XLII. LEGUMINOSS. S7 
60. ABRUS, Linn. 
Calyx bell-shaped, shortly 4-fid or 4-toothed, the upper lobe 
entire or 2-fid. Standard ovate, about as long as the subfalcate 
keel. Stamens 9, monadelphous, in a split tube ; no vexillary 
stamen! Ovary several-ovuled; style short, incurved, gla- 
brous. Legume oblong, compressed, 4—6-seeded, with parti- 
tions between the seeds.— FJ. Cap. ii. p. 262. 
Diffuse or climbing, slender, woody plants, chiefly of tropical Asia, but 
naturalized in the tropics generally. Leaves abruptly pinnate, multijugate. 
Flowers racemose, orange. Seeds oblong, red, with a black spot round the 
hilum ; sometimes used as beads. ‘he roots may be used as a substitute 
for liquorice.—The common A. precatorius, Linn., grows at Natal; also 
A. levigatus, Em., an endemic species. 
Tribe 12. Datpercirm. (Gen. 61-63.) 
61. LONCHOCARPUS, H. B. K. 
Calyx truncate, or shortly 4-5-toothed. Wings slightly co- 
hering above the claw of the keel, whose petals slightly cohere 
at back, above. Vexillary stamen quite free at base, above 
connate with the rest into a complete tube; anthers versatile. 
Ovary 2- or several-ovuled. Legume flat, oblong or elongate, 
membranous coriaceous or ligneous, indehiscent, with a ter- 
minal style; the sutures not winged. Seeds if many, distant, 
compressed ; radicle inflexed.— FJ. Cap. ii. p. 263. 
Trees or climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets op- 
posite ; stipels few or 0. Racemes simple or panicled; flowers violet pur- 
ple or white, but not yellow.—JL. Philenoptera, Bth., also a native of 
Abyssinia, occurs near Lake Ngami. 
62. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. 
Calyx turbinate-campanulate, acute at base, oftener incurved, 
5-toothed, sub-2-labiate. Petals of the keel at back, near the 
apex, shortly connate or nearly free. Stamens 10, sometimes 
monadelphous with a split tube, sometimes equally diadelphous, 
and sometimes 1 only free; anthers versatile. Ovary 6-8- 
ovuled. Legume compressed, indehiscent, orbicular or ovate, 
more or less oblique or falcate, with a lateral or rarely terminal 
style, bearing seeds in the middle, more or less indurated or 
thickened, with a surrounding membranous ring or sharp ridge, 
sometimes almost completely attenuate-coriaceous or mem- 
branous. Seeds 1-3, separated by hard partitions.— FV. Cap. 
ii. p. 264. 
Unarmed, tropical and subtropical trees. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 
alternate or irregularly opposite. Racemes simple or panicled ; flowers 
yellow, rarely whitish, with violet shades; petals glabrous.—P. sericeus, 
Bth., our only species, grows by the Hex and Aapjes rivers. 
