LEGUMINOS^. ex. Robinia. CXI. Poit.ea. CXII. Sabinea. XIII. Coursetia. 



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pinnate ; leaflets oblong-obovate, obtuse, glabrous ; peduncles 

 racemose, crowded. Tj . S. Native of Campeachy. Flowers 

 small, yellowish-red. Perhaps a species o£ Lonchocdrjnis. 



Glabrous Robinia. Tree. 



12 R. pe'ndula (Ort. dec. p. 26.) unarmed; leaves imparl- 



leaves imparl- ilium retuse, shorter than the wings. 



Keel longer than the 



wmgs. 



form, glabrous. 



Stigma terminal. 



Style fili- 

 linear. 



Stamens somewhat exserted, diadelphous. 



Legume stipitate, 

 compressed, many-seeded, mucronulate ; valves flat. Seeds len- 

 ticular. — Shrubs, natives of St. Domingo, with the habit of 



Stipulas setaceous. Leaves iinpari-pin- 



Galcga and Robinia, 



pinnate, with G-8 pairs of oval mucronulate leaflets; stipulas su- nate ; leaflets exstipellate. Flowers white or rose-coloured, 



disposed in axillary racemes. Legumes glabrous. 



1 P. GALEGof DEs (Vent, clioix. t. 36.) petioles wingless ; leaf- 

 lets 12-15 pairs, oblong, mucronate, and are, as well as the 

 branches, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; flowers and le- 



Native of St. Domingo. Gale<:ja Ber- 



bulate; racemes twice the length of the leaves; pedicels twin, 

 1 -flowered. Tj . S. Nativ'e of Peru, at the town called Hua- 

 riaca. Flowers pale violet-coloured. 

 Pen^fw/ott^-flowered Robinia. Tree. 



13 R. puRPU^REA (Link. enum. 2. p. 242,) petioles somewhat gumes nodding. T? . S. 

 spinescent ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, mucro- terii, Spreng. in herb. Balb. P. galcgiformis, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 



nate, pubescent ; pedicels 1-flowered. T2 . S. Native country 

 unknown. Flowers purple. 

 JPwrjj/e-flowered Robinia. Fl. July, Aug. CIt. 1810. Tree. 



272. Leaflets 3 lines lon^^j, and a line and a half broad. Flowers 



of a rose-purple colour. 



Goafs-rue-like Poitaea. Shrub. 



14 R. RUBiGixosA (Mart, et Nees, nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 31. 2 P. vici^efolia (D. C. in ann. sc nat. 4. p. 99.) petiole with 



exclusive of the synonyme of Poir.) shrub imarmed, diffuse ; a very narrow wing; leaves with 16-18 pairs of oblong mucro- 

 ' ' ' ■ ^ ^ , ^ ^. 1.. - . ^ ^^^^ leaflets, which are clothed with hairy pubescence, as well as 



Native of 



leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets 19-21, elliptic, obtuse, somewhat 



i emarginate, pubescent beneath ; racemes axillary, compound, the branchlets ; flowers and legumes erect. 



I?. S. 



and are, as well as the branches, clothed with rusty villi. ^ . S. St, Domingo. Robinia viciaefolia, Bert, in herb. Balb. Flowers 



Native of Brazil, about Tamburil and Valos. Flowers small, of a rose-purple colour. Leaflets an inch long, and about 3 or 4 

 violaceous. Ovary crcnulated. 



Rusty Robinia. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



15 R. Cube'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 392.) 3 P. campani'lla (D. C. prod. 2. p. 263.) petiole terete, fili- 



arboreous; leaflets 9, ovate-oblong, obliquely falcate, glabrous; form ; leaves with 4 pairs of distant, ovate-oblong, rather mucro- 



lines broad. 



Vetch-leaved Poitaea. Shrub. 



racemes in fascicles, pendulous ; calyx urceolate, 5-toothed, pu- 

 bescent. Tj . S. Native of Cuba, near Batabana. Flow^ers pale 

 rose-coloured. Fruit unknown. 

 Cuba Robinia. Tree 40 feet. 



nulate leaflets, which are glaucous beneath, but smooth on both 



surfaces, as well as the branches and petioles, 

 of St. Domingo, where it Is called Campanilla. 



Tj. S. Native 

 Robinia lati- 



folia, Bertero in herb. Balb. Flowers white or pale rose-co- 



16 R. ferrugi'nea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. G. p. loured. Leaflets an inch long, and half an inch broad, on lonir 

 395.) arboreous; branches glabrous, unarmed ; racemes rising petiolvdes. 



before the leaves ; calyx urceolate, 5-lobed, somewhat bilabiate, Campanilla Poitaea. Shrub, 



clothed with rusty tomentum. ^ . S. 

 Flowers rose-coloured or white. 



Ferruginous Robinia. Tree 20 feet. 



Native of Caraccas. 



Cult. See Sabinea for culture and propagation. 



CXIL SABPNEA (named by De Candollc, in honour of 



17 R r.T.v, rr i /rr- \ i i \ .1 i^Ali, feAUriNl^a (namea uy ue v^ancioiie, m iiouuur ui 



!nna.r„"t ,,: , L™»"I°! "• f ILT™!:'^,; t!il .""iT^ Joseph Sabine. F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. who wa» a loug .l.no Secretary 



pinnate, usually with 8 pairs of oblong acutish leaflets ; pedun- 

 cles 3 together, each bearing 3 flowers. T?. G. Native of the 

 north of China. Root yellow, bitter. Flowers white- Perhaps 

 a species of Caragana. The roots in decoction are febrifugal. 



re/^o/r-rootcd Robinia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 .18 R. PYRAMiDA TA (Mill. dict. no. 7.) unarmed; leaves bi- 

 pmnate ; leaflets ovate, sessile, shining above, but pale beneath ; 

 panicles spicately pyramidal, erect. Tj . S. Native of Cam- 

 P<?achy. Flowers red. Perhaps a species of Ccesaljnnia. 



nrami(lal-Ro%yered Robinia. Tree. 

 ^It. All the true species of Robinia are very handsome 



^n in flower, and are very proper plants for ornamental shrub- 

 ^^nes ; the taller species to be placed at the back, and the shorter 



ii ^^k" ' ^^^^^ ^^^ either propagated by layers or by graft- 



g he rarer on the commoner sorts, most commonly on the R. 



•'wtv,ii are certainly very aoubttul species 01 tiie gt 

 oe treated in the same manner as the genus Sabinea. 



CXL POIT^^A (in honour of- . uucuu, a ........ u.....o. ^ 



. ^^^\^*ll^^r in South America, author of Flore Parisienne, in ^ ^' 



Poiteau, a French botanist 



of the Horticultural Society of London). D. C. in ann. sc. nat. I-. 



Jan. 1825. p. 92. prod. 2. p. 2G3. 



Lin. syst. D'ladelphia, Decdndria. Calyx cup-shajjcd, cain- 

 panulate, with a truncate, nearly entire border. Corolla papilio- 

 naceous. Keel obtuse, rather shorter than the vcxillum. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous, the free one and 4 others shorter than the 

 rest. Style filiform, glabrous, circinnately incurved, as well as 

 the stamens. Legume stipitate, compressed, linear, elongated, 

 many-seeded, mucronate by the style. — Unarmed Caribbean 

 shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, glabrous mucronate leaflets, 

 axillary fascicles of 1-flowered pedicels, and purplish flowers. 



1 S. flo'rida (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets 8-9 pairs, elliptic-oblong ; 

 flowers rising before the leaves. Tj . S, Native of the Ame- 

 rican Islands, in St. John, Krabbcn Island, and St. Thomas. Ro- 

 binia florida, Vahl. symb. 3, p. 89. t. 70. 



Flowery Sabinea. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



2 S. DU^BiA (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets 10-12 pairs, elliptic-oblong; 

 flowers rising after the leaves. Fj . S. Native of Martinique 

 and Porto-Rico. Robinia diibia. Lam. ill. t. COG. f 2. Poir. 

 dict. 6. p. 227. but not of Fouc. Robinia Martinicensis, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 312. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the pre- 



Shrub 2 feet. 



<^o»junctionvvithT • V ', ^ x-.u.c .aw^.c...... ». Z)om&//«/ Sabinea. Shrub 2 iect. 



'n the Ann.l 1 ffi'"' ^"^ author of many botanical memoirs Cult. \ mixture of loam, peat, and sand wdl answer tl^e 



Ven. ^uA""l'^^^ Museum . D. C. prod. 2. p. 263.-Poitea, ^.^^^ . ..:„,«. and vounLr cuttings will root if planted ii, a 



ent. choix. t. 36. 



S-t^h'f'"" ^'""^^''^I'^^'"* I^ecandria. 



5. dis 1 ^-^^^^ ^^^ &^^on, especially tne z upper ones. . 

 spoaed in a papilionaceous manner, conniving, oblong ; 



Calyx obliquely truncate, 

 especially the 2 upper ones. Petals 



vcx- 



species'of Sahinea, and young cuttings will root if planted in a 

 pot of sand with a hand-glass placed over them in heat. 



CXIII. COURSETLX (In honour of Dumont dc Courset, 



