132 SCHOMBURGK’S GUIANA PLANTS. 
pubescentibus, capitulis globosis paniculatis, leguminibus 
glabris levibus latis inter semina subeontractis.-- AR ex 
descr. M. trinervi. Foliola majora 2-poll. longa, minora vix 
semipoll., nonnulla fere orbicularia. Glandule petiolorum 
valde prominule. Capitula parva. Calyx 5-dentatus sub- 
glandulosus. Corolla 5-petala. Stamina 10.  Anthere 
eglandulose. ^ Ovarium glaber. Stylus lateralis. Stigma 
obtusum. Legumen junius minutissime et dense pubescens 
in sicco ferrugineum, adultum glabrum leve 2-poll. longum 
plusquam semipollicem latum, planum, tenue, articulis minus 
longis quam latis.—Barcellos on the Rio Negro. Schom- 
- burgk. A 
256. M.? acacioides (sp. n.); inermis, ramulis verrucoso- 
glandulosis petiolisque minute tomentellis glabratisve, foliis 
bipinnatis, glandula oblonga in medio petiolo et 1—2 infra. 
juga suprema, pinnis 20—30-jugis, foliolis multijugis lineari- 
bus obliquis acutiusculis apice dorso et margine subciliatis, 
pedicellis fasciculatis axillaribus v. ad apices ramorum pani- 
culatis elongatis pubescentibus supra medium  bracteatis. 
monocephalis, legumine coriaceo glabro inermi glanduloso- 
verrucoso inter articulos contracto.— Arbor 20—-30-pedalis. 
Giandulæ verruceformes ferruginese numerose in ramis et 
legumine. Folia semipedalia v. paullo majora, foliolis nume- 
rosissimis parvis. Pedicelli 2—3-pollicares tenues. Bracte® 
2 opposite in unam coalite parve membranacex fusce. 
Capitula globosa 3—4-lin. diametro. Flores pentameri. 
Calyx puberulus. Corolla subglabra. Stamina 10, longi- 
uscule exserta, basi breviter perigyna. Legumen unicum 
tantum vidi vix maturum 3-pollicare planum coriaceo-ligno- 
sum, valvulis sese arcte adnatis, in articulo facile secedens 
sed nescio an suture persistunt.— Woods, skirting savannabs 
in British Guiana, and also on the Rio Branco, where it is 
called Black Parica and Paricarama. The bark is used fot 
tanning, and also medicinally to cure internal bleeding. Some 
tribes intoxicate themselves with the fumes of the seeds whilst 
burning.— Schomburgk, n. 852, — prse and 866, 
(flowering gone 
