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which is a powerful remedy in obstinate chronic diarrhoeas and 

 dysenteries, and in all diseases arising from laxity of the solids. 

 Externally it is applied as a styptic to check haemorrhages from 

 wounds or ulcers, and to diminish the discharge of ichorous mat- 

 ter from ill-conditioned ulcers. 



Hedge-hog -fruited Pterocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



13 1'. ANGOLE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) leaflets 11, petio- 

 lulate, ovate, ending in a short taper point, glabrous above, but 

 pubescent along the nerves beneath ; fruit large, rather villous. 



fj . S. Native of the western coast of Africa, in the kingdom of 

 Angola. 



Angola Pterocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



SECT. IV. SANTALA'RIA (from santaltim, the Latin name for 

 Saunder's-wood). D. C. prod. 2. p. 419. Stamens unequally 

 diadelphous, that is, 9 connected, and 1 free. Fruit almost orbi- 

 cular, containing 2 or 3 seeds inside. 



14 P. TNDICUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 904.) leaflets 5-9, alternate, 

 ovate, acute, glabrous ; racemes axillary, simple or branched ; 

 fruit acutely mucronate. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Rumph. amb. 2. t. 70. P. I'ndicus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 53. 

 P. Draco, Lam. ill. t. 602. f. 2 Comm. hort. amst. 1. t. 109. 

 Flowers white. 



Indian Pterocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



15 P. SANTAH'NUS (Lin. fil. suppl. 318.) leaflets 3-5, alter- 

 nate, roundish, retuse, glabrous ; racemes axillary, simple or 

 branched ; petals crenated. Jj . S. Native of India, on moun- 

 tains. Flowers yellow, streaked with red. This is the true 

 Santalum rubrum of Kcenig. The wood is dark red with black 

 veins, heavy, close, capable of a good polish, and sinking in 

 water. The wood is known in commerce by the name of Saun- 

 der's-wood; it yields a deep red colouring matter, which appears 

 to be of a resinous nature, to ether and alcohol, but not to water. 

 Its colouring matter forms beautifully coloured precipitates with 

 many metallic solutions. It also yields one kind of dragon's-blood. 



Sounder' s-nood, Clt. 1800. Tree 66 feet. 



16 P. SANTALINOI'DES (Lher. herb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) 

 leaflets 7-9, alternate, oval, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes axil- 

 lary, simple, shorter than the leaves ; peduncles clothed with 

 velvety pubescence ; bracteoles 2, linear, subulate, longer than 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers dirty yellow. 



African Saunder's-wood or Santalum-lihe Pterocarpus. Clt. 

 1793. Tree 60 feet. 



17 P. FLA'VUS (Lour. coch. p. 431.) leaflets 5-7, opposite, 

 ovate, acute ; racemes lateral, spiked ; vexillum toothed. I? . G. 

 Native of China and the Moluccas. P. luteus, Poir. suppl. 4. 

 p. 610. Rumph. amb. 3. t. 117. Bark yellow, bitter, and is 

 used for dyeing yellow. Flowers yellow. 



yeWow-barked Saunder's-wood. Tree 40 feet. 



18 P. ROXBU'RGHII ; leaflets alternate, ovate, obtuse, pubes- 

 cent beneath ; fruit 1 -seeded. Jj . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies. P. flavus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 153. but not of Lour. 



Roxburgh's Pterocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



19 P. ULIOINOSUS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 533.) leaflets oppo- 

 site, ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes long, panicled. J? . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers white. 



Bog Pterocarpus. Tree. 



20 P. SAPINDOI'DES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) leaflets 11-13, 

 opposite, oval, acuminated, glabrous ; panicles axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaves, rather velvety. T? . S. Native of 

 South America. Stamens diadelphous. Fruit unknown. Per- 

 haps referrible to Amcrimnum. 



Sapindus-like Pterocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



21 P. SCA'NDENS (Poir. diet. 5. p. 730.) leaflets 7-11, oppo- 

 site, oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes axillary, longer than 

 the leaves ; stems climbing. Jj . w . S. Native of Caraccas. 



VOL. II. 



Amerimnum scandens, Willd. spec. 3. p. 909. Points of leaflets 

 emarginate. Flowers violaceous. Calyx truncate. Legume 2- 

 seeded. 



Climbing Pterocarpus. Clt. 1817. Shrub el. 



SECT. V. ATELE V IA (from artXr/e, ateles, imperfect ; in refer- 

 ence to P. Ateleia, which is without the wings and keel to the 

 flowers). Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 419. Legume membranous, samaroid, stipitate, compressed, 

 witli the upper suture straight, and furnished with a narrow wing, 

 but the lower suture is convex. Racemes simple. Perhaps a 

 proper genus. 



22 P. ATELE'IA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) leaflets 13, alternate, 

 ovate, lower ones smallest. Jj . S. Native of Mexico. Ateleia 

 pterocarpa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers white, 

 disposed in racemose spikes. Corolla with an oblong vexillum, 

 but the wings and keel are wanting. Stamens 10, monadelphous 

 at the base. 



Imperfect-flowered Pterocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



23 P. MICROCA'RPUS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 277.) leaflets 7, oppo- 

 site, elliptic, obtuse at both ends, but emarginate at the apex, 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; peduncles and petioles pubescent. Tj . S. 

 Native of South America. Flowers unknown. Legume pale, 

 1 -seeded, reticulately veined. 



Small-fruited Pterocarpus. Tree. 



24 P. GU'MMIFER (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) 

 leaflets 5-7, opposite, oblong, attenuated at both ends, bluntish, 

 glaucescent ; petioles and pedicels glabrous. Jj . S. Native of 

 St. Domingo. D. C. legum. mem. 10. t. ST. f. 1. Flowers un- 

 known. Pods like those of the two preceding species. 



Gum-bearing Pterocarpus. Tree. 



25 P. PELTA'RIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 419.) leaflets 3, oblong- 

 linear, glabrous ; legumes stipitate, oval, winged on one side, 1 - 

 seeded. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Clypeola 

 and Peltaria Capensis, Burm. herb.- D. C. legum. mem. 10. t. 

 57. f. 2. Racemes terminal, almost simple. Flowers pendulous. 

 Calyx acutely 5-toothed, small, permanent. Petals deciduous. 

 Stamens monadelphous, with the sheath or tube permanent, and 

 cleft above. 



Buckler-podded Pterocarpus. Tree. 



Cult. The species of Pterocarpus thrive best in a loamy soil, 

 and young cuttings not deprived of their leaves root readily in 

 sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



CCXIV. DREPANOCA'RPUS (from Sptwavov, drepanon, a 

 sickle, and Kapirot, carpos, a fruit ; in reference to the form of 

 the pods, which are falcate). Meyer, prim, esseq. 238. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 420. Nephrosis, Rich. ined. Orucaria, Juss. ined. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia DecAndria, or Diadelphia Dec&ndria. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, with 2 bracteas at the base, lower tooth 

 diverging at the apex. Petals 5, disposed into a papiliona- 

 ceous corolla. Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the sheath or 

 tube cleft in front, or equally diadelphous, that is, disposed in 2 

 pentandrous bundles. Legume compressed, indehiscent, wing- 

 less, falcate, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. Seeds fixed to the ventral su- 

 ture. Shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves with usually from 5-9 

 nearly opposite oval-oblong leaflets. Panicles of flowers ter- 

 minal. 



1 D. LUNA'TUS (Meyer, 1. c.) spines stipular, hooked ; leaflets 

 5-9, alternate, glabrous, oblong, obtuse ; panicle ferruginous. Tj . S. 

 Native of South America by the sea-side. Pterocarpus lunatus, 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 317. P. apterus, Gaert. fruct. t. 156. Nephrosis 

 aculeata, Rich. herb. Orucaria lunata, Juss. herb. Plum. ed. 

 Burm. t. 201. f. 2. Orucaria, Clus. exot. 47 and 48. with a 

 figure. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 445. with a figure. Flowers white. 

 Legumes crescent-shaped. 



Lunate-podded Drepanocarpus. Clt. 1792. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 

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