Drepanocarpus.] xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). 237 



75. DREPANOCARPUS, G. F. Meyer ; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. Plant, i. 546. 



Calyx campanulate, the teeth short deltoid. Standard broad-ovate, 

 or orbicular ; wings oblong, often falcate ; keel incurved, its petals con- 

 nate at the back. Stamens all connate in a sheath slit above, or both 

 above and below, or the upper one free ; anthers versatile. Ovary 

 short- stalked, 1-2-ovulate ; style incurved, filiform; stigma small, 

 terminal. Pod falcate, compressed, coriaceous, indehiscent, 1-seeded, 

 the upper suture prominent, the lower very much arched. — Our single 

 species an erect spinose tree. 



A small genus ; all the species American ; one also West African. 



1. D. lunatus, G. F. Meyer; DC. Prod. ii. 420. An erect bush or 

 small tree with firm giabrous branches, with sharp subfalcate spines 

 from the nodes. Petioles short; rachis 2-4 in. long-; leaflets 5-11, 

 short- stalked, oblanceolate or oblong, 1 J-2 in. long, blunt, rigidly coria- 

 ceous, both sides glabrous, the veins slightly raised. Panicljes copious, 

 axillary and terminal. Pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, gla- 

 brous, \ in. deep ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla lilac, 3-4 lines deep. 

 Pod f in. broad, curved round so that the point touches the base, suit- 

 ligneous, the curve 1J-1J- in. broad; pedicel \ in. long. — Benth. I.e. 

 546; Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 231. Pterocarpus lunatus, Linn. f. suppl. 

 317. P. apterus, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 156. Sommerfeldtia obovata, Schum. 

 et Thonn. PI. Guin. 331. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Brass! Thonning, Barter! Mann! Prince's 

 island, Mann ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Don ! Senegambia, Leprleur and Perrottct ! 

 Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 In America, from the West Indies, southward to Brazil. 



76. PTEROCARPUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 547. 



Calyx turbinate, narrowed at the base, the two upper teeth more or 

 less connate. Standard orbicular or broad-ovate; wings obliquely 

 obovate or oblong ; keel with its petals resembling or shorter than the 

 wings, free or shortly connate. Stamens all connate in a sheath slit 

 above, or both above and below, or the upper one free ; anthers versa- 

 tile. Ovary sessile or stipitate, 2-6-ovulate ; style filiform, slightly in- 

 curved; stigma small, terminal. Pod compressed, indehiscent, orbi- 

 cular or broad-ovate, more or less oblique, the style lateral or terminal, 

 seminiferous in the centre, and there more or less incrass;ito<l, with it 

 wing round the border. Seeds 1 or 2. — Trees without prickles. 



A small gepus belting the world in the Tropics. 



Leaves simple I. P. simplicifoUu8. 



Leaves compound. 



Pod sessile, with a much thickened centre and very narrow 



wing 2. P. esculent us. 



