Lonclioc(ir A 



LEGU.MIXO- 



81 



i'. L. latifolius If.li. <( K. XOL: Gen. <f- >>. w. 383 (in n,- 

 (1824) : 7>r. IV,-,/,-. //. L'I;O (1825) : Irulicts minutely pubtTiil..u- 

 beneath, nerves prominent beneath ; calyx 5-toothed, 2 up; 

 teeth closer tn^-t her, 2-2 -5 ram. 1. ; c<>r>ll;i .1-7 mm. 1. ; pod 

 thin-parchinenty, smooth, minutely pu'ierulous, not sensibly 



Fig. ^D.Lonchocarpits lati'f<.>li'n.< H. ]'.. A: K. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence x '. E, Stamens enclosing the pistil, viewed 



B, Flower X _. fi'"in nliovo. X _. 



C, Wing from a larger flower X 2. 1'. Pod, with part of a valve removed t> 



D, Keel ditto x L'. ~ show a seed, > 



thickened alon: the margins. Griseb. FI. /'/-. W. ln<I. 1 



O O 



Benth. in Jonrn. Proc. Linn. Soc. ir. Suppl. ( .'<.) : /"//-. >'//,///<. Ant. 

 ir. 297; Coo/,- ff- 6'c///x /// Contrib. T.N. ^'/. //.-,/>. vt/t. 17-. 

 Amerimnum latifolium WlUd. Sp. PL ///. ( .)0 ( J (1801 ( Fig. : 



D o g w o o d (a name also given to Piscidia pisripula). 

 In 11. ^Liy-July ; in fr. Sept. ; Wrirjlit*. M<: /.i)ia*'i>/\ M 



Wilson; Wullscldacgcl ; Prior; J.P. 695, Jenman ! Castleton Hill, 1000ft., 



Thompson'. - a-coast, Ferry Pen; near Lacovia : TV re: Wat>on's Hill, 



1200ft.; Ipswich, St. Elizabeth; Han-i*\ l-'l. Jam. < 



10,812, 11,7^1, 1'2,3GG. West Indies, continental America from M. 



Guiana. 



Tr, >0 ft. hi-h. 7,. in :! (2 ii Eirs, oblong to elliptical, 



acuminate, cuneate to olituse at base, papery, jointed t<> the rhac 

 5-2 dm. 1. IHJ' minutely puberulous ur .ulahrescmt, shm't^r t 



the leaves, 7-12 cm. 1. / /c.s minute, huuvolate, -7 mm. 1. > 



minutely puberulous. Corolla yellow, ros; -colour 



transversely elliptical, apex emarginate, auricles at base obsolete or want : 

 iv. .; 



