82 FLOEA OF JAMAICA Lonclwcarpus 



more or less silkj' on the outside, calli at the base small and only slightly 

 thickened, 5-7 mm. 1. (excl. claw), 7-8 mm. br., claw 1 mm. 1. ; wings 

 oblong-elliptical, slightly curved, glabrous, scarcely auriculate, long- 

 clawed, 4-5 '5 mm. 1. (excl. claw) ; claw 2 mm. 1. ; keel-petals semicircular- 

 elliptical, glabrous, 4-5-5 mm. 1. (excl. claw), claw 2-2-5 mm. 1, Pod not 

 or scarcely constricted between the seeds, style not persisting, 1-4-seeded, 

 4-9 cm. 1., about 2 cm. br. Seeds liver-coloured, kidney-shaped, flat, 

 about 1-2 cm. 1., -7 cm. br. 



The wood is hard, and is used for furniture in Porto Rico (Cook and 

 Collins). 



3. L. sericeus H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. <£• Sp. vi. 383 (in note) 

 (1824) ; DC. Prodr. it. 260 (1825); leaflets on the lower surface 

 puberulous and with prominent nerves and veins ; calyx 3—4 

 mm. 1., teeth obsolete; corolla about 1 • 2 cm. 1. — Benth. torn. cit. 88 

 (excl. vars.) ; Wilson in Beports Geolog. Jam. 277 (? = L. domin- 

 gensis). Robinia sericea Poir. Encyc. vi. 226 (1804). 



Castleton Garden, J. P. 1099, Morris ! also Harris ! Mulgrave, St. 

 Elizabeth, 1200 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9153, 12,356.— Tropical America, 

 western tropical Africa. 



Tree 20-100 ft. Leaflets in 8-5 pairs, elliptical, shortly and abruptly 

 acuminate, rounded and sometimes almost sub-cordate at the base, 

 leathery, upper surface shining, glabrous, 4-8 cm. 1. ; petioles and petiolules 

 puberulous. Inflorescence brownish-puberulous, nearly as long as the 

 leaves. Bracteoles close to the calyx, round, 1-1-3 mm. 1. Calyx 

 puberulous. Corolla violet-purple ; standard roundish, apex emarginate, 

 base auriculate, silvery-silky on the outside, with the lower margin 

 thickened and inflexed, decurrent into the claw, 1-2 cm. 1. ; wings oblong- 

 elliptical, with hairs along a median line and at apex, slightly curved, 

 long-clawed, 1*2 cm. 1.; keel-petals oblong-curved, truncate at the base, 

 silvery-silky on the outside, long-clawed, as long as the wings. Pod 

 woody, smooth, brownish-tomentose, somewhat dilated and flat along the 

 upper margin, linear, the style persisting more or less as a curved beak, 

 1-^-seeded, 3-13 cm. 1., 1-5 cm. br. Seeds purplish-black, oblong-kidney- 

 shaped, about 1-3 cm. 1. 



4. L. domingensis DC. Prodr. ii. 259 (1825) ; leaflets glabrous 

 with prominulous nerves and veins beneath ; calyx 5-6 mm. 1., 

 teeth wanting, rarely obsolete ; corolla 1 '5-1 "7 cm. 1. — TJrh. torn, 

 cit. 296. L. Turpinii H. B. d: E. torn. cit. 385 (1824). L. sericeus 

 var. jamaicensis Griseh, Fl. Br. W. Ind. 200 (1860). L. sericeus 

 H. B. &K. var. glabrescens Benth. lac. cit. & in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 

 277 (in part). Dalbergia domingensis Turp. ex Pers. Syn. ii. 

 276 (1807). 



In fl. and fr. July ; Wright ! Dr. Lindsay 1 Distin 1 in rocky places, 

 Manchester, Ptirdie ! road to Troy, 1200 ft., Harris I Fl. Jam. 9491. — 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Guadeloupe, Martinique. 



Tree 40-50 ft. high. Leaflets in 3 pairs, elliptical, generally shortly 

 acuminate, 5-15 cm. 1. Racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, tomen- 

 tellous or glabrous. Bracteoles small, roundish, 1-1-5 mm. 1. Flowers 

 pale rosy-violet ; pedicels usually shorter than the calyx, tomentellous. 

 Calyx strigillose. Corolla pale violet-rose ; standard roundish-elliptical, 

 apex deeply emarginate, base truncate, silvery-silky on the outside, with 

 the lower margin thickened and decurrent into the claw, 1-6 cm. 1.; 



