LEGUMINOSiE. CCXVL Amerimnum. CCXVII. Brya. CCXVIIL Deguelia. CCXIX. Swartzia. 



379 



2 A. STRiGULosuM (H. B. ct Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 389.) leaves ovate, rather cordate, obtuse, clothed with adpres- 

 sed pill on both surfaces. ^ . S. Native on the banks of the 

 Orinoco, Branches and petioles clothed with ferruginous to- 

 mentum. Racemes axillary, solitary, 3 times longer than the 

 petioles. 



Strigulose Amerimnum. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Cult. See PlerocdrjmSy p. 377, for culture and propagation. 



on the banks of rivers. Branches and leaves glabrous. Pe- 

 duncles clothed with brown velvety down. Bracteas small, 

 acute- Flowers white. 



Climbing D,_ 



lia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Pterocdrpus for culture and propagation, p. 377. 



erminatc before falling fro 

 ronn, legum. 135. D. C. 

 fam. 328. 



Monadebyh 



Suborder II. or Tribe VII. 



J ■ 



SWARTZIE'^ (plants agreeing with Swartzia in important 

 /3puw, hryo^ to sprout ; the seeds characters). D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 422. Sepals 

 1 the tree). P. Browne, jam. 299. closely joined into an ovate-globose alabastrum before expan- 

 prod. 2. p, 421. — Aldina, Adans. sion (f. 52. i.), which at last bursts valvately, as the flowers 



Flowers the same as 



expand (f. 52. ^.). 



Petals few, irregular or wanting, and are, 



Radicle 



as well as the stamens, hypogynous (f. 52. c/.). iiaaicie m- 

 those oi Amerimnum J but the stamens are all monadelphous, the curved (f. 21. e.f,). Cotyledons thick. Germination unknown. 



tenth one concrete with the others to the middle. Legume bi- 

 articulate; joints 1 -seeded, dehiscent, compressed, with the 

 superior suture straight, and the lower one convex, but the up- 

 per joint is sometimes wanting, — American trees, furnished with 

 stipular spines, simple crowded leaves, or perhaps trifoliate 

 leaves, with the leaflets sessile. 



Leaves simple or simply pinnate. This is a very distinct sub- 

 order or tribe, agreeing with Delarlece in the valveless calyx, 

 with tribe Mimbsece in the hypogynous stamens, and in the 

 irregular petals as well as in the habit of the plants with Dal- 

 oer^^iecB 



CCxix. SWA'RTZIA (in honour of Olof Swartz, M.D. a 



1 B. E'benus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) spines distinct; leaflets long time resident in the West Indies, and author of Flora In- 



aggregate, obovate; peduncles 2-3-together, axillary, 1-2-flow- 

 ered, shorter than the leaves, Tj . S. Native of the West In- 



dica Occidentalis, &c.) Schreb. gen. 1227. Willd. spec. 2. p. 

 1219. D. C. prod. 2. p. 422. 

 P. Browne, j^am. 299. t. 31. f. 2. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 246. Lin. syst. Deca-Polydndria^ Monogynia. Sepals closely con- 



nected into an ovate-globose alabastrum, but bursting afterwards 

 somewhat irregularly and almost valvately almost to the base. Pe- 

 tal one, hypogynous, flat, lateral or wanting. Stamens 10-15-25, 



Aspalathus E'benus, Lin. spec. 1001. Amerimnum E'be- 



(lies. 

 f. 1. 



nus, Swartz, prod. 104. Pterocarpus buxifolius, Murr. syst. 

 fi4i. Pterocarpus glabrus, Reichb. Flowers bright yellow. Fruit 

 lunate, hairv. "" " 



The wood of this tree is cut in the West Indies, variable in number, hypogynous, sometimes with 2 or 4 of tliem 

 and sent to England under the name of ebony, though it is not larger than the others, and sterile, and appearing like petals, the 



rest usually connected a little way at the base. Legume usually 

 stipitate, 2-valved, 1 -celled, few-seeded. Seeds arillate, exal- 

 buminous. Embryo with thick cotyledons, and an uncinately, in- 

 flexed, short, exserted radicle. — Trees, with simple or impari- 



tlie true ebony, which is a plant of a very different genus. The 



wood of this American ebony being of a fine greenish brown 



colour, and polishing very well, and of a very hard durable 



nature, is much coveted by musical instrument makers. 



orowne says that the small dimensions of this shrubby tree pinnate leaves, and with the flowers rising in racemes from the 



renders it fit only for few purposes, the trunk seldom exceeding axils of the leaves. 



D 



3 or 4 inches in diameter, but that the slender branches being 

 ^ery tough and flexile are frequently used for riding switches, 

 and generally kept at all the wharfs about Kingston to scourge 

 tlie refractory slaves. 



Arnerican Ebony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1713. Tree 12 to 14 ft. 



2 B. ? PARYiFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 421.) spines connate ; 



eaflets oblong-lanceolate, tapering to the base ; racemes brac- 



Shrub 1 2 feet. 



teate, few-flowered. Pj . S." Native of Brazil. Amerimnum 

 parviflorum, Spreng. neue entd. 2. p. 159. 



^mall-Jionered " 



Ctt/^ See Pterocdrpus for culture and propagation, p. 377. 



vyAVlII. DEGUE' LIA (abridged from OMfl-^a^a^ara «n- 



jS! ^^^ Caribbean name of the plant). Aubl. gui;;n. 2. p. ^y^^, . 



'J>0. t. 300. Lam. ill. t. 603. D. C. prod. 2. p. 422.— Cylizoma, yellow. 



Neck.elem.no. 1343. ^ Simj 



. Sect. L Possira (the name of S. arborescens in Guiana). 

 Aubl. guian. 2. p. 934. — Rittera, Schreb. gen. no. 1919. — 

 Hoelzelia, Neck. elem. no. 1383. Flowers usually with one 

 petal, rarely with 3 ; when the last is the case, one of them is 

 much larger than the rest. 



Leaves simple^ having the petiole bidentate at the apex. The 

 teeth in place of sttpels. 



1 S. siMPLiciFOLiA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1219.) leaves simple, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, emarginate ; peduncles usually 5-flowered ; 

 petal one, roundish, ovate, larger than the calyx ; stamens 

 20-25. J^. S. Native of the West Indies. Rittera sim- 

 plex, Vahl. Possira simplex, Swartz, prod. 82. Flowers pnle 



Lin. syst. Diadilphia, Dccandrla. Calyx bilabiate, upper 



^'P entire, lower one trifid. Petals 5, disposed into a papilio- 



aceous corolla ; wings and carina equal in length, but the vex- 



"um IS larger. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Ovary (ex Richard) 



^eciinate narrow, oblong, hispid, straightish. 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



J>ut, capiilarj^ hispid on the i 



Style stretched 1. t. 9. 



termi 



V^^ ' 1-seeded. Seed spherical 

 sannentose shmK «:*!, : !.: „• ,„„ 



inner side even to the apex. Stigma 



small, 



A 



1 s of oval acute leaflets, spike-formed axillary racemes of ^2.8. 



Simple-leaved SwsLTtziaL. Clt. 1818. 



2 S. GRANDiFLORA (Willd. 1. c.) leavcs simple, oblong-ovate, 

 acuminated ; peduncles 3-flowered ; petal roundish-reniform, 

 large ; stamens 20-25. I7 . S. Native of Trinidad and St. 

 Vincent. Rittera grandiflora, Vahl. eel. 2. p. 67. pi. amer. dec. 



Flowers yellow. Ovary stipitate, arched. 

 1-Jlonered Sv^artzm. Clt. 1821. Shrub C to 8 feet. 



3 S. dodeca'ndra (Willd. 1. c.) leaves simple, ovate, drawn 

 out at the apex into an emarginate acumen ; peduncles usually 

 5-flowered ; petal oblong, length of calyx; stamens 10-20. 



Native of South America. Rittera dodecandra, Vahl. 



Nissblia 



1 



) ^ 



(accord 



S. Native of Guiana, 



symb. 2. p. CO. t. 34. Ovary stipitate. Flowers yellow. 

 Dodecandrous Swartzia. Shrub G feet. 

 4 S. parviflora (D. C. legum. mem. xi. t. GO.) leaves simple, 



3c 2 



petioles 



