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Vatke (448) in 1881 described Lonchocarpus ? inconstans Vatke from 
Madagascar. 
Baker (12 ) in 1887 described L. paullinioides as a new species fron 
Madagascar. 
Moloney (285) in 1887 described Lonchocarpus sericeus H.B.K. as an 
ereet tree 30 to 40 feet high, very common on the sea- shore of Upper Guinea 
and Lower Guinea. The wood is close-grained and durable. L. cyanescens Benth. 
is a woody climber, 20 to 30 feet long. 
Hooker (196) in 1887-1888 published drawings of Lonchocarpus cyanescens 
Benth. from West. tropical Africa. 
Baker (13) in 1889 described L. polystachus as a new species from 
Madagascar. 
Bolus (33) in 1889 described Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus as a very 
distinct new species from South Africa. This has large and handsome bright 
blue flowers. 
Tenison-Woods (40l) in 1889 wrote of fish-poison plants used in 
Malaysia. In speaking of one of these, Pongamia volubilis Zoll. and Mor. , 
he says, "it is a climbing plant very much like Derris : in fact it is only 
separated from that genus and Lonchocarpus by the peculiarity of its pods." 
Sacleux (364) in 1891 included L. laxiflorus Quill, and Perr. in a 
list of plants of Zanzibar and other African countries. 
Sngler (128) in 1895 wrote that Lon cho carpus laxif lorus Guill. and 
Perr. is widely distributed throughout tropical Africa. 
Durand and de lildeman (122) in 1897 gave information concerning 
the following Congo species: Lo nchoca rpus eetveldeanus Michel i , L. dewevrei 
Michel i, L. comosus Micheli, and L. br.rteri Benth. 
Cortes (91) in 1898 published information on Lonch oca rpus atropurpureus , 
L. guatemalen sis Benth., L. latifoiius H.B.K. , L. longifoiias , L. macro - 
phyllu s H.B.K. , L. sepi um BC. , L. sericeu s H.B.K. , L. tomentosus Tul. , L. 
velutinus Benth. and L. violace us H.B.K. growing in Colombia. 
Chevalier (73) in 1902 described, with drawings, Lonchocarpus cyan - 
escens Benth. growing in Prench Sudan. 
