LEGUMINOSA. 317 
Ar bor 60-70-pedalis, ramulis, petiolis calycibusque rufo-puberulis. Folia suprema 9 12-pollicaria, 
petiolata ; foliola 9-13, alterna, breviter petiolulata, vix coriacea, ovato-oblonga, 4-6-pollicaria, 
longe accuminata, obtusa, preter costam glabra, venis transversis distantibus. Flores pedicel-. 
lati, racemosi ; racemi 4--6-pollicares, ad apices ramulorum aggregati; pedicelli 3-4 lin. longi, 
bracteis minutis cito deciduis; calyx 5-dentatus, dentibus obtusiusculis; stamina mona- 
delpha (nec ut in icone); ovarium hirsutum, 3-4-ovulatum, stylo filiformi quam stamina 
longiore. Legumen orbiculare, reticulatum (in siccis), ad 3 poll. diametro. 
PanaMA, in woods near Matachin (S. Hayes, 597). Hb. Kew. 
Allied to P. rohrii and P. rufescens; differing from the former in its longer 
pedicels, and from the latter in the venation of the leaves, and from both perhaps 
in the large size of its fruit. | | 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XVII. - 
Flowers, fruit, and upper leaf, natural size. 
Fig. 1, a flower, enlarged ; 2, the same with the petals and calyx-lobes removed, the vexillary stamen 
incorrectly represented as free; 3, calyx and pistil; 4, ovary; 5, section of the same ; 
6, keel; 7, standard; 8, a wing: all enlarged. 
68. PLATYMISCIUM. 
Platymiscium, Vog. in Linnea, xi. p. 198 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 548. 
About thirteen arboreous and shrubby species, endemic in Tropical America. 
1. Platymiscium parviflorum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. suppl. p. 81. 
Nicaragua, between Granada and Nicaragua (Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
2. Platymiscium polystachyum, Benth. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 111, 
t. 21. 
Panama, near the town of David (Seemann, 1674).—CotomBIA ; VENEZUELA; WEST 
‘InpiEs. Hb. Kew. 
3. Platymiscium trifoliolatum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. suppl. p. 82. 
Soutn Mexico, between San Blas and Guadalaxara (Coulter). Hb. Trin. Coll. 
Dub. 
4 Platymiscium, sp. 
Mexico (Sumichrast, 1753). Hb. Kew. 
69. LONCHOCARPUS. 
Lonchocarpus, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 383; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 548. 
Trees and shrubs. About fifty species in Tropical America and Africa, one species 
occurring in Australia. 
