Pterocarpus.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 239 



finely ciliated. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, the upper stamen free. 

 Pod broad-oblong- or nearly round, 1J-1 \ in. broad, tapering to a short 

 pedicel, the centre not much thickened, the wing rigid, 3-4 Tines broad, 

 the faces glabrous, with slightly raised veins, the style slightly oblique! 

 — Benth.l. c. 75. P. abyssinicus, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 

 1597 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 233 t. 45. Dalbergia pracox. Hochst in 

 Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 890. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet 1 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Callabat, Schweinfurth I 



Mozamb. Distr. Senna, Dr. Kirk! (Pod longer and narrowed more gradually 



at the base). 



There is an allied plant in Zambesi land which has a pod 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 



with the veins scarcely raised, and a rigid coriaceous wing about an inch broad all 



round the slightly raised centre. This may be the Natal P. sericeus, Benth., but we 



have the pods only. 



4. P. melliferus, Welrv. mss. A noble tree 50-80 or even 100 ft. 

 high, with glabrous woody branchlets. Petioles woody, glabrous, 1-2 in. 

 long; leaves 6-10 in. long, with 5-7 glabrous obovate or oblong 

 bluntish alternate coriaceous leaflets, 4-5 in. long, 2£-3 in. broad, 

 glabrous and shining above, finely downy at first below, on petiolules 

 6-9 lines long. * Flowers in copious terminal panicles a foot or more 

 across, with thyrsoid branchlets barren downwards. Pedicels finely 

 grey-downy, 2-3 lines long. Calyx glabrous, nearly black, \ in. deep, 

 with deltoid teeth reaching £-J down. Corolla bright yellow, 7-8 lines 

 deep, with a round standard 5-6 lines broad, upper stamen connate 

 with the others. Pod oblong, slightly oblique, coriaceous, naked, 

 2-3 in. long, 18-21 lines broad, casually 2-seeded, with a pedicel 

 exceeding the calyx. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitschl 



6. P. tinctorius, Welrv. mss. A tree 40-70 ft. high, with hard red 

 or white wood and glabrous branchlets. Petiole 9-18 lines long ; 

 leaves 4-8 in. long, with 7-9 oblong cuspidate glabrous coriaceous 

 leaflets 1^-2 in. long, on patent petiolules 1J-3 in. long. Flowers in 

 copious rather dense panicles 4-5 in. broad, with racemose branchlets j 

 pedicels 1-1^ lines long. Calyx \ in. deep, densely brown-velvety, 

 the teeth deltoid, reaching a quarter of the way down. Corolla bright 

 yellow, twice the calyx, the orbicular standard purplish-brown on the 

 back, 4 lines broad. Stamens monadelphous. Pod round, ultimately 4-5 

 in. broad, at first finely velvety, the membranous wing twice as broad as 

 the disk ; style deflexed ; pedicel 6-8 lines long. — Var. /3. macrophyllus, 

 Welw. mss. Panicle larger and laxer. Leaflets 3-5 in. long, 2-2 J in. 

 broad. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, widely distributed, Dr. Welwitsch! 



6. P. erinaceus, Pair. ; DC. Prod. ii. 419. A tree often 40-50 ft. 

 high with slender woody densely grey-pubescent branchlets. Petioles 

 1-2 in. long; leaves 6 in. to a foot long, with 5-15 distinctly stalked 

 alternate ovate or oblong leaflets, which are 2-4 in. long, rounded at 



