i,eguminos;e. 299 



canescent and furfuraceo-tomentose with stellated hairs beneath : 

 petiole terete. Stipules lanceolato-subulate, externally velu- 

 tine, deciduous : stipels oblong-, green, glandular. Racemes 

 axillary, long;er than the leaf, 8-10 inches in length : common 

 peduncle terete, velutino-tomentose : flowers in threes, on velu- 

 tino-tomentose inch-long pedicels, showy, vermilion scarlet. 

 Calyx spathaceous, cleft on one side, 5-denticulated with the 

 teeth blunt, externally velutino-tomentose. Standard large, 

 broad elliptic, eniarginate, reflected: wings and keel, each of 

 two pieces, subequal, not longer than the calyx, veined, tinged 

 with purple. Staniens 10, diadelphous, with the tenth stamen 

 adhering to the rest for a short distance, but readily separable, 

 alternately short and long, longer than the standard ; filaments 

 scarlet : anthers purple. Ovary stipitate, (?) cylindrical, niveo- 

 tomentose : style glabrous, subterete, angulose, scarlet : stigma 

 subeapitate, greenish. Legume 2-4-seeded, torulose, velutine : 

 seeds oval, usually with a depression at one end, scarlet with a 

 small roundish black spot at one end of the hilum. 



This species is very common in the neighbourhood of King- 

 ston. It thrives in the mountains, but does not perfect, in such 

 situations, the seed. The leaves are deciduous about Christmas, 

 and the branches remain bare for several weeks, the new foli- 

 age being preceded by the flowers. I have no doubt but that 

 it has been introduced. According to Kunth, it is a native of 

 the Caraccas. It is employed in making fences ; but it does not 

 appear to be well adapted for the purpose. The above descrip- 

 tion was drawn out, previous to seeing that by the Rev. Mr 

 Lowe in the Botanic Magazine, and with which it will be found 

 to agree. 



Tribe VI. Dalhergiecp. 



Legume \-9.-seededi indehiscent. Leaves not 



cirrhose. 



XXXI. ECASTAPHYLLUM. 



Sepals 5, concrete into a campanulate sub-bilabiate 

 calyx ; upper lip emarginate ; lower 3-ficl. Corolla 

 papilionaceous. Stamens 8-10, equally diadelphous, 

 or 9 of which 8 are equally diadelphous and the 

 ninth free. Legume suborbiculate, membranaceous, 

 valveless, bi-ovulate, 1 -seeded : seeds reniforin ; ra- 

 dicle uncinato-inflected De Cand. 



Subscandent shrubs : panicles axillary, subcorymbose ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate, or simulating a simple leaf from the terminal 

 leaflet alone being present. Name, from jxacsroj ever^ one, 



