575 



Crescit frcquous iu maritimls; variat admodum slaliira 

 (*l foliolornm magniüidiiio, pube^ et vix a Rh. minima DC. 

 (cnjiis icon in Jacq. Observ, Tab. 22. a rainoribus niois spe- 

 cimiuibns band dilTorro vidotiir) diversa, 



Tribus DALBERGIEAE Brown. 

 Ecastophyllura P, Brown. 



1. Ecastophtjllum Brownei Pcrs. — DC. I. c. p. 420,— 

 Crescit ad II. Suriname snp. 



2. EcastophifJhiin monetaria DC, Prodr, IL p. 421. — 

 Crescit secus H. Suriname siip. alibique, 



3. Ecaslophylhim Benthamianmn. Rainulis foliolisquc snb- 

 tus minutissime apprcsse pubernlis, bis 5 (rarius 3) allernis 

 Vi>l suboppositis, iiifcrioribus minoribus, terniinali multo ma- 

 jore, lato-ovalis abrupte acuminatis, aciimine lanccolato ob- 

 tuso, peduueulis e veteribns etiara axillis ortis confertis di- 

 chotomo-subcymosis, caljce appresse puberulo, petalis louge 

 unguii'ulatis, vexillo eraarg^inato, starainibns plemmque 9 

 diadclphis, quinto fasciculi vexillaris ad 1/2 'ong. vei toto 

 libero, reliquis alle connexis, vel 8 aeqnaliter diadelphis, 

 iegnmine (imraatiiro) elliptico-orbiculato, 



Crescit ad viam inter Paramaribo et pl. Tom tonne, ni. 

 Sept. 



Petioli 12 — 14 cent. longi , rigidi, nitentes. Petioluli 

 corapreasi autiee canaliculati tiimidnli carnosi 5 — 7 mm. 

 lougi. Foliola inferiora 41/2 — ^ cent. longa, superiora 

 iuajora, terminale 12 — 15 cent. longnm , 7 — 9 latum, 

 omnia snpra glabra nitida, raro apice roucronata, versus ba- 

 siu quandoquc subreroluta, subtus discolora glauco-fusces- 

 centia, costulis venosis patulis fortioribns et obsoletis pro- 

 miunlis pertensa. Injiorescentia priraum contracta fascicu- 

 lato-cymosa, dein elougata corjmbiformis, ramis puborulo- 



