ON  THE  KINO  TREE  OF  WEST  AFRICA. 
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lam  papilionaceam  disposita.  Stamina  10,  filimentis  variee  inter 
se  connexis.  Legumen  indebiscens,  irregulare,  suborbiculatum, 
ala  cinctum,  sape  varicosum,  1-2-spermum.  Cotyledones  cras- 
siusculae  incurvie.    Radicula  ad  embrjonis  basim  subinflexa. 
Arbores  aut  arbusculce  inermes,  Folia  imparipinnata.  Ra- 
cemi  axillares  {Char,  ex  D.  C.  Prodrom.  2,  p.  418.) 
Pterocarpus  erinaceus, 
P.  cortice  succum  proprium  nigrescentem  exudanti ;  foliolis 
11-15  alternis  ovato-oblongis,  obtusit  subemarginatisve,  superne 
glabris,  subtus  dense  et  breve  tomentosis ;  staminibus  8 — 10 
monadelphis  aut  irregulariter  diadelpbis  ;  leguminibus  orbicula- 
tis  membranaceis,  in  disco  ecbinatulis. 
Pterocarpus  erinacea.  Poiret  in  Lamck.  Diet.  5.,  p.  728. 
Must.,  t.  602,/.  4  (fructus). 
Pt.  erinaceus,  D.  C,  Prodrom.  2.  p.  419. 
Pt.  Adansonii,  D.  C,  I.  c. 
Pt.  Senegalensis,  Yalxlex  Herh.  Jussieu?  Hook,  in  Crray's 
Travels  in  W.  Africa,  p.  395,  t.  D. 
Arbor  40 — 50  pedes  circiter  alta,  ramosa;  trunco  nodoso, 
crasso ;  ramis  divaricatis,  teretibus,  junioribus  velutinis  ;  liguo 
flavo-rubescenti ;  cortice  griseo  rimoso,  succum  proprium  pallicle 
rubrum  dein  nigrescentem  exsudanti.  Folia  impari  pinnata  ;  fo- 
liolis 11 — 15  alternis,  distantibus,  petiolulatis,  ovato-oblongis, 
obtusis  subemarginatisve,  margine  undulatus,  superne  glabris 
viribus,  subtus  brevissime  et  dense  tomentosis  pallidioribus,  nervo 
medio  prominulo  nervulisque  lateralibus  parallelis,  instructis ; 
junioribus  rufo-sericeis,  adultis  2 — 3  poll,  longis  1|  poll,  latis. 
Stipulie  lanceolatee  cauli  appressse,  viliosse,  circiter  3  lin  longag 
cito  deciduse.  Flores  in  ramis  vetustis  infra  foliorum  gemmas 
nascentes,  paniculati,  flavi,  bracteolulati,  pedunculis  teretibus 
rachi  foliorum  brevioribus,  tomento  brevi  rufoque  onustis,  singulo 
pedicello  3  flores  gerenti.  Calyx  companulatus,  hinc  gibbosulus, 
dense  velutinus  5-dentatus,  subbilabiatus.  Corolla  papilionacea, 
flava ;  vexillo  reflexo  subrotundo,  apice  emarginato,  margine 
subundulato,  unguiculato,  costa  nigra  longitudinaliter  notato ; 
alis  subspathulatis  lseviter  arcuatis,  longe  unguiculatis,  bine  au- 
ricula brevi  obtusa  basi  instructis,  vexillum  paulo  superantibus ; 
carina  vexillo  alisque  breviore,  petalis  2  alis  consimilibus  basi 
