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Thuars, but not without some doubt, and Loureiro refers it to 

 Baryxylutn. 



Amboyna Intsia. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



CCLXXXV. EPE'RUA (the tree is called in Guiana Votapa- 

 Tabaca, and the fruit eperu, signifying a sabre, from the shape 

 of the pods). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 369. t. 142. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 510. Rotmannia, Neck. elem. no. 1284. Panzera, Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 540. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Sepals 4, thick, and 

 concave, connected together into a permanent urceolate tube at 

 the base, with the sides incumbent, upper one the broadest. 

 Petal 1, roundish, fringed, inserted in the middle of the calyx. 

 Stamens 10, long ; filaments thickened, and rather villous at 

 the base, and joined into a short monadelphons ring. Ovary sti- 

 pitate. Style long, filiform. Legume compressed, dry, coria- 

 ceous, falciform, 2-valved, 1-4-seeded, when young it is tomen- 

 tose. A tree, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, bearing 2-3 pairs of 

 ovate, acuminated, shining leaflets. Panicle pendulous, on a 

 long peduncle, constantly composed of numerous distant racemes. 

 Flowers red. 



1 E. FALCA'TA (Aubl. 1. c.) fj S. Native of Guiana, in 

 woods, where it is called Vouapa, according to Delessert's her- 

 barium. Dimorpha falcata, Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 3. The 

 inhabitants of Guiana make handles to their hatchets of the wood 

 of this tree. 



/Vz/crtte-podded Eperua. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



CCLXXXVI. PARIVO'A (the Guiana name of the tree). 

 Aubl. guian. 2. p. 756. t. 303. D. C. prod. 2. p. 510. Adleria, 

 Neck. elem. no. 1286. Dimorpha, Willd. spec. 3. p. 971. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx furnished with 2 

 bracteoles on the outside, 3-5-cleft ; tube urceolate ; segments 

 thick and blunt. Petal 1, large, roundish, convolute, inserted in 

 the calyx. Stamens 10; filaments long, 9 of which are joined 

 together at the base, and the tenth loose. Ovary stipitate. Style 

 long, filiform. Legume thick, compressed, oval, 2-valved, 1- 

 seeded. A tree, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, bearing 3-4 pairs 

 of ovate, acuminated, shining leaflets. Flowers purple, in short 

 racemes. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from Eperua. 



1 P. GRANDIFLORA (Aubl. 1. c.) Pj . S. Native of Cayenne, 

 along the banks of rivers. Dimorpha grandiflora, Willd. 1. c. 

 Rudge in Lin. trans. 9. p. 180. t. 20. Petal almost 2 inches 

 long, purple. The trunk of the tree is more than 2 feet in 

 diameter, and the wood is reddish, solid, and compact ; and is 

 used in Cayenne for various important purposes. 



Great-flowered Parivoa. Clt. 1821. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see C'opaifera, p. 456. 



CCLXXXVII. ANTHONOTA (from avSoe, anthos, a 

 flower, and WTOS, notos, the back ; in reference to the flower 

 being only furnished with one petal, which is behind). Beauv. 

 fl. d'ow. 1. p. 70. t. 42. D. C. prod. 2. p. 510. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Bractea 2-lobed, situated 

 under the calyx. Calyx petaloid, 4-cleft, 3 of the lobes are 

 lanceolate and acute, the fourth broader and emarginate. Petal 

 one, standing on a long claw, with a spoon-shaped emarginate 

 limb. Stamens 10, free, 3 of which are very long, and 7 shorter 

 than the calyx. Ovary sessile, compressed, ovate. Style fili- 

 form, crowned by a somewhat bifid stigma. Legume compres- 

 sed, flat, hardly dehiscent, 1-celled, many-seeded, somewhat re- 

 ticulated from transverse wrinkles. Seeds orbicular, flat. A 

 glabrous shrub, without stipulas. Leaves abruptly-pinnate, with 

 2-3 pairs of coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, acuminated leaflets ; 

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petiole terete. Racemes axillary, very short. This genus is 

 allied to Oiitea, Vouapa and Parivoa. 



1 A. MACKOI'HY'LLA (Beauv. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Western 

 Africa, between Waree and Buonopozo, along the banks of rivu- 

 lets. Leaflets 8-10 inches long. 



Long-leaflelted Anthonota. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



CCLXXXVIII. OV'i:EA L (Joulayisthenameof0.paniculata 

 in Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 28. Juss. gen. 347. Vahl. enum. 

 2. p. 38. Macrolobium, spec. Schreb. et Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Trldndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, furnished 

 with 2 opposite bracteas at the base. Petals 5, 4 of which are 

 very minute or almost wanting, the fifth large, and undulately 

 plicate. Stamens 3-4, long, free, when 4 the fourth is sterile. 

 Ovary pedicellate, terminated by a long style. Legume com- 

 pressed, 1-celled (1-seeded ? ex ovarium). Trees, natives of 

 Guiana, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, and racemes of flowers. 



1 O. MULTI'JUGA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 510.) leaves with 3-5 

 pairs of obovate-cuneated, oblong, very blunt, retusely emargi- 

 nate leaflets. 1? . S. Native of French Guiana. Stamens 3. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the following species. 



Many-paired-\eafletted Outea. Tree. 



2 O. GUI ANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. l.p. 28. t. 9.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of elliptic-oblong obtuse leaflets. fy.S. Native of French 

 Guiana. Stamens 4, of which one is sterile and villous. Lam. 

 ill. t. 26. Macrolobium pinnatum, Willd. spec. l.p. 186. Ma- 

 crolobium LTtea, Gmel. syst. 93. 



Guiana Outea. Clt. 1825. Tree 50 feet ? 



3 O. BI'JUGA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 511.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 leaflets; flowers triandrous, and with 6 sterile filaments. Ij . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Macrolobium bijugum Coleb. 

 Lin. trans, vol. 12. p. 359. t. 17. 



7 T n>o-^azm/-leafletted Outea. Clt. 1823. Shrub 10 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



CCLXXXIX. VOUATA (the name of the first species in 

 Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 25. Juss. gen. p. 350. D. C. prod. 



2. p. 511. Macrolobium species, Schreb. et Willd. Macro- 

 lobium, Vahl. enum. 2. p. 37. Kruegeria, Neck. elem. no. 

 1389. 



LIN. SYST. Trldndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-cleft, furnished 

 with 2 opposite bracteoles at the base. Petal one, flat. Stamens 



3. Legume pedicellate, coriaceous, 1-seeded. Trees, natives 

 of Guiana, bearing only one pair of leaflets. Flowers disposed 

 in racemes. This genus is perhaps not sufficiently distinct from 

 Oulea. 



1 V. BIFOLIA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 25. t. 7.) leaflets sessile, 

 ovate, acuminated, oblique ; bracteas with one elevated nerve 

 each ; lobes of calyx spreading, about equal in length to the 

 corolla; legumes winged on one side. T? . S. Native of Guiana 

 and of Maranham in Brazil, where we have seen it in great 

 plenty. Macrolobium hymenaeoides, Willd. spec. 1. p. 186. 

 Macrolobium Vuapa, Gmel. syst. l.p. 93. M. bifolium, Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 39. Petals violaceous. 



Trvo-leafletted Vouapa. Clt. 1823. Tree 60 feet. 



2 V. SIMIRA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 26. t. 8.) leaflets petiolulate, 

 somewhat obovate-lanceolate, equal at the base ; legumes oval, 

 with smooth margins. Jj . S. Native of Guiana, where it is 

 called Simira. Macrolobium sphserocarpum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 186. Macrolobium Simira, Gmel. syst. l.p. 93. Vouapa vior 

 lacea, Lam. ill. no. 420. Petals violaceous. 



Simira Vouapa. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



3 V. STAMINEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 510.) leaflets sessile, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, bluntish ; segments of calyx reflexed ; stamens 

 3 times the length of the corolla ; legumes obsoletely margined 



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