBra to Guiana, and the West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
4, Pterocarpus hayesii, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 8. (Tab. XVII.) 
Foliis supremis 9—12-pollicaribus, foliolis 9-18 alternis vix coriaceis ovato-oblongis 4—6-polli- 
caribus longe acuminatis obtusis secus costam tantum rufo-puberulis, floribus peédicellatis race- 
mosis, racemis ad apices rumulorum aggregatis, ovario hirsuto 3-4-ovulato, legumine maximo 
suborbiculato venoso-reticulato. | 
