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LEGUMINOSJE. CCXL. Geoffroya. CCXLI. Brownea 



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Flowers white. This plant ought to be removed from the pre- 

 sent genus. 

 , Horsfield's Andira. Shrub. 



Cult. See Geoffroya for culture and propagation. 



spongy 



CCXL. GEOFFROYA (in honour of M. E. F. Geoffroy; well as the calyxes. 



with 9-11 roundly elliptic leaflets, which are glabrous above; 

 petioles wingless, furrowed, covered with rusty tomentuni, as 

 well as the primary veins of the leaves on the under surface ; 

 racemes panicled, pyramidal, clothed with fulvous tomentum, as 



, S. Native of Brazil. 



he was author of a Materia Medica, and died in 1731.) Jacq. 

 amer. 207. Lin. gen. no. 878. D. C. prod. 2. p. 476. — Acouroa, 



Verm ift 



Tree. 



narmed 



Aubl. guian. 3. p. 10. and 753.— Drakensteinia, Neck. elem. alternate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, and somewhat emarginate, 



no. 1344. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphiuy Decdndria. Calyx carapanulate, half- 

 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate. Corolla papilionaceous, with the 

 wings and keel about equal in length, but shorter than the vexil- 

 lum. Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and one free, 

 ovulate. Legume drupaceous, egg-shaped, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, 

 marked with a furrow on both sides, 2-valved inside. Seeds 

 thick. 



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Native of Guiana, on the 



glabrous on both surfaces. 



banks of rivers. Acouroa violkcea, Aubl. guian. 753. t, 301 



Flowers violaceous. 



FiolaceouS'&O'wered Geoffroya. Tree 50 feet. 



Ovary hi- 8 G. ? tomentosa (Poir. diet. 8. p. 181.) leaflets 11, oval, 



Cotyledons fleshy. Embryo straight. 



with 



or unarmed trees, with impan-pmnate 

 cemes or panicles of flowers, and edible seeds. 

 closely allied to Amygdalacece, 



oblong, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous above, and tomentose 



_ „^. ^^^ beneath, as well as the calyxes, peduncles, and branches. >2»S. 



„ American thorny Native of Senegal. Petals nearly equal, velvety on the outside. 

 leaves, axillary ra- Stamens 8 ? monadelphous, very villous. Legume unknown. 



This genus is 



1 G. spin6sa (Jacq. amer. 207. t. 180. f. 62.) spines on the 



This is a very doubtful species of the present genus 



Tomentose Geoffroya. Tree. 



Cult. The species of Geoffroya grow freely in sandy loam, or 

 a mixture of loam and peat, and cuttings will strike root if 



trunk and branches few, and subulate ; leaflets 13-15, oblong, -, - - ^ , „ 



obtuse, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Carthagena, in woods by planted in sand, with a hand-glass placed over them m heat. 



the sea side, and perhaps of Brazil, if the Umkri of Marcgraff, -^ ^ 



brasil. p. 121. f. 1. be the same. Flowers of a dirty fulvous CCXLI. BRO'WNEA (in honour of Patrick Browne, M.ii. 



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colour, diffusing widely a most fetid odour. The drupe is very 

 like an almond, with a tomentose rind of a greenish yellow 

 colour. The pulp is soft, sweet, and yellowish, has a nauseous 

 smell, and stains the hand with rust colour not easily washed 

 out. The nut or stone is white, adheres closely to the pulp, and 

 contains a white kernel that has a farinaceous astringent taste. 

 This plant having papilionaceous flowers, and a drupe for a 

 fruit indicates the close relationship of Leguminosce with Amyg^ 

 dalacece, the following order. 



Clt. 1818. 



author of a history of Jamaica). Jacq. amer. 194. fragm. P- 

 24. exclusive of Palovea. Lin. gen.no. 833. Lam. ill. 575. 1^. ^. 



prod. 2. p. 476 

 Lin. syst. 



Calyx CO- 



MonadSlphia, Deca-Pohjandria. Bracteoles 2: 

 constituting a bifid sheath to the calyx (f. 55. «.)• - . , 



loured, 5-cleft (f. 55. bX with the tube permanent, ana uit 



each other in various way*. 



Stamens 10-1 J 



Spinose Geoffroya. 



Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



monadelphous, with the tube or 



lobes long, usually cohering to 



Petals 5 (f 55. c.\ unguiculate (f. 55. e.). ~ . i- ,iu. 



^ r sheath cleft long.tudinall). 



which is adnate to the calyx. 

 . Legume 1-celled, ^any-seeded, aciaacitom^^ 

 trunk unarmed ; branches covered with spongy bark ; leaflets 7, compressed. Seeds ovate, covered with fungous tibres. 



American trees, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, when 7 ^^ 

 they are flaccid, and with the leaflets revolute at tfte eug^^^ 

 Leaf-bud long and stipulaceous. Flowers ^^^S^'?!,'. ^\yas. 

 scarlet colour, rising in fascicled heads from ^^^.^^'^ Vnairs of 



Ovary furnished with a stipe 

 2 G. SPINULOSA (Mart. reis. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 45.) Style filiform, 

 ink unarmed ; branches covered with spongy bark ; leaflets 7, 



ovate, obtuse, pubescent, and reticulated beneath ; petioles 



winged, the wing spinulose at the base of the leaflets ; racemes 



forming a spreading panicle. ^2 . S. Native of Brazil. 



jSpinw/o^e-leaved Geoffroya. Tree. 



a G. supe'rba (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 2. p. 69. t. 100.) 1 B. rosa (Pers. ench. 2. p. 237.) leaves ^'^'",^ ih of 



unarmed; leaflets 13-17, oblong, obtuse, somewhat emarginate; 



branches and calyxes pubescent. T^ . S. Native on the banks 



of the river Amazon near Tomependa, where it is called Almen^ 



dron or Almond. Flowers yellow. Leaves nearly like those of Tvhen in a young state are rather velvety 



the tamarind-tree (ex Kunth), shining and puberulous above, 



tlen* 



oval-oblong acuminated leaflets ; stamens twice ^^^^^ 



the corolla ; branches and petioles glabrous : flowers ^^ 



' " leaflets of the involucrura roundish, ^^rihncaieu, . 



Native of 



but glaucous and paler beneath (ex Bonpland), glabrous above, 

 and pubescent beneath (ex D. C). The fruit is much like that 

 of the last species. 



#S'ttj)er6 Geoffroya. Tree 24 feet. 



4 G. Bredemeye'ri (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 379.) unarmed; leaflets 17-25, oblong, shining above, but with 

 a few scattered hairs, pubescent beneath; adult branches gla- 

 brous; calyx clothed with canescent tomentum. Tj . 8. Native 

 of Caraccas^on dry hills and in valleys near New Valencia, and at 

 Cumana. 



heads; «* — « 



South America, about Porto-bello, also of ^"^f^^l^^^Zie, 

 it is cultivated. Hermesias, Loefl. itin. 278. B. rosa ^ 

 Ber. act. angl. 1771. p. 171. t. 8, 9. Lam. ill. 515. L ^^ j^.g.^ 

 ciosa, of Reichb. in Sieb, fl. trin. exsic. no. 6^- P^J^j^^g elon- 

 from the present plant unless in the stamens being 



^ated. Flowers scarlet. 

 Rose Brownea. 



Clt. 1820. 



Shrub 8 feet 



2 B. COCCINEA 



of oval-oblongs acuminated 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. I8^u. ^\"" ^-S pair« 

 (Jacq. amer. 194. t. 121.) leaves ^'^"^ ^^^i57s ; 



yellow. 



Robinia striata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1132. 

 Drupe similar to the two preceding species. 



Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Flowers 



tS of Venezuela, 



branches and petioles glabrous. >? . S. NatiNC o r^^«,. 

 Lam. ill. t. 575. £1 L 



leaflets ; 



S. 



flowers m 



m hilly and woody places. 



Corolla scarlet. 



Calyx ferni 



Bredemeyer's Geoffroya. 



5 G. pube'scens (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 121.) 

 unarmed ; leaflets 11-13, elliptic-obovate, obtuse, and somewhat 

 emarginate, clothed with white pubescence beneath, as well as 

 the calyx. 1^ . S. Native of Cayenne. Flowers pedunculate, 

 purple. Leaflets 2 inches long, and about an inch broad. 



Pubescent Geoffroya. Tree* 



6 G. v£RMi'fuoa (Mart. xeis. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 44.) 



gmous. 



Scarlet-fioweTed Brownea. 

 6 to 1 feet. 



Stamens 10. 



Fl. July, Aug 



Clt. 1793 



6h. 



3 B. lati?6lia (Jacq. fragm. p. 25. t 



. 17.) lea^;^^^eli^ 

 pairs of ovate or obov'ate cuspidate leaflets; "^'^ j^^ ^.jtl, the 

 fascicles; involucrum tomentose; calyx compresse , ^ g^ 

 two inferior lobes joined together into an emarginate P* j|^ 

 Native of Caraccas and Trinidad. Flowers red. ^^^.^^ 

 BtQad'haved Brownea. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 to « »= 



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