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Seem. Panam. i. 21. — P. Trinitatia, Benth. ! : a form with pnberulous racemes. — Leaflets 

 2"-3'' long, sWniiig above : stipules deciduous j pedicels 3''', corolla 6'", legume 8"-2i", its 

 stalk 6"'-3"' long J seed oval, 1" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad!, Prf.; (*•.; 

 in mountain woods, S. Anns ; [Yeraguas 1, Panama I, Venezuela I]. 



45. PTEROCARPUS, L. 



Calyx unequally 5-dentate, turbinate at tbe base. Siaminal sheath open on the apper or 

 both sides; Ovary several- or 1-ovulate. Legume usually hard, compressed, roundish, attenu- 

 ated on the edges, or narrowed by a wing, seminiferous in the middle. — ^Trees ; leaves impari- 

 pinnate: \isa&eii alternate, reticulated ; rasemes usually compound ; &oyfeis yellow. 



119. P. Draco, £. Leaflets 7 (5-9); oblong, bluutish or poiutleted, shiniag-glabrons ; 

 bracteoles ndmite;, calyx ylairous, longer than the puberulous pedicel; ^e^«»>e glabrons, 

 slipitate, corky-rugose, with a very oblique axis, l-seeded, surrouiided hy a narrow wing, 

 which is less ^stinct on the carinal edge. — Jacq. Amer. Fiet. t. 264. y. 91 : a leaf. Aubl. t. 

 299. — P. suberosus, Pers. Moutouchia, Auil. — 25'-30' high ; calyx turning black in drying ; 

 corolla 6'" long; legume 2"-14'' diam. : wing 4"'-3"' broad on the vexillar edge. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Will.; rare at Manohioneal; Trinidad I, Or.; [Guadeloupe!; Nicaragua, Guiana!, 

 Venezuela]. 



120. P. Rohrii, V., Mey. ! Leaflets 7-9 (-5), eEiptical-oblong, shining-glabrous ; brac- 

 teoles linear, often nearly as long as the calyx ; calyx rusty-tomentose, longer than the pedicel ; 

 ovary sessile, tomentose ; legume sessile, submembranaceous, slightly thickened in the mid- 

 dle. — Aubl. t. 147./. 5 4: the legume. — Amphymenium, Eth. Phellocarpus floridns, 

 Benth. — Corolla 6 long. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Venezuela, Guiana!, equatorial 

 Brazil], 



' \ 46. DREPANOCARPTJS, Mey. 



Calyx shortly 5-dentate, blunt at the base. Column of Pterocarpus, Ovary 1-ovulate. 

 Iicgume hard, compressed, wingless, circinate-^cate. — Leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets alter- 

 nate, penninerved ; racemes compound. 



121. D. lunatus, Mey. I Armed with recnrved, setaceous, stipular spinules ; leaflets 

 5—11, oblong, rounded at the \m^, glabrous : veins straight, approximate; racemes in a 

 terminal panicle ; legume stipitate, thickish, reticulated-meose, glabrous, reniform-cochleate. 

 —Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 201. /. 2.— A shrub ; leaflets li' long, 8'" broad; flowers violet ; 

 legume 6"'-&"' broad, forming a complete cirde with a narrow sinus : stalk 4'" long. — 

 Hab. S. Lucia I, S. Vincent !, Guild., in maritime swamps ; [Haiti and Mexico ! to Brazil ; 

 trop. coast of Western Africa]. 



47. MACH.J:E1UM, Pert. 



Character of Drepanocarpus, but legume produced at the top into a long wing, which 

 is reticulated-veiny, and thickened on the inferior edge. 



122. KI. angustifolium, Vbg. Armed with strong, recurved, stipular spines ; leaflets 

 12-30-^'«^ffi?, oblong-linear, retuse, penninerved with straight approximate veins, puberu- 

 lous or glabrescent beneath : petioles and panicles rusty-pubescent ; flowers pedicellate, violet ; 

 standard slightly pubescent, twice as long as the calyx : keel falcate ; column closed on the 

 inferior side ; ovary viEous, curved, long-stipitate ; " legume pubescent, with a glabrescent 

 wing." — Drepanocarpus microphyHus, JB. Mey. M. afine, Benth. — A tree ; leaflets 8"'-12"' 

 long; 2'" (-3'") broad.— Hab. Trinidad!; Or.; [Panama! to Brazil]. 



123. M. robiuifolium, Fb^. Armed with strong stipular spines ; leaflets %-VJ.jugal, 

 oblong, retuse, penninerved with straight approximate veins, puberulous or glabrescent 

 beneath: petioles and panicles rusty-pubescent; flowers pedicellate; standard glabrescent, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; keel falcate , column at length split into 2 equal bundles ; ovary 

 villous, curved, long-stipitate ; legume . . . . — Nissoha, DC. Drepanocarpus isadelphus, E. 

 Mey. M. Sieberi, Benih.SesAj allied to the preceding ; leaflets 20"'-12"' long, 7"'-4"' 

 broad. — Hab. S. Vincent, Trinidad !, Sch., Or. ; [Panama !, Guiana !, equatorial Brazil !]. 



