200 LEGUMINOS^. 



114. I>. TioUcens, Kth. Leaflets 4(-2-6)-jugal, ovate, with a Uuntish point, pellncid- 

 dotted, glahrom ; calyx glabrous, subtrnncate ; standard glabrous ; legume hard^membra- 

 naceous, glabrous, sinuate-oblong, pointed, tapering and acute at the base, g-l-seeded. — 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. 261./. 61': the flower. Desc. Fl. 7. t. 522. — Kobinia, Jaeq. K. sepiom, 

 Sieb. Mart. 182 (non Sit!.).—A- low tree, 12' high ; leaflets 2i" long, li"-l" broad j flowers 

 violet ; calyx 2'", corolla 6"'-7"' long ; legume 4"-2" long, 1" broad, contracted between 

 the seeds. — Hab. Antigua f, Nio/iols., Wullsehl. ; Dominica I, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Quild. ; 

 Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 133 ; [French islands 1, Venezuela 1, New Granada]. 



115. Zi. sericeus, Kth. Leaflets 4(3-9)-jugal, oval-oUong, pubescent beneath or gla- 

 brescent ; calyx sericeous, snbtruncate ; standard sericeous ; legume woody, tomentose (or 

 tubernlons), straightish-repand or sinuate on the margin, oblong, shortly stipitate, 4-2(-l)- 

 seeded. — Bobinia, Poir.~ A tree ; leaflets 8"-2i", calyx 2'", corolla 8'" long ; flowers purple ; 

 legume 4"-2" long, 9"'-8"' broad. 



a. Leaflets pointleted, rounded at the base; calyx somewhat exceeded l>y the large cadu- 

 cous bracteoles ; legume tomentose. 



|3. jamaicensis. Leaflets blunt, subacute at the base, glabrous ; bracteoles minnte ; legume 

 pnberulons. 



Hab. Jamaica t, Dist. (o), Fd. (ft in rocky placesj Manchester) ; Montserrat, Trinidad ; 

 [Cuba ! to Brazil; western trop. Africa]. 



42. MUELLEKA, L.fil. 



Character of Lonchocarpus, but " legume nearly terete in the transverse section at the 

 seeds." 



116. K. moiuliformis, L.fil., Mey. Msseq.l Leaflets bijugal, eUiptical, usually 

 pointed, with scattered pellucid dots, glabrous ; pedicels geminate, single ; calyx puberulous 

 or glabrescent, subtruneate : teeth minute, distant ; standard glabrous ; legume many(-1)- 

 aeeded, moniliform, deeply constricted between the seeds. — Aubl. i. 356. Miq. Surinam, 

 i. 4. — Coublandia frutescens, Aubl. Lonchocarpus pterocarpus, Miq. I in PI. Hostm. 

 {nan DC). Sphinctolobium glancescens, Jlfjj'. — A tree or shrub; leaflets membranaceous, 

 3"-! V' long J flowers purplish: calyx 2", corolla 8'" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, O., at Irais ; 

 [Guiana]. 



43. PISCIDIA, £. 



Calyx shortly and broadly 5-denlate. Wings adhering to the falcate keel. Stamens and 

 ovary of Lonchocarpus. Legume compressed, shortly stipitate, bearing along both margins 

 two broad membranaceous longitudinal wings. — A tree; leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets 

 opposite; racemes lateral, precocious, compound : ^edieeh jointed above ; &ovieia whitis/i, 

 with a purplish tinge. 



117. P. Erythrina, L. — St. <. 176.y; 4, 5. — P. carthaginensis, L. : a form with larger 

 bluntish leaflets ; DC. : a form with a shorter legume-stalk. — 15'-30' high ; leaflets 5-3- 



• jngal, pubescent or glabrescent, oblong or elliptical, pointed or blunt ; flowers 6"'-8"' long ; 

 J legume 4"-2" long, 4'" broad, puberulous : stalk 5"'-2"' loug, usually 2-3 times as long 

 ' as the calyx, sometimes scarcely exserted : wings transversely striate, lacerate,or repand, each 



B"'-6"' broad ; seeds 6-8, transversely oblong, black, subcompressed, 3^" long.— Hab. 



Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, all. coll., common ; Antigua !, Wullsckl. ; S. Lucia !, S. 



Vincent ! ; [Florida ! to Guayaquil !]. 



44. PLATYMISCIUM, Vog. 



Calyx 5-dentate. Wings free : carinal petals distinct below, (hary l-oviilate, long-sti- 

 pitate. Legume flat-compressed, membranaceous, stipitate, seminiferous in the middle, firmly 

 cohering and wing-like around the seed.— Leaves opposite I, impari-pinnate, glabrous ; leaf- 

 lets oppomVe ; racemes (mWa?y: feiiceh simple, jointed at the top ; lowers yellow. 



118. P. platystachyum, Benth. Leaflets 5 (7-3), eUiptical, blunt, or with a bluntish 

 point, chartaceous ; racemes simple ; pedicels as long as or somewhat longer than the calyx ; 

 standard roundish, as long as the wings ; legume oval-oblong, 5-8 times as long as its stalk.— 



