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between seeds, 2-valved. Seeds 1- , suborbicular obovate or oblong 
rather thick shining (of one colour or two’) cotyledons; radicle 
short, straight.—Trees ; leaves impari- or subparipinnate ; leaflets 
coriaceous, stipellate or more frequently exstipellate ; stipules small 
or 0; flowers? in usually branched axillary or terminal racemes; 
bracts and bractlets small inserted on pedicel, or minute (America, 
tropical Asia’). 
271. Pericopsis Tuw.‘—Flowers of Ormosia; ovary stipitate. 
“ Legume stipitate broadly linear plano-compressed coriaceous inde- 
hiscent (?); both sutures marginate. Seeds much compressed, 
broadly ovate or orbicular ; cotyledons obliquely cordate at base ; 
radicle somewhat incurved towards larger auricle.”—A tree ;* leaves 
imparipinnate; flowers’ racemose in upper axils or in branched ter- 
minal racemes; bracts and bractlets minute, very caducous (Ceylon’). 
272. Bowdichia H. B. K.*—Receptacle turbinate, disciferous 
within. Calyx-teeth valvate or subimbricate. Corolla nearly of 
Ormosia or Diplotropis. Stamens 10 very perigynous; filaments 
articulated at base free; anthers versatile uniform, 1 or 2 often 
wanting. Germen stipitate excentric; ovules «©; style slender in- 
flexed at apex, stigma capitate. Legume (nearly of Deguelia) oblong 
linear plano-compressed membranous indehiscent ; placentary suture 
narrowly winged. Seeds o, oblong transverse; cotyledons thick 
plano-convex ; radicle short incurved—Lofty trees; leaves impari- 
pinnate ; leaflets o, exstipellate; stipules narrow caducous ; flowers’ 
in Jax much branched terminal racemes ; bracts and bractlets small 
(Tropical America”). 
273. Diplotropis Brnra".— Receptacle turbinate, disciferous 
1 Testa smooth, scarlet or variably spotted 7 Species 1. P. Mooniana Tuw., loc. cit. 
with black. 
2 White, lilac, or dark purple. 
3 Species about 18. Wuiaut, Icon, t. 245 
(Sophora).— Watu., Pl. As, Rar., t. 125.— 
Benta., Fl. Hongkong., 96; in Mart, Fl. Bras., 
Papil., 315, t. 125, 126.—Watp., Rep., i. 807; 
ii. 903 (DMacrotropis) ; v. 549 ; Ann., iv. 587. 
4 Enum. Plant. Zeyl., 413.—B. H., Gen, 
556, n. 277. 
5 With habit of Ormosia. 
6 Dark purple. 
The genus only differs from Ormosia in its 
legume and curved radicle. 
8 Nov. Gen. et Spec., vi. 876.—DC., Prodr., 
ii. 519.—Enpu., Gen., n. 6749.—B. H., Gen., 
557, n. 279.—Sebipira Mart., Reis., 787.— 
Cebipira Pis., Brasil., 78. 
® White or blue; petals rather crisp at edges. 
10 Species 1 or 2. Bewru., in Ann. Wien. Mus., 
ii. 89; in Mart. Fl. Bras., Papil., 311, t. 123. 
1 In Ann, Wien. Mus., ii. 88.—-ENDL., Gen., 
n, 6748.—B. H., Gen., 557, n. 278. 
