_Flores_ numerosi, flavi. _Pedicelli_ breves curvati, basi bractealis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis subulatis. _Calyx_ quinquedentatus, pubescens, basi bracteis duabus parvis subulatis munitus; dentibus subæqualibus, duobus superioribus apice rotundatis, reliquis acutis. _Corolla_ papilionacea, cito caduca. _Vexillum_ rotundatum margine undulatum, basi breve unguiculatum, alis majus. _Alæ_ carina majores. _Carina_ foliolis distinctis. _Stamina_ monadelpha tubo superne fisso, filamentis alternatim longioribus. _Antheræ_ rotundatæ, flavæ. _Pistillum_ staminum longitudine. _Germen_ subovatum, pubescens, viride. _Stylus_ filiformis, curvatus. _Stigma_ simplex. _Legumen_ majusculum, compressum, in orbiculum curvatum, pubescens, monospermum. _Fig._ 1. Flowering branch, after the leaves have fallen away. _a._ the red gum flowing from the wounded part. _Fig._ 2. Leaflet of the compound pinnated leaf. _Fig._ 3. Calyx. _Fig._ 4. Standard of the corolla. _Fig._ 5. One of the wings. _Fig._ 6. The Keel. _Fig._ 7. Bundle of Stamens. _Fig._ 8. Pistil. _Fig._ 9. Legumen. _All but figures_ 1, 2, and 9, _more or less magnified_. This plant loses its leaves in the month of November, and in December the flowers appear. The tree is known amongst the inhabitants by the name of Kari, affording one of the best kinds of Gum Kino. Where an incision is made, the juice flows out, at first of an extremely pale red colour, and in a very liquid state; but it soon coagulates, becoming of a deep blood red hue, and so remarkably brittle, that its collection is attended with some difficulty. [Illustration: _G. Scharf Lithog:_ _Printed by C. Hullmandel._ _Pterocarpus africanus._ _London. Pubd. by J. Murray, Albemarle Stt. 1825._] METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.—FOOTA JALLO.