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l>hnlluin). I-A-a-Uaphylliun friitrscciis A.T. 11,-innir lli^t. J,IIH. 

 /. .'Jl', /'. 1. Heilysarmn lv-astaj>liyllum L. N//.-7. cd. 10, 

 (ITT)'.!). Pterocarpus ecastaphyllum L. Si/xt. nl. 13 (Murrfii/), 533 

 (1774); Berg. /// TV/. Handl Stockh. 1769, lit), /. 4; ,SV. <%*. 

 /;../. L'75. Ecastaphyllum Brownei Prr*. &//,/. //'. L'77 (1807); 

 Macf. Joe. fit.; 6rmr/>. A/r. < //. (as Hecastophyllum) ', JJi-nfh. in 

 font. fit. -"'U tY /'// .F7. lira*, hmt. fit. 228. Type in Herb. Linn. 



Brown* \ Wrujlit\ Distinl Cumingl McNabl sea coast, near Turtle 

 Crawl, Portland, Pur die ! March; Dover, Mctcalfe ! Port Antonio, if^r A - 

 cocfe; also J [arris I Fl. Jam. 5997. Florida, West Indies, Central and 

 S. America, western tropical Africa. 



ShriLb or shrubby tree, 10 ft. high. Leaflets 4-11 cm. 1. Flow*-r* 

 numerous, white, fragrant. Calyx 3-3 '5 mm. L, tomentose ; segments 

 subequal, 2 upper broad, obtuse, lateral and lower triangular, lower slightly 

 longer than the lateral. Standard round, sometimes w r ith retuse apex, 

 7 mm. 1. ; wings somewhat elliptical, longer than the standard ; keel-petals 

 united at the back, apex obtuse, base auriculate, 6 mm. 1. Stamens 10, 

 sheath split above and below. Pod 2-3 cm. 1. ; stalk 3 mm. 1. 



3. D. monetaria Linn. f. Suppl. 317 (1781); leaflets 3-5, 

 sometimes 2, elliptical to roundish-elliptical, shortly acuminate, 

 glabrous ; stalk of ovary longer than the calyx ; pod oval-roundish, 

 1-seeded. Urb. torn. cit. 295. Ecastaphyllum Richardi var. 

 monetaria Pers. Syn. ii. 277 (1807). E. monetaria DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 421 (1825); Griseb. loc. cit. (under Hecastophyllum), Bentlt. 

 loc. cit. & in Fl. Bras. loc. cit. t. 63, 64 (excl. flowering spec.). 

 Type in Herb. Linn. 



Munis ! Castleton, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 12,080. AVest Indies, S. America. 



Shrub or tree or with woody stems, climbing widely by means of 

 twining branches. Leaflets 5-13 cm. 1. Flowers white or yellowish-white ; 

 panicles contracted, short, somewhat corymbose. Calyx about 3 mm. L, 

 sparsely puberulous, segments subequal, bluntly triangular, 2 upper broader. 

 Corolla : petals of nearly equal length, about 6 mm. 1. ; standard round, 

 obcordate, claw as long as the blade ; wings elliptical, auriculate, long- 

 clawed ; keel-petals united near the apex, somewhat elliptical, auriculate, 

 long-clawed, slightly shorter than the wings. Stamens 9, in two bundles 

 of 4 and 5, and 1 of the five more or less free. Pod glabrous, 2 '5-3 5 cm. 1. ; 

 stalk 5-6 mm. 1. 



24. PTEROCARPUS Jacq. 



Trees. Leaves imparipinnate : leaflets alternate or irregularly 

 opposite. Flowers yellow, usually in panicles. Calyx unequally 

 5-toothed, top-shaped. Standard roundish ; wings obliquely 

 obovate, keel-petals shortly connected. All the stamens united 

 into a sheath split above or above and below ; anthers versatile. 

 Stigma small, terminal. Pod roundish, compressed, not opening, 

 the style lateral, 1 or 2 seeds in the middle, more or less thickened 

 or hardened, attenuated all round the edge. 



Species 20, natives of the tropics in America, Africa and 

 Asia. 



