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LEGUMINOS>E. CVIII. MULLEEA. CIX. LONCIIOCARFUS. 



18 N. SCA'NDENS (Konig. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 191.) shrubby, 

 scandent ; leaves with '2 pairs of ovate-oblong, acute, rather 

 coriaceous, smooth leaflets ; flowers panicled. ^ . w . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



Climbing Nissolia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Eysenhardtia, p. 231. 



CVIII. MULLE'RA (in honour of Otto Frederick Muller, 

 a Danish botanist, and one of the editors of Flora Danica). Lin. 

 fil. suppl. 53. D. C. prod. 2. p. 259. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed, apparently cut round about at the base after the teeth 

 have fallen. Petals 5, papilionaceous, caducous. Stamens 8-10, 

 monadelphous, having the tube compressed, falling off along 

 with the calyx. Ovary sessile. Style filiform. Legume mo- 

 niliform, having 1-5 1-celled 1-seeded, indehiscent, distinct 

 joints. Seeds compressed, reniform. Flowers almost like those 

 of a species of Robinia, but the stamens are monadelphous, the 

 fruit almost like that of Sophora, and the habit of Pterocdrpus. 



1 M. MONILIFORMIS (Lin. fil. 1. c.) leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 joints of legume smooth. T? . S. Native of Surinam and of 

 French Guiana. Goublandia frutescens, Aubl. guian. 4. p. 937. 

 t. 356. Leaves with 2 pairs of ovate, acute, glabrous, petiolu- 

 late leaflets. Racemes axillary, simple. Bracteas subulate, 

 small, caducous. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Necklace-formed-poiUed Mullera. Clt. 1782. Sh. 6 to 7 ft. 



Cult. See Eysenhardtia, p. 234. for culture and propagation. 



CIX. LONCHOCA'RPUS (from Xoi^, louche, a lance, and 

 k-apiros, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the lance shape of the 

 pods). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 383. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 259. 



LIN. SYST. Mona-Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campa- 

 nulately-urceolatc, obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla papilionaceous. 

 Vexillum somewhat orbicular, spreadingly-reflexcd. Wings, 

 vexillum, and keel about equal in length. Stamens diadelphous 

 and monadelphous. Legume on a short stipe, oblong-lanceolate, 

 straight, flat, membranous, 2-4-8-seeded. Seeds compressed, 

 reniform. Radicle uncinately inflexed. Unarmed trees, from 

 the West Indies and South America, with impari-pinnate leaves, 

 opposite, exstipellate, stalked leaflets, and purplish flowers. 

 This genus is not sufficiently defined. Perhaps the diadelphous 

 species should be separated from the monadelphous ones, but 

 the habit of both are very similar. 



1 L. PUNCTA'TUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 383.) 

 leaves with 5-7 oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, full of pellucid 

 dots, shining above, having the middle nerve rather prominent 

 below ; calyx glabrous ; lower peduncles of raceme 2-flowered. 



(7 . S. Native of South America, near Cumana. Dalb6rgia 

 punctata, Spreng. syst. app. 3. p. 268. Legumes unknown. 

 Z>oi<ed-leaved Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



2 L. MACROPHY'LLUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves with 9 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminated, dotless, glabrous leaflets, shining 

 above, having the middle nerve and primary veins rather pro- 

 minent ; calyx clothed with brownish tomentum. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, near Angostura de Carara, on the banks 

 of the river Magdalena. Dalbergia macrophylla, Spreng. syst. 

 app. 268. This species is nearly allied to L. Domingensis. 



Long-leaved Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1818. Tree 40 feet. 



3 L. DOMINGE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 259.) leaves with 11 

 oval, acuminated, glabrous, petiolate leaflets ; racemes axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves ; calyx somewhat truncate, bibracteate 

 at the base, and are as well as the legumes pubescent. Tj . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Dalbergia Domingensis, Pers. ench. 2. 

 p. 276. L. Turpinii, Kunth, 1. c. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Legume 1-2-secded. Flowers red. 



St. Domingo Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1 820. Tree 20 feet. 



4 L. VIOLA'CEUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. in a note) leaves with 

 from 7-11 ovate, obtuse, rather emarginate, glabrous leaflets, 

 full of pellucid dots, membranous, with the middle nerve rather 

 prominent ; calyxes glabrous ; peduncles of racemes 2-flowered. 

 fj . S. Native of Carthagena and Guadaloupe, in bushy places. 

 Robinia violacea, Jacq. amer. 210. t. 177. f. 49. pict. 103. t. 

 262. f. 61. Flowers diadelphous, violaceous, large, having the 

 scent of violets. Stamens somewhat monadelphous, the tenth 

 one only free at the base. 



I'iolaccous-flowereA Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1799. Tr. 12 ft. 



5 L. PENTAPHY'LLUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. in a note) leaves 

 with 5-7 nerved, bluntly acuminated, quite glabrous leaflets ; 

 racemes shorter than the leaves ; legumes lanceolate, glabrous, 

 1-3-seeded. P? . S. Native of Porto-Rico. Dalbergia penta- 

 phylla, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 445. Flowers unknown. 



Five-lcqfletled Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



C L. HEPTAPHY'LLUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 259.) leaves with 7 

 lanceolate, obtusely mucronate, glabrous leaflets, pale beneath, 

 and with the nerve and lateral veins rather prominent ; racemes 

 a little longer than the leaves ; calyx 5-toothed ; legumes ob- 

 long, narrow at the base, slender, glabrous, 2-3-seeded. ^ . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Dalbergia heptaphylla, Poir. 1. c. 

 suppl. 2. p. 446. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from L. penta- 

 phyllus and L. violaceus. Flowers purple. 



Seven-leafletted Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



7 L. LEONE'NSIS ; an erect, branched tree ; leaflets oblong, 

 mucronate, undulated, entire ; racemes axillary and terminal ; 

 flowers on short pedicels. \i . S. Native of Sierra Leone. 

 Corolla violaceous. 



Sierra Leone Lonchocarpus. Tree 26 feet. 



8 L. ALBIFLORUS ; leaflets 7, ovate, acuminated, glabrous, 

 entire ; flowers on long peduncles or racemose, axillary ; legume 

 flat, pubescent. fj . S. Native of the Island of St. Thomas, 

 in the Gulf of Guinea. Flowers white. 



IVhite-florvcred Lonchocarpus. Fl. Oct. Tree 50 feet. 



9 L. FORMOSIA'NUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 7, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, oval, obtusely acuminated, having the nerve 

 and lateral veins rather prominent ; racemes panicled; pedicels 

 usually 2-flowered ; calyx truncate, and is as well as the petals 

 and legumes clothed with silky pubescence. Tj . S. Native of 

 Africa, on the banks of the river Formosa. Robinia violacea, 

 Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 28. t. 76. Dalbergia Guineensis, Spreng. 

 syst. app. 3. p. 266. Stamens monadelphous. Flowers violet. 



Formosa Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



10 L. SERICEUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets 7-11, oval, 

 acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous above, but clothed with rufous, 

 silky pubescence beneath, as well as the calyxes, pedicels, and 

 branches ; racemes erect, length of leaves ; pedicels very short, 

 usually twin or 2-flowered ; petals clothed with silky-silvery 

 pubescence 9n the outside. J; . S. Native of the Islands of 

 Montserrat, St. Christopher, and Trinidad. Robinea sericea, 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 226. R. mollis, Vahl. in herb. Puer. Calyx 

 truncate. Legume unknown. Stamens monadelphous. 



Silky Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1826. Tree 20 feet. 



11 L. PYXIDA'RIUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 7, ovate, 

 acuminated, glabrous above, but clothed with adpressed villous- 

 pubescence beneath ; petioles, peduncles, and calyxes clothed 

 with short velvety down ; racemes erect, shorter than the leaves; 

 vexillum clothed with adpressed silky down on the outside. J? . 

 S. Native of Cuba, where it is called Palo de Caja or box- 

 wood. Stamens monadelphous. This species comes very near 

 to /.. sericeus. 



Box Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



12 L. LATIFOLIUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets 7, ovate, 

 short-acuminated, glabrous, pale beneath, having the nerve, and 

 lateral veins rather prominent ; racemes axillary, much longer 



