546 LVII. LEGUMINOS.E£. [.Dalbergiec. 
fertos dispositi. Pedicelli breves, nune brevissimi. Bractee parve, cadues; bracteole 
sub calyce vulgo orbiculatze, persistentes, —Ovarii stipes ssepius disco cupuliformi cinctus. 
Species fere 60, Amerieze tropiez ineolme. Benth. in Journ, Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 53. Presl, Symb. 
Bot. i. 12, 13... Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. t. 67 ad 80. 
940. Drepanocarpus, G. 4. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseg. 236. (Sommerfeldtia, 
Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. Pl. Guin. 331.)—Oalycis truncati, basi obtusi, dentes breves. 
Vexillum late ovatum v. orbiculatum, exappendiculatum, extus sericeum ; ale oblongs, 
sepius faleats; carina incurva, petalis dorso connatis. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra 
fissam connata, v. vexillare solutum, v. vagina etiam infra fissa zequaliter diadelpha ; antherze 
versatiles, Ovarium breviter stipitatum, 1-2-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, filiformis, stigmate 
parvo terminali Legumen late falceatum v. fere in orbem curvatum, plano-compressum, 
crasso-coriaceum, indehiscens, l-spermum, sutura superiore intrusa, inferiore valde areuata. 
Semen magnum, compressum, reniforme; radicula inflexa.—Arbores erects v. frutices alte 
scandentes. Folia imparipinnata, exstipellata, foliolis plerisque alternis. Stipulee sspe 
indurato-spinescentes. Flores purpurei violacei v. albi, in racemulos breves secundifloros 
ad axillas fasciculatos v. in panieulas terminales confertas dispositi, Bractes parvi, 
cadues ; bracteole vulgo orbiculatz, persistentes, ^ Ovarii stipes scpius disco cupuliformi 
cinctus. : 
Species 8. Ameriez tropiez ineole, quarum 1 etiam in Africa tropica occidentali reperitur. 
Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 69. | Gerín. Fruct. ii. t. 156 (Pterocarpus apterus). — Mart. 
F!. Bras. Papil. t. 81 ad 85, Genus habitu et floribus omnino Macherii, nec nisi legumine dis- 
tinguendum. 
241. Tipuana, BentA. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 72.—Calyeis basi turbinati dentes 
breves lati, 2 superiores subconnati. Vexillum ovatum v. suborbieulatum, exappendicula- 
tum; ale oblique obovatz v. oblongz; carinz petala oblique oblonga, obtusa, dorso im- 
briceata v. leviter connata. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata, v. vexillare 
solutum ; antherz versatiles, Ovarium breviter stipitatum, l- v. pauciovulatum; stylus 
incurvus, basi ensiformi-dilatatus, stigmate parvo terminali, Legumen stipitatum, inde- 
hiscens, basi ovatum, crasso-coriaceum, 1-3-spermum, superne produetum in alam cultrifor- 
mem transverse venosam, hinc styli basi persistente incrassato-marginatum. Semina 1-2, 
subeontigua, isthmo duro separata, oblique oblonga, transversa, subincurva ; radieula brevis 
curvula.— Arbores speciose, inermes. Folia imparipinnata, exstipellata, foliolis plerisque 
alternis. Stipule winute, cadues. Flores -speciosi, lutei v. pallide purpurascentes, in 
paniculas terminales laxe ramosas dispositi, Dractese minute, fugaces ; bracteolge 0. 
Species 3, Ameries australis incole. Mart. Fl. Bros. Papil. t. 86. Genus habitu et floribus 
Platypodio potius quam Macherio affine.  Legumen primo intuitu Macherium refert, sed ala poiius 
pro appendice styli quam leguminis ipsius habenda et semina diversa, 
949, Platypodium, Jg. in Linnea, xi. 420. (Callisem:a, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 
li 105.)—Calyeis basi turbinati dentes v. lobi 2 superiores latiores, alte connati. Vexillum 
amplum, exappendiculatum; ale oblique obovate v. oblongsz ; carina oblonga v. obovata, 
rectiuseula, obtusa, petalis dorso connatis. Stamina 2 (vexillare et infimum) libera, ezetera 
in phalanges 2 4-andras connata; antherw versatile. Ovarium longe stipitatum, cc-oyu- 
latum; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo terminali. Legumen stipitatum, samaroideum, 
indehiscens, apice lignosum, 1-2-spermum, basi in alam oblongam oblique venosam 
attenuatum. Semen 1l, rarius 2, oblongo-reniforme ; radieula brevis, inflexa. Arbores 
inermes. Folia impari- v. abrupte pinnata, foliolis alternis v. irregulariter oppositis ex- 
stipellatis. Flores speciosi, flavi, in axillis superioribus laxe racemosi. Bractesm et brac- 
teole parve, cadues. 
Species 2, Brasilienses. Bent. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 73. Marr. FI. Bras. Papil. t. 87, 88. 
243. Centrolobium, Mart.; Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 95.— Calycis lati, basi obtusi, 
lobi 2 superiores in unum 2-dentatum connati. Vexillum late ovatum v. orbiculatum ; alae 
oblique obovate v. oblongse ; carinze petala alis subsimilia, dorso connata. Stamina omnia 
in vaginam supra fissam connata; antherw versatiles, Ovarium sessile v. breviter stipi- 
