Loncliocarims 



LEGUMINOSiE 



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2. L. latifolius H.B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. 383 (in note) 

 (1824) ; DC. Prodr. it. 260 (1825) ; leaflets minutely puberulous 

 beneath, nerves prominent beneath; calyx 5-toothed, 2 upper 

 teeth closer together, 2-2*5 mm. 1.; corolla 5-7 mm. 1.; pod 

 thin-parchmenty, smooth, minutely puberulous, not sensibly 



Fig. Zo.—Lonehocarptis lati/oliug H. B. & K. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence X h E, Stamens enclosing the pistil, viewed 



B, Flower X 2. from aUove, X 2. 



C, Wing from a larger flower X 2. F, Pod, with part of a valve removed to 



D, Keel ditto X 2. show a seed, x §. 



thickened along the margins. — Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 199; 

 Benih. in Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 90 ; Urh. Symh. Ant. 

 iv. 297; Cook d- Collins in Contrih. U.S. Nat. Herb. viii. 178. 

 Amerimnum latifolium Willd. Sp. PI. Hi. 909 (1803). (Fig. 25.) 



Dogwood (a name also given to Piscidia piscipula). 



In fl. May-July ; in fr. Sept. ; Wright ! Masson ! Lindsay ! Macfadyen ! 

 Wilson; Wullschlaegel ; Prim-; J.P. 695, Jewmaw ! Castleton Hill, 1000 ft., 

 Thompson I sea-coast, Ferry Pen ; near Lacovia ; Tyre ; Watson's Hill, 

 1200 ft. ; Ipswich, St. Elizabeth ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6564, 8032, 9853, 

 10,812, 11,721, 12,366. — West Indies, continental America from Mexico to 

 Guiana. 



Tree 20-50 ft. high. Leaflets in 3 (2-4) pairs, oblong to elliptical, 

 acuminate, cuneate to obtuse at base, papery, jointed to the rhachis, 

 •5-2 dm. 1, Liflwescence minutely puberulous or glabrescent, shorter than 

 the leaves, 7-12 cm. 1, Bracteoles minute, lanceolate, '7 mm. 1. Calyx 

 minutely puberulous. Coi-olla yellow, rosy, or liver-coloured ; standard 

 transversely elliptical, apex emarginate, auricles at base obsolete or wanting, 

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