Plate 2368. 



HUMBOLDT lA DECURRENS, Jkdd. 

 LEGUMiNoSiE, Tril)e Amiierstie.^, 



H. deCUrrens, Bnchhme in IJerh. Kew cum rl^scr.; ar))nr 10 r)0 p0fl;ilis 



novellis cinnaTnomeo-tomentellis, foliolis ssepius 4-6-juyis, potiolu 

 communi inter foliola alato, foliolis tenuiter coriaceis sul»spssililiu8 

 elongate- ovali- v. lanceolato oblongis acuminatis basi obtusis v. intor- 

 dum latiuscule rotuudatis pi^imum tomentellis mox glabviscobta subtus 

 nervisque primariis promineutibus, stipulis persisteutibus oblique 

 lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi infra iuscrtioncui in appcn- 

 dicem niajusculam oblique ovatam v. reniformem produotis, raconiis 

 brevibus axillaribus solitariis geminatisve stipulas interdum vix supe- 

 rantibus tomentosis, petalis 5 calycem suba^qiiantibus, 



Hab. Indian Peninsula ; Travancore, near Colatoorpolay, Bcddome^ 

 Bourdillon. 



Foliola 6-15 poll, longa 1^-4 poll, lata, inferiora sa^pe minora ; stipiila? 

 1^-2| poll, longje, Bractece ovatse alabastris breviores, decidu;e ; 

 bracteolte cynibiformes connat^e apicibns liberis late ovatis, pedicello, 

 cum tubo calycino, temp, florifero sequilongo v. eodem breviores. 

 Sepala 4, oblonga, sequilonga. Petala 5 oblanceolata v. ovalia, un- 

 guieulata, calyci fere a?quilonga. Stamina 5-4 cumpetalis in margine 

 disci inserta ; filamenta ?estivatione arete inflexa ; antherie oblongn?, 

 versatiles. Ovarium oblongum, dense hirsutum, pauci-(3-4)ovuIatum, 

 stipite ad tubum caljcis lateraliter adnato; stylus evolutus superne 

 glaber; stigma capitatum, Leffitynen 3|-5 poll, longum, apicem 

 versus 1^1| poll, latum, tomentellum. 



This is the Ilumholdtia referred to by Col. Beddome in Ijis 

 'forester's Manual of Botany for Southern India/ p. xciiL He de- 

 scribes it as a xevy large tree, but had not then procured it in flower or 

 fruit. Mr. Bourdillon, to whom we are indebted for recent speci- 

 »iens, speaks of it as a tree of 40-50 feet, the trunk 1 foot in diaiueter, 

 and very common near Colatoorpolay. It is distinguished at once from 

 other species of Ihimholdtia by the conspicuously alate rachis of its 

 leaves.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower and connate br.icteoles, the anterior caljx-se^nieat removed. 

 'i. Petal. 3. Flower, the petals and Ciilyx-limli removed. 4. Pistil 5. Longi- 

 tudinal section of ovary. Ail enlarged. 



