Pterocarpus 



LEGUMINOS^ 



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P. offleinalis Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 283, t. 183, f. 92 (1763) 

 ^ Ed. pict. t. 264, /. 91 ; Urh. Symb. Ant. iv. 296.— P. draco 

 L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1662 (1763) (with reference to Jacq. only) ; 



ifig. 24. — Pterocarpus ojlicinalis Jacq. 

 A, Leaf and inflorescence x J. E, Keel-petals, the upper unfolded, x i. 



B, Calyx X 3. 



C, Standard x 4. 



D, Wing X 4. 



F, Stamens and pistil x 4. 



G, Pod X i 



Benih. in Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 77 ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 

 201 ; Wils. in Reports Geolog. Jam. 277. Moutouchi suberosa 

 Auhl. PL Guian. ii. 748, t. 299 (1775). (Fig. 24.) 



Manchioneal, Wilson ! — Porto Rico, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, 

 St. Vincent, Trinidad, central America, northern S. America. 



A glabrous tree, 25-30 ft. high. Leaflets 5-9, oblong-elliptical or 

 elliptical, shortly acuminate, shining, • 5-1 • 5 dm. 1. Panicles lax, • 5-1 • 5 dm. 1 . 

 Calyx 5-6 mm. 1. Standard narrowed at the base into the long claw, 

 1*1-1 "3 cm. 1. ; wings nearly as long; keel shorter than the wings. Ovary 

 stalked. Pod shortly stalked, very oblique, veiny, about 4 cm. in diam. 



