Lonchocarpus 



LEGUMINOS/E 



wings oblong, with hairs along a median line and at the apex, upper 

 margin slightly curved, lower somewhat straight, long-clawed, 1"5 cm. 1. ; 

 keel-petals oblong, upper margin slightly curved, lower straight, truncate at 

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

 Pod similar to that of L. sericeus, but tomentum shorter, sometimes 

 thickened along both margins, l-2(3)-seeded, elliptical, oblong, or linear, 

 3-8 cm. 1,, 2 cm. br., style more or less persisting as a curved beak. 



26. PISCIDIA L. 



Tree. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets opposite, 

 3-5 pairs. Flowers appearing before the leaves in panicles. 

 Calyx with 5 short broad teeth. Standard roundish, emarginate ; 



Fig. 26. — Piscidia piscipula Sarg. 



A, Leaf x J. F, Flower cut lengthwise x 1\. 



B, Flower X h f^, Staminal sheath enclosing pistil, and 



C, Standard, nat. size. part of calyx, X IJ. 



D, Wing, nat. size. H, Pod, with portion cut away to show 



E, Keel, nat. size. seeds, x |. 



(F, G after Sargent.) 



wings and keel long-clawed. Uppermost stamen free at the base, 

 united in the middle with the rest in a closed tube ; anthers 

 versatile, attached just above the base. Stigma small, terminal. 

 Pod linear-compressed, not opening, on a stalk longer than the 

 calyx, with 4 broad longitudinal wings, slightly contracted 

 between the seeds. Seeds 3-7 . 



Species 1, or perhaps 2, natives of the West Indies, Mexico, 

 and northern S. America. 



