300 CALYCIFLORiE. 



and (puWov a leaf, in allusion to the leaves of the species, ou 

 which Browne founded the genus, being simple. 



1. Ecastapliyllum Brownei. Sea-side May-jiowei\ 



Leaves 1 -foliate, leaflet solitary terminal ovate 

 subrotund and subcordate at the base acuminate at 

 the apex pubescent beneath. 



Pterocarpus ecastaphyllum, AS'ifjar^sr, Ohs. 275 — Ecastaphyllum 

 frutescens, Browne, 299. t. 32. f. 1. — E. Brownei, De Cand. 

 Prod. II. 420. 



HAB. Common in thickets near the sea-shore. 



FL. April — June. 



A shrubby tree, about 10 feet in height: branchlets spread- 

 ing, flexuose, striated, sometimes pubescent, usually 'glabrous. 

 Leaves of one leaflet, alternate, ovate, rounded and subcordate 

 at the base, acuminate, subglabrous above, appresso-pubescent 

 and glaucescent beneath : petiole ^ of an inch in length, arti- 

 culated above the middle, terete, ferrugineo-tomentulose or pu- 

 bescent. Panicle axillary, scarcely longer than the petiole, 

 divided into 3-4 simple branches : flowers numerous, white, 

 shortly pedicelled, subsecund. Calyx tubulated, externally 

 puberulous, sub-bilabiate ; upper lip emarginato-bifid ; lower 

 3-fid, with the divisions acute. Standard clawed, obovate, 

 rounded at the apex : wings falcate : keel concave, cleft at the 

 base, emarginate at the apex. Stamens 10, equally diadel- 

 phous : anthers minute. Ovary pedicelled, terete, elongated : 

 style incurved : stigma sub-capitate. Legume suborbiculate, 

 compresso-foliaceous, dehiscent, 1-seeded : seeds compressed. 



XXXII. Amerimnum. 



Sepals 5, concrete into a sub-bilabiate 5-dentate 

 calyx. Petals 5, papilionaceous. Stamens 10, mona- 

 delphous, with the sheath cleft above. Legume 

 compressed, 2-valved, 1 -celled, 1-seeded ; upper 

 suture straight, partially winged; inferior strongly 

 connected. — De Cand. 



Name, derived from a privative, and [j,i^i[iva care, because the 

 species are hardy and require, in their native regions, no culti- 

 vation. 



1. Amerimnum Brownei. Meadow May-Jlower. 

 Leaves ovate subcordate acute glabrous. 

 Amerimnon fruticosum, Browne, 288. t. 31. f. 3. — Amerim- 



