244 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Lonchocarpus. 



with a slight obovate tendency, 5-6 in. long", acuminate or cuspidate, 

 the base rounded, subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous and opaque or the 

 lower slightly rufescent on the veins. Flowers in panicles 6-12 in. long, 

 which are sometimes nearly simple, in none of our specimens more than 

 slightly branched below, the peduncles several inches long, firm, 

 woody, rigid, erecto-patent, the flowers fascicled. Pedicel a line long. 

 Calyx campanulate, 2 lines deep, ferruginous-silky, the teeth broad, 

 deltoid, reaching a quarter down. Corolla rose-coloured, J in. deep, 

 the standard ovate, f in. broad, thinly silky on the back. Ovary sub- 

 sessile, silky, with 5-6 ovules. Immature pod linear, woody, 2| in. 

 long, J-| in. broad, finely brown-velvety. — L. Heudelotianus, Baillon 

 in Adans. vi. 222. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot I Guinea proper, Barter ! Mann ! 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Prof. C. Smith. 



Closely allied to the American L. nitidulus and rufescens. 



79. DEEMS, Lour. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 549. 



Calyx with very short or obsolete teeth. Standard obovate or orbi- 

 cular, not appendiculate ; wings obliquely oblong, slightly adhering to 

 the keel above the claw ; keel slightly incurved, the petals cohering 

 slightly along the back. Upper stamen free at the base, connate with 

 the others at the middle in a closed tube, rarely entirely free ; anthers 

 versatile. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, bi- or multiovulate ; style 

 filiform, incurved ; stigma small, terminal. Pod oblique, orbicular or 

 oblong, flat, subcoriaceous, indehiscent, the style-scar terminal, one 

 suture or both margined with a narrow wing. Seeds solitary or sepa- 

 rated. — Wide -climbing shrubs or rarely trees. 



A considerable genus, belonging principally to Tropical Asia. 



Standard linear oblong, 1 line bnad 1. D. glabrata. 



Standard oblong or orbicular, 2-3 lines broad. 



Both sutures winged 2. D. lucida. 



Lower suture only winged 3. D. nobilis. 



Upper suture only winged. 



Leaves glabrous, pointed 4. D. uliginosa. 



Leaves deeply einarginate and cuspidate, permanently velvety 



beneath 5. D. brachyptera. 



1. D. ? glabrata, Welw.mss. An erect shrub 3-6 ft. high, with 

 inconspicuously grey-downy branches. Petioles 2-3 in. long ; leaves 

 6-8 in. long, with 5 or usually 7 obovate-oblong coriaceous deeply 

 emarginate opaque gTey-green leaflets, the terminal one 2J-3 J in. long, 

 1J-2 in. broad, glabrous above, with only a little short brown pubes- 

 cence on the ribs below. Petiolules \ in. long, not stipellate. Flowers 

 densely fascicled in copious terminal panicles with narrow densely 

 flowered short-stalked racemose branches. Pedicels under a line long. 

 Calyx turbinate, a line deep, densely brown-velvety, the deltoid teeth 

 reaching a quarter down. Corolla three times the calyx, whitish (red- 

 dish when dried) ; standard linear-oblong, recurved, 1 line broad; 

 wings very narrow, shorter than the slightly incurved keel, the petals 



