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LEGUMINOStE. CCXIX. Swartzia. CCXX. Baphia. CCXXI. Zollernia. 



ped 



usually 3-flowered ; petal imguiculate, 



pmnate ; petioles terete ; leaflets oblong, hairy beneath ; flowers 

 spicate; petal pilose beneath. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers 

 white, rising in branches, furnished with orbicular leaves. Ovary 

 covered with silky tomentum. ^ 



, . Fkmingia-Mke Swartzia. Tree GO feet. 



6 b.ocHNACEA(p.a legum.niem. XI. t.580 b^^^ 14 S. Langsdorfii (Raddi, I.e. p. 17.) leaves pinnate- De- 



'rr' rt'' ^'"'"''^ I ^'^T^'' 1-flowered T, . S. Native tioles marginated ; leaflets ovate, acute, glabrous, reticulated whh 

 ot f5outh America, about Buenos Ayres. Howers unknown. veins; racemes 5-6-flowered. b • S. Native of Brazil. Flowers 



roundish, a little fringed, length of calyx ; stamens 20-25. ^ . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Legume on a short stipe, ovate, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds ovate-conical, truncate at the central extremity. 

 SmalUJlowered 



Shrub 6 feet. 



Legume standing on a stipe half an inch long, obovate, tapering 

 to the base, apiculated by the style. Seed 1, large, reniform. 

 Ochna-like Swartzia. Shrub 6 feet. 



♦ • 



leajli 



^ Q / /Tir-n 11 VI ./, ,. ' «--".. ..i*vv*^, j^i«uiwuo , la^jciuca usually o-lOgeill 



b fe. TRiniY LLA (W illd. I. c.) leaves trifoliate, but the lower der, somewhat spike-formed ; petal roundish, h. S 



ones are simple ; leaflets oval-lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles 

 2-5-flowered. ^2 • S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne. Pos- 

 sira arboresccns, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 934. t. 353. Posslra tri- 

 phylla, Swartz, prod. 82. Flowers yellow. 



rar./5,^ranf/j;7om (Raddi, mem. pi. bras. add. p. 16.) leaflets 

 undulated ; petal large. Native near Rio Janeiro. 



white, rising like those of the preceding. 



Langsdorf's Swartzia. Tree 60 feet. 



15 S. polyphy'lla (D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 424.) 

 leaves with 9-11 leaflets; petioles terete, wingless; leaflets 

 ovate, acuniinated, glabrous ; racemes usually 3-together, slen- 



Native 



of Cayenne. Ovary glabrous, stipitate. From the petal fall- 

 ing off very soon the plant is easily confounded with the next 



section. 



Manij'leajletted 



m 



Tree 20 feet. 



ifetled 



Shrub 8 feet. 



7 S. APTERA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 423.) leaves 

 trifoliate ; petioles terete, wingless ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, drawn 

 out into a blunt, narrow, somewhat emarginate acumen ; pedun- 

 cles 2-5-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne and Guiana. 



FFm^/e55-petioled Swartzia. Shrub 6 feet. 



8 S. MYRTiFOLiA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 5.) leaves with 3-5 

 leaflets ; petioles marginated ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong ; petal 



Sect. II. Touna^tea {Tounou is the Guiana name of 5'. 

 «/«;«). Aubl. guian. 1. p.. 550. t. 218. D. C. prod. 2. p.42-i.- 

 Swartzia, Scbreb. gen. no. 1227.— Gynanthistrophe, Poit. in. 

 herb. Deless. Flowers apetalous. Legume hooked at the apex. 

 . 16 S. ala'ta (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1220.) leaves pinnate, with 5 

 leaflets ; petioles marginated ; leaflets oval-oblong, acute, rather 

 velvety beneath; racemes many-flowered, spike-formed. '2-^' 

 Native of Guiana, in woods. Tounatea Guianensis, Aubl. I.e. 

 Ovary hairy, attenuated at the base, containing 4 or 5 ovula, 



orbicular, length of calyx ; stamens very numerous, polyadel- crowned by a short, hooked stigma. Flowers sm'all, green 



phous. Tj . S. Native of the Caraccas. Petal yellowish. 

 Myrtlc-lcavcd Swartzia. Shrub 6 feet. 



fTiw^erf-petioled Swartzia. Tree 20 feet. 



17 S. ape'tala (Raddi, L c. p. 19.) leaves pinnate; leaflets 



9 b. i-inna'ta (Willd. 1. c.) leaves with 5 leaflets: petioles ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; spikes 20-30-flowered; 

 terete ; leaflets elliptic, acuminated ; peduncles rather velvety ; " ' " 



racemes twin; petal orbicular, unguiculate, longer than the 

 calyx ; stamens numerous. Tj . S. Native of Trinidad. Rit- 

 tera pmnata, Valil. eccl. 2. p. 38. Corr. ann. mus. 9. p. 289. 

 t. 24. f. 2. Possira pinnata, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 533. Legume elon- 

 gated, many-seeded. Leaflets 7 inches long. Flowers yellowish. 



Pjnnafe-leaved Swartzia. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 feet. 



10 S. LONGiFoLiA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 423.) 

 leaves with 5 leaflets ; petioles terete ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminated, shining ; racemes panicled, rather velvety, a little 



flowers apetalous. T2 . S. Native of Brazil. 



Apetalous Swartzia. Tree 25 feet. 



Cult. Sandy loam and peat is the best mixture for the specia 

 of this genus ; and cuttings, not deprived of any of their leaves, 

 will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed 

 over them, in heat. 



duces 



pa6 



acuminated, shmmg ; racemes panicled, rather velvety a little ^•P"'^^'- ^. ^- prod. 2. p. 424. 



longer than the petioles ; petal orbicular ; stamens 10. h S. 1 • ^* ®/^^" ^^^^^^ria, Monogynia. Calyx calyptnform, m- 



NatJv*^ f\P r!o,T^««« n„K,„ u: ^!.- „-.i .1 it « *^ ' , cJosmer the corolla- Knrcfi'n^ „«^^^ A^^ ^ovlno anH f^rect under 



Native of Cayenne. Calyx bipartite, with the lobes reflexed. 

 Petals S, particularly with a roundish vexillum and 2 wings. 

 Ovary clothed with hoary, adpressed down. Leaflets 7-8 inches 

 long. Perhaps a true species of Swartzia. 



Long-leaved Swartzia. Shrub 6 to 1 2 feet. 



II S. braciiysta'ciiya (D. C. legum. mem. xi.) leaves with 

 5-7 leaflets, and are as well as the branchlets glabrous ; petioles 



4. p. 367- D. C. prod. 2. p. 424.' 



_. Decdndria, MonogynL. ^^^j^ 

 closing the corolla, bursting under the carina, and erect 

 the vexillum, at length falling off altogether. Corolla ^vith a 

 roundish spreading vexillum, linear wings, which are about the 

 length of the vexillum, and an acute carina. Stamens 10, disj 

 tmct. 



length of the vexillum, and an acute carina. 



♦.n.f Legume falciform. Seeds 6, lenticular.— A tree 



with 

 ted, 



terete ; leaflets elliptic, acuminated ; peduncles smoothish, 5-9- '^"'^^J*'' y/Uow. 



impari-pinnate leaves. Lcafletr 5,' oval-obiong, acuminated, 

 shmmg. Pedicels 2-S-together, 1-flowered, axiUary. Flofferi 



flowered ; petal ovate-orbicular, longer than the calyx. ^ . „. 

 Native of Cayenne. Flowers polyandrous. Stamens about 4oj 

 nearly equal in length. Leaflets 3 inches long. 



Short-spiked Swartzia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



12 S. TOMENTosA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. t. 59.) leaves with 

 5-7 leaflets ; petioles terete, and are as well as the branchlets 

 velvety ; leaflets oval-oblong, acuminated, velvety beneath ; sti- 

 pulas nearly orbicular. Ij . S. Native of Cayenne, on the 

 banks of rivers, where it is called Boix pngaie hlanc. Robmia 

 Panacoco, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 769. t. 307. Robinia tomentosa, 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1131. Racemes rising beneath the leaves 

 along the branches. Flowers red. The wood is white, and 

 very useful. Anncoco is the Guiana name of the tree. 



Tomentose Swartzia. Tree 60 feet. 



Leone. 



ood 



1 B. NiTiDA (Lodd. 1. c). T? . S. Nativ 



^ .le wood is used for dyeing under the name .- — 

 IS brought from Sierra Leone to this country. ^ ,„, 



»'"«'"i^-Jeaved Cam-wood. Fl. Ju. Nov. Clt. 1 793. Tr. 50 n- 

 Cull. See Swartzia for culture and propagation. 



^ CCXXI. ZOLLE'RNIA (dedicated to Frederick WiUiam HI. 

 King of Prussia, as we presume from his being descended troro 

 1 Q rT*'!^''^ "°'i^" Zollern). Max. et Nees. in nov. act. boo. 



Monog^nia. Calyx entire, cleft ja* 



13. p. 1. t.2 and 3. 



Lin. syst. 

 terally (f 



- ., v" ^^. U.J, reuexea. retals a, nearly ecjuai v - . 

 Stamens 9-13 (f. 52. d.), hypogynous ; anthers erect, linear^ 

 O". rfO. acummated, all complete, or 2 a little smaller than 'p^ 



13 S. Flemi'ngii (Raddi. mem. pi. bras. add. p. 18.) leaves sleded \'^T^ (f- 52- A.), stipitate, 1-celled, ^'^-'^f ' ' * 



* ^ ^ ^* seeded. Seeds exalbuminous. Embryo with the radicle unci 



