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REFERENCES TO THE BOTAIIY OF LONCHOCARPUS 
Willdenow, in the fourth edition of Linne ' s (263) Species PI ant ar- 
um, published in 1801, described Robinia scandens Willd. ? Lcncho carpus 
nicou) from Guiana. 
Guill?min, Perrottet and Richard (179) in 1833 described Lonchocar - 
pus formosianu s DC. and L. laxiflorus Guill. and Perr. from Senegambia, Africa. 
Information concerning the genus Lonchocarpus H.B.K. was given by 
Endlicher (127) in 1840, and by Meisner (280) in 1843. 
Miquel (284) in 1844 described Lonchocarpus h edyosmu s and L. 
pterocarpus [ Derris pterocarpus (DC.) Killip] from Surinam. 
Mueller (288) in 1361 described Milletfc je, blackii , which according 
to Bentham and Mueller (Flora Australiensis 2: 272. 1864) is Lonchocarpus 
blackii Benth. 
Harvey and Sonder (189) in 1862 described plants of the Cape Colony, 
Africa, region, including L onchocarp us r hilenoptera Benth. This is stated 
to be a native also of Mozambique and Abyssinia. 
Grant and 01iver(l72) in 1872 described Lonchocarpu s laxiflorus 
Guill. and Perr., and L. violaceus H.B.K. from eastern Africa. 
Holmes (195) in 1875 reported on a specimen of timbc collected in 
the province of Rio, Brazil, by Cyriax and Farries and presented to the 
Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society, London. It was not identified botan- 
ically. The taste was not bitter. When chewed the root caused only a 
slight but persistent tingling of the tongue. 
Lindley (262) in 1876 described Lonchocarpus as an extensive genus 
of leguminous plants, of which the greater number are tropical American, 
seven tropical African, and one Australian. Some are small trees, seldom 
exceeding 30 or 40 feet in height, and others tall climbing shrubs with 
woody stems. They have alternate pinnate leaves, except in a solitary 
species from Southern Mexicro, in which they are reduced to a single leaflet; 
and their pea-like flowers are in racemes and either purple reddish or white, 
but never yellow. The genus is solely distinguished from its congeners by 
its pods, the structure of its flowers not differing from that of Piscidia 
and other allied genera. The pod is flat, much longer than broad, varying 
from a thin paperlike to a hard woody consistency, and without wings along 
the edges, the seed-bearing edge being merely thickened or flattened. 
Duges (121 ) in 1881 recorded "Cacahuananchi" as a common name 
applied in Jalisco, Mexico, to Lonchocarpus roseus. 
Ernst (130) in 1881, in a description of the most important families 
of plants found in Venezuela, included Lonchocarpus violaceus as an example 
of a plant belonging to the tribe Dalbergieas. 
