202 LEGUMINOSiE. 



48. HBCASTOPHYLLUM, P. Br. 



Calyx shortly and unequally 5-dentate. Stamens 10-9 : anthers bifid-didymons. Ovary 

 long-stipitate, g-ovnlate. . Legume roundish, flat-compressed, wingless, 1-seeded. — Leaves 

 impari-pinnate or \-foliolaie : leaflets alternate; racemes short, usually corymbose, axillary : 

 flowers small. 



124. H. Brownu, Pers. Leaflets single, ovate or ovate-oblong, pointleted, pubescent 

 beneath. ; corymbs as long as the petiole, rusty-tomeutose ; stamens 10, diadelphous ; legume 

 coriaceous, oblique, neaily orbicular, smooth, pubescent : stalk as long as the calys. — Br. 

 Jam. t. 33./. 1. Besc. PL 4. t. 358. — H. Sieberi, Schb. ! Pterocarpus BcastaphyUum, L. — 

 A shrub ; flowers white, 3"'-4"'long ; legume 10"'-12"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Bist., 

 March, common in maritime thickets ; Antigua !, Wullsehl. ; Dominica !, Imr, ; Trinidad !, 

 Cr. ; [Cuba ! and Panama ! to Southern Brazil !, along the coast ; African coast, from Sene- 

 gambia ! to Guinea I]. 



125. H. monetauria, J3(7. Leaflets Z-^ (-2), ovate or oval, pointleted, ^/ijiroM ; co- 

 rymbs much shorter than the common petiole, glahrescent ; calyx puberulous ; stamens 9, 

 triadelphous, with the column split into 4-andious bundles; legume coriaceous, slightly 

 asymmetrical, oval-orbicular, smooth, glabrous : stalk longer than the calyx.; — Plum. Ed. 

 Burm. t. 24i6.f. 2. Mij. Surin. t. 5. — Dalbergia, L. H. Plumieri, Pers. H. Benthamiamum/ 

 Miq. — Leaflets variable, 6"-2" long, the terminal larger than the lateral ones ; flowers 8'" 

 long ; legume ip'''-13"' diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Fd., Cr. ; [Haiti : Guiana 1, Rio Negro !]„ 



49. DALBERGIA, L. 



Calyx unequally 5-deutate. Stamens 10-9 ; anthers bifid-didymous. Ovary stipitate, 

 2- or several-ovulate. Legume oblong or liuear, compressed, thin, wingless. — Leaves impari- 

 pinnate or \-foliolate. 



126. D. Amerimnum, Benth. Shrubby, trailing, glabrous or glabrescent; leajlets 

 single, ovate, pointed, archnerved ; racemes lax, corymbose, exceeding the petiole : pedicels 

 longer than the calyx ; calyx shortly bilabiate : teeth blunt; standard obcordato-oblong; sta- 

 mens 10, monadelphous ; legume leathery, biconvex, curved, smooth, 3-1-seeded, stipitate. — 

 Br. Jam. <. 31./. 3. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 263. /. 86. — Amerimnum Brownii, Jacq. — 

 10'-13'high; leaves shining ; flowers white, 5"'-6'"long; legume 12"'-6"' (-24'") long, 

 3'" (-5'") broad, slightly falcate, bluntish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., JDisi., Wils., March, 

 Wullsehl., forming impenetrable thickets ; Haiti, Guadeloupe I ; Venezuela I, Panama !, Pa- 

 cifle coast of New Granada I]. 



50. ANDIRA, Lam. 



Calyx shortly 5-dentate or truncate. Carinal petals distinct. Ovary stipitate, few(-l)- 

 ovulate. ie^MBie " drupaceous, ovoid-roundish, 1-seeded." — Trees; leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 flowers paniculate, purplish. 



127. A. inermis, Kth. Leaflets 4-8-iugal, opposite, lanceolate-oblong or oblong, 

 ^acuminate, or with a bluntish point, glabrous; panicle large, terminal, rusty-pubescent ; 



ealyx oampanulate : teeth 3-angular, bluntish, petals nearly of equal lenglii ; ovary glabrous, 

 hairy on the anterior margin, long-stipitate.— ^Zam, III. t. 604./. 1. Aubl. t. 373. Besc. 

 Ft. 1. 1. 53. — Geoffroya, Sw. A. raoemosa. Lam. A. grandiflora, 6uiX. Perr. ! Toucapoua 

 americana, Aubl. — Corolla glabrous, rosy ; " legume ovoid." 



a. Flowers shortly pedicellate ; eoroUa 6"'-5"' long ; standard orbicular : its lamina twice 

 4is long as the ealyx. 



;3. sapindoides, Benth. ! Pedicels often half as long as the calyx ; corqlla 7"U8"' long : 

 standard obovate : its lamina thrice as long as the calyx. — Pterocarpus, BC. 



Hab. Jamaica I, Bist., Al., Wullsehl., common in the hills and along river-banks (a) ; 

 S. KittsI (a)-; Antigua I, Wullsehl. (/3) ; Dominical, Imr. (0); S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 Trinidad I, Lockh., Sieb. Trin. 47 (o) ; [Cuba ! and Mexico I to Guiana ! ; Senegambia!]. 



128. A. retusaj Kth. Leaflets 3-4(-"6")-jugal, opposite, oblong, retuse, or mucro- 

 hulate at the rounded top, glabrous above^ rusty-puberulous (or " glabrescent ") health; 

 coihpound racemes as long as the. leaves : branohes distant, rusty-puberulbus ; calyx campa- 



