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LEGUMINOS^:. CCXIV. DREPANOCARPUS. CCXV. ECASTAPIIYLI.UM. CCXVI. 



2 D. AFRICA'NUS ; spines stipular ; leaflets alternate, oblong, 

 obtuse, white beneath ; racemes terminal. Jj . S. Native of 

 Guinea, on the sea shore. Legume flat, crescent-shaped, as well 

 as the seed. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



African Drepanocarpus. Fl. Feb. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



3 D. DU'BIUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 390.) 

 spines none ; leaflets 5-7, puberulous beneath. I? . S. Native 

 of Caraccas, in the plains. Leaflets elliptic, rounded at both 

 ends, membranous. Legume reniformly semi-lunate, wrink- 

 led reticulately. Flowers unknown. 



Doubtful Drepanocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



4 D. ? CYATHIFO'KMIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 420.) spines none ; 

 shrub climbing ; leaflets alternate, ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 panicles somewhat corymbous ; fruit orbicular, rather cup- 

 shaped. 17 . w . S. Native of Mexico. Pterocarpus cyathi- 

 formis, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



Cup-shaped-podded Drepanocarpus. Shrub cl. 



5 D. MICROPHY'LLUS (Meyer, in act. soc. nat. cur. bonn. 12. 

 p. 807.) spines stipular, recurved ; leaves with many pairs of 

 leaflets ; stamens monadelphous. tj . S. Native of Panama. 

 Very like the following species. 



Small-leafletled Drepanocarpus. Shrub 6 to 1 feet. 



6 D. ISADE'LPHUS (Meyer, 1. c.) spines stipular, recurved ; 

 leaflets 12-16 pairs; stamens equally diadelphous. Pj . S. Na- 

 tive of Surinam. Ovary hairy, falcate. Fruit unknown. 



/sarfe/pAows-stamened Drepanocarpus. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



7 D. PANICTLA'TUS ; leaves with 4 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 

 elliptic, coriaceous, pubescent beneath ; panicles equal in length 

 to the leaves ; fruit lunate. Pj . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Pterocarpus paniculatus, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 192. 



Panicled Drepanocarpus. Tree. 



Cult. See Pterocarpus for culture and propagation, p. 377. 

 The species require to be watered occasionally with salted water 

 to make them thrive. 



CCXV. ECASTAPHY'LLUM(from JWro C , liecaslos, each, 

 and <j>v\\oi', pliyllon, a leaf; in reference to the leaves of the two 

 first species being each composed of only one leaflet). P. Browne, 

 jam. 299. Rich, in Pers. ench. no. 1670. D. C. prod. 2. p. 420. 

 Hecastophyllum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 387. 



LIN. SYST. Diadclphin, Octo-Decdndria. Calyx campanu- 

 late, somewhat bilabiate, upper lip emarginate, lower one trifid. 

 Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens 8-10, equally diadelphous or 

 9, and 8 of them equally diadelphous and 1 loose. Legume 

 nearly orbicular, membranous, valveless, biovulate, but only 1- 

 seeded. Seed reniform. Radicle uncinately-inflexed. Shrubs, 

 with simple, trifoliate, or impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary sub- 

 corymbose panicles of flowers. 



1 E. BRO'WNEI (Pers. ench. 2. p. 277.) petiole bearing 

 only one leaflet ; the leaflet broad, ovate, rounded and cor- 

 date at the base, acuminated at the apex, and pubescent 

 beneath. Tj . S. Native of the West Indies and South 

 America, as well as of Senegal and Gambia, in swampy 

 places. E. frutescens, Browne, jam. p. 299. t. 52. f. 1. Ptero- 

 carpus Ecastaphyllum, Lin. spec. 1052. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonyme of Plumier. Berg. act. stockh. 1769. p. 116. t. 4. 

 Amerimnum Sieberi, Reichb. in Sieb. pi. exsic. seneg. no. 36. 

 Leaves spreading in a double row, pubescent when young, but 

 glabrous in the adult state. Calyx ferruginous. 



Var. ft, gldbrum ; leaves glabrous beneath. 



Browne's Ecastaphyllum. Clt. 1733. Shrub C to 8 feet. 



2 E. DU'BIUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 388.) 

 petiole with only one leaflet ; leaflet elliptic- oblong, ending in 

 a short blunt acumen, rather cordate at the base, and marked 

 with pellucid lines, and pilose on the nerve beneath ; legumes 



reniform, wrinkled. ^ . S. Native of the province of Caraccas, 

 near Caicara at the Orinoco. 



Doubtful Ecastaphyllum. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



3 E. PLUMiK'iu(Pers. ench. 2. p. 227.) leaves impari-pinnate, 

 with 3-5 broadly ovate, bluntish, glabrous leaflets, f?. S. Native 

 of South America. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 246. f. 2. Pterocarpus 

 Plumieri, Poir. suppl. 



Plumier' s Ecastaphyllum. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



4 E. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) loaves impari-pin- 

 nate, with 5-7 alternate, ovate, acuminated leaflets, which are 

 pubescent, as well as the branches and legumes. Tj . S. Native 

 of Cayenne or French Guiana. Panicles axillary, branched, pe- 

 dunculate. Stamens equally diadelphous. Legume nearly or- 

 bicular, almost an inch in diameter. 



Pubescent Ecastaphyllum. Shrub. 



5 E. MONETA'RIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) leaflets 3, alter- 

 nate, ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, nume- 

 rous, spiked. t?. S. Native of Surinam in humid places. 

 Dalbergia Monetaria, Lin. fil. suppl. 317. Pterocarpus ternata, 

 Poir. diet. 5. p. 727. ex Kunth and Richard, Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 277. Stamens 9, 8 of which are disposed in two equal bundles, 

 but the ninth one is loose, or hardly connected to the others at 

 the base. Legume oval, roundish. Flowers minute, white. 

 The root when cut yields a purple juice. The wood is red, and 

 yields a resin resembling dragon's-blood. 



Afoney-like-podded Ecastaphyllum. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



6 E. BERTE'RII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) leaflets 3, alternate, 

 obovate-orbicular ; racemes spike-formed, simple, axillary, soli- 

 tary ; legume , coriaceous, glabrous, nearly orbicular. ij . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Pterocarpus Berterii, Spreng. syst. 



Berlcro's Ecastaphyllum. Shrub. 



f" A doubtful species. 



7 E. ? MICROPHY'LLUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 

 268.) leaflets 25-45, small, oblong, acute, and somewhat mucro- 

 nate, rounded at the base, clothed with adpressed pili on both 

 surfaces ; legumes falcate, oblong, rather rugulose. T? . S. Na- 

 tive of Venezuela, near Santa Barbara. 



Small-leafletled Ecastaphyllum. Shrub. 

 Cult. See Plerocarpus, p. 377. for the culture and propaga- 

 tion of the species. 



CCXVI. AMERI'MNUM (from a, priv. and ^ep^a, me- 

 rlmna, care ; void of care or in a state of security ; but what 

 induced Dr. P. Browne to give this name to the present genus 

 is unknown to us, unless it was the careless flow of the 

 branches, or some medical virtue which the plant is supposed 

 to possess). P. Browne, jam. 288. Adans. fam. 2. p. 320. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 421. Amerimnum species of Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 

 3. p. 1233. t. 25. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelpliia, Decdndria. Calyx somewhat bila- 

 biate, 5-toothcd. Petals 5, disposed into a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the sheath or tube cleft in front. 

 Legume compressed, 2-valved, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded ; the superior 

 suture straight, and a little winged ; the lower one very convex. 

 Small trees or shrubs, with alternate, stalked, ovate, somewhat 

 cordate, simple leaves. 



1 A. BRO'WNEI (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 3. p. 1234.) leaves 

 ovate, somewhat cordate, acute, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, 

 10-flowered, glabrous or puberulous. fj . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica, St. Domingo, and Carthagena, in dry places among 

 bushes. P. Browne, jam. 288. t. 32. f. 3. Jacq. amer. 199. t. 

 180. f. 58. Pterocarpus Amerimnum, Poir. diet. 5. p. 729. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented. The shrub being weak supports 

 itself upon its neighbours. 



Brorvne's Amerimnum. Clt. 1793. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



