78 FLORA OF JAMAICA Dalbergia- 



phyllum). Ecastaphyllum frutescens &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 299, 

 /. 32, /. 1. Hedysarum EcastaphylluiK L. Syst. ed. 10, 1169 

 (1759). Pterocarpus ecastaphyllum L. Syst. ed. 13 (Murray), 533 

 (1774); Berg, in Vet. Handl. Stochh. 1769, 116, /. 4; Sw. Obs. 

 Bot. 275. Ecastaphyllum Brownei Pers. Syn. ri. 277 (1807); 

 Mac/, loc. cit. ; Griseh. loc. cit. (as Uecastophyllum) ; Benth. in 

 torn. cit. 50 & in Fl. Bras. torn. cit. 228. Type in Herb. Linn. 



Browne ! Wright ! Distin ! Cuming 1 McNab 1 sea coast, near Turtle 

 Crawl, Portland, Purdiel March; Dover, Metcalfe I Port Antonio, lfiic7i- 

 cock ; also Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5997. — Florida, West Indies, Central and 

 S. America, western tropical Africa. 



Shrub or shrubby tree, 10 ft. high. Leaflets 4-11 cm. 1. Flowers 

 numerous, white, fragrant. Calyx 3-3*5 mm. 1., tomentose; segments 

 subequal, 2 upper broad, obtuse, lateral and lower triangular, lower slightly 

 longer than the lateral. Standard round, sometimes with retuse apex, 

 7 mm. 1. ; wings somewhat elliptical, longer than the standard ; keel-petals 

 united at the back, apex obtuse, base auriculate, 6 mm. 1. Stamens 10, 

 sheath split above and below. Pod 2-3 cm. 1. ; stalk 3 mm. 1. 



3. D. monetaria Linn. f. Suppl. 317 (1781); leaflets 3-5, 

 sometimes 2, elliptical to roundish-elliptical, shortly acuminate, 

 glabrous ; stalk of ovary longer than the calyx ; pod oval-roundish, 

 1-seeded. — Urh. torn. cit. 295. Ecastaphyllum Richardi var. 

 monetaria Pers. Syn. ii. 277 (1807). E. monetaria DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 421 (1825); Griseh. loc. cit. (under Hecastophyllum), Benth. 

 loc. cit. & in Fl. Bras. loc. cit. t. 63, 64 (excl. flowering spec). 

 Type in Herb. Linn. 



Morris 1 Castleton, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 12,080. — West Indies, S. America. 



Shrub or tree or with woody stems, climbing widely by means of 

 twining branches. Leaflets 5-13 cm. 1. Flowers white or yellowish-white ; 

 panicles contracted, short, somewhat corymbose. Calyx about 3 mm. 1., 

 sparsely puberulous, segments subequal, bluntly triangular, 2 upper broader. 

 Corolla : petals of nearly equal length, about 6 mm. 1. ; standard round, 

 obcordate, claw as long as the blade ; wings elliptical, auriculate, long- 

 clawed ; keel-petals united near the apex, somewhat elliptical, auriculate, 

 long-clawed, slightly shorter than the wings. Stamens 9, in two bundles 

 of 4 and 5, and 1 of the five more or less free. Fod glabrous, 2 '5-3 "5 cm. 1. ; 

 stalk 5-6 mm. 1. 



24: PTEROCARPUS Jacq. 



Trees. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets alternate or irregularly 

 opposite. Flowers yellow, usually in panicles. Calyx unequally 

 5-toothed, top-shaped. Standard roundish ; wings obliquely 

 obovate, keel-petals shortly connected. All the stamens united 

 into a sheath split above or above and below ; anthers versatile. 

 Stigma small, terminal. Pod roundish, compressed, not opening, 

 the style lateral, 1 or 2 seeds in the middle, more or less thickened 

 or hardened, attenuated all round the edge. 



Species 20, natives of the tropics in America, Africa and 

 Asia. 



