Plants collected by Mr. Schomburgk in British Oniana. 433 



94. Lonchocarpusi densiflorus, scandens, foliolis 7 — 9 oblongo-ellipticis 

 acuminatis supra glabris subtus pallidis tenuissime sericeis, petiolis cauleque 

 glabriusculis, racemis ferrugineis folia subaequantibus nodosis, floribus fasci- 

 culatis, calyce pubescente, vexillo leviter seviceo. — Foliola \i — 2-pollicaria. 

 Racemi vix semipedales, densi. Calyx obsolete dentatus. Carina valde in- 

 curva acuta. Stamina et ovarium prsecedentium. — Banks of tbe Upper Esse- 

 quibo, where the pounded stem is used for poisoning fish under the name of 

 Bastard Hiarry. Schomburgk, n. 52. 



The genus Lonchocarpus, though numerous in species, and some 

 of them common in tropical America, is as yet so imperfectly known 

 that it is not easy to trace its immediate affinities. It appears to 

 connect the GalegecB with the Dalbergiece. The flowers are very nearly 

 those of Tephrosia and Rohinia, in which latter genus the early 

 writers comprehended many of the species, but the pod is said, in 

 most cases where it is known, to be indehiscent. If this be really 

 the case it should probably be removed to Dalbergiece. Among the 

 supposed species of Lonchocarpus the L. Amerimnum seems to be a 

 Platymiscium, and Kunth's genus Cly'ciridia should perhaps be 

 adopted for the L, sepium. The L, violaceus and L. punctatus are 

 remarkable from the mixture of round and oblong glandular dots in 

 their leaves, and form a separate section if not a genus. The three 

 new species enumerated above differ from most others by their inflo- 

 rescence, which is that of many Phaseole/2, but the flowers are pre- 

 cisely those of Lonchocarpus, and in the absence of the fruit it does 

 not appear advisable to separate them. 



Tribe Hedysare^, DC. 



95. ^schynomene sensitiva, Linn. DC. Prod. ii. p. 320. — British Guiana. 

 Schomburgk, n, 603. — French Guiana. Herb. Par. n. 45. 



96. jEschyno?nene paniculata, Willd. Vogel, Linneea, xii. p. 95. — British 

 Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 181. 



97. jjEschynomoie (Ochopodium) conferta, ramis pubescentibus foliosis, 

 foliolis 8 — 12-jugis parvis confertis oblongis utrinque adpresse et sparse pi- 

 losis, racemis folio brevioribus subsex-floris flavo-hirtis, leguminibus profun- 

 dissime partitis biarticulatis pilosis. — Herba bipedalis sequentibus affinis.— ■ 

 British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 187. 



98. jEschynomene hystrix, Poir. Diet. Suppl. iv. p. 77. DC. Prod. ii. p. 

 321.— French Guiana. Herb. Par. n. 27. 



99. jEschynomene paucijuga, DC. 1. c. — French Guiana. Herb. Par. n. 10. 



100. Zornia reticulata, Sm. DC. Prod. ii. p. 316. — Arid Savannahs of 

 the south chain of the Conocon Mountains, British Guiana. Schomburgk. 



101. Zornia latifolia, DC. Prod. ii. p. 317. — British Guiana. Schom- 

 burgk, n. 257. 



102. Stylosanthes gracilis, Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 567 



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