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LEGUMINOS^. CCXLVIII. Coulteria. CCXLIX. Cesalpinia. 



Itensis in the Antilles). D. C. legum. mem. xiii. Legume ob- 

 long, acuminated at both ends, indehiscent, samaroid, 1 -seeded* 



brous, curved, obtuse. \. S. Native of the province of 

 Popayan, near Carthagena. Caesalpinia pectin^ta, Cav. prsel. 



D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 84. Turp. diet. sc. nat. icon. Caesal- Seeds flat, transversely oblong. Calyx clothed with rufous down. 



Csesalpinia Tarra, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 



pinia tinctoria, Domb. ined 



per. 4. t. 376. Flowers orange-coloured. Legume 5-6-seeded. 

 Leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 6 pairs of 

 leaflets. The wood is used in dyeing. 



Dyers' Tara. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



4 C. Mexica'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 481.) leaves, calyxes, 

 and legumes glabrous ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; legumes 

 rather torose at the seeds, acuminated at both ends. ^ . S. 

 Native of New Spain. Caesalpinia vesicaria, Sesse et Moc. fl. 

 mex. icon. ined. Flowers yellow, but with the superior petal 

 reddish. Stamens approximate. Leaves with 4 pairs of pinnae. 



Mex 



Shrub. 



Perhaps a proper genus. 



4 C. sca'ndens (Roth, nov- spec. 209.) petioles and branclies 

 prickly ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 4 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated leaflets, which are tomentose beneath ; 

 flowers disposed in loose panicles. ^ . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Legume roundish, oval, glabrous, 2 inches long and 

 1^ inch broad. Flowers and seeds unknown. 



Climbing Brasiletto. Clt. 1800. Shrub cl. 



5 C. Brasilie'nsis (Lin. spec. 544. exclusive of Catesby's 

 synonyme) unarmed; leaves with 7-9 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing about 15 or 16 pairs of oval-oblong, obtuse, glabrous 

 leaflets ; rachis and calyxes pubescent ; racemes rather panicled ; 



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5 C. Chile'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 481.) flowers pentandrous. pedicels rather shorter than the corollas, flowers and stamens. 



Native of Chili. Tara tinctoria, Mol. chil. 1. c. ex 



Schult. syst. 5. p. 407. The leaves are said to be opposite. 

 Chili Tara. Shrub. 

 Cull. See Ccpsalpinia for culture and propagation, p. 432 



T2 . S, Native of Jamaica, St. Domingo, and perhaps of Brazil, 

 according to the name. This is the tree which affords the Bra- 

 siletto or Brazil-wood of commerce, much used in dyeing. It 

 is an excellent timber wood, but seldom exceeds 8 or 10 inches 

 in diameter. It is elastic, tough, and durable, and bearing a 



CCXLIX. C^SALPrNIA (in honour of Andreas Csesal- fine polish ; it is of a beautiful orange and red colour, full of 



pinus, chief physician to Pope Clement VIIL, the father of 

 systematic arrangement in plants ; in his work entitled De Planti 

 Libri sedecem, Florence 4to. 1583. He died in 1602, at Rome). 

 Plum. gen. 28. t. 9. Lin. gen. no. 516. Lam. ill. t. 335. 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 144. D. C. legum, mem. xiii. prod. 2. p. 481. 

 Lin. syst. Vecdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx cup-shaped at 

 the base, 5-lobed ; lobes unequal, the lower one largest and 

 a little arched. Petals 5, unequal, ungviiculate, the upper one 

 shorter than the rest. Stamens 10, with the filaments villous at 

 the base and ascending ; anthers all fertile. Style filiform. Le- 

 gume unarmed, compressed, 2-valved. Seeds oval-oblong, 

 compressed. Embryo with an elongated plumule. — Prickly or 

 unarmed trees or shrubs, with abruptly bipinnate leaves, and 

 simple or branched racemes of yellow flowers, with the pedicels 

 bractless at the base. 



resin, and yields a fine tincture by infusion. 



Common Brasiletto. Clt. 1739. Tree 20 feet. 



6 C. fe'rrea (Martins, mss. in herb. Lamb.) unarmed, pu- 

 bescent in every part ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 4-6 pairs of elliptic, oblique leaflets ; racemes panicled ; 

 legume oblong-ovate, mucronate, pedicellate. '^ . S. Native 



Pao-fi 



or Iron-tree, 



Iron Brasiletto. Tree. 



of 



Sect. I. 



(Nvga is the Mol 



species). D. C. legum. mem. xiii. Legume 1-2-seeded. Seeds 

 very thick, transversely oblong. Calyx glabrous. Perhaps a 

 proper genus, allied to Moringa or Guilandina. 



1 C. NuVa (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 32.) primary petiole prickly 

 beneath ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 2-3 pairs of ovate, acute leaflets ; flowers in racemose panicles. 



T^. S. Native of the Moluccas. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 50. Gui- 

 landina Nuga, Lin. spec. 546. Legume flat, short, ending in 

 an incurved mucrone. Guilandina Niigae of Burm. ind. 99. is 

 very different from this plant in the simply pinnate leaves. 

 Roots diuretic. 



Nuga Brasiletto. Clt. 1801. Tree. 



2 C. panicula'ta (Desf. cat. ed. 2. p. 210.) petioles and 

 branches prickly ; leaves with 2-4 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets oval; 

 flowers panicled ; pedicels longer than the flowers. Tj , S. Na- 

 tive of Malabar, in humid places. Guilandina paniculata. Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 435. Legume oval, acute at both ends. — Rheed. mal. 

 6. 1. 19. 



Prtnic/erf- flowered Brasiletto. Clt. 1817. Tree. 



8 C? AXILLARIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 481.) petioles and branches 

 prickly ; leaves simply pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acute ; flowers 

 axillary, usually solitary. Tj .S. Native of Malabar, in woods. 

 Guilandina axillaris, Lam. diet. 1. p. 435, — Rheed. mal. 6. t. 

 20. Legume like those of the first species. 



^xiV^ry-flowered Caesalpinia. Tree. 



- Sect. 11. Brasile'itia {Drasiklto is the name of C. Brasi- 



Sect. III. Sappa^nia {Sappan is the Malabar name of the 

 tree). D. C. legum. mem. xiii. prod. 2. p. 482. Campecia, 

 Adans. fam. 2. p. 318. Legume compressed, many-seeded, 

 1 -celled, with dry valves. Seeds oblong. Upper petal short 



7 C. Sa'ppan (Lin. spec. 544.) leaves with ^0-12 Vf^^ 

 pinnjB, each pinna bearing 10-12 pairs of unequal-sided, od- 

 liquely oval-oblong leaflets, which are emarginate at the apex^ 

 flowers panicled; calyxes glabrous. ^2- S. Native o 



East Indies. Roxb. cor. 1. t. 16 Rheed. mal. 6. t. 2. ^A-e- 



gume compressed, woody, glabrous, obliquely truncate a 

 apex. Flowers yellow. Ovary pubescent, ending m the sn 

 style. The uses of the wood of this tree in dyeing are n"™^"* 

 throughout Asia ; it is an ingredient in the red dye <>" ^ w , 

 of Coromandel, commonly called the chay dye. , 



cheap red is required for cotton cloth, the wood is ^"^JP^^^^^^ 

 the Telinga dyers, but they cannot make it stand. ^ he VJ° „ 

 of the Telinga dyers is as follows :— The cotton cloth isj ^ 

 washed, to remove any remains of the quick-lime, &c- "^, 



bleaching ; an infusion of half a pound of the P^^^f ^'^^'^f "" /. 

 in a pint and a half of cold water strained is employed l'.^_ 

 pare the cloth, which is done by wetting it twice in the sa 

 fusion, drying it between and after. The following ''ay '^V ^^ 

 wetted in a strong solution of alum, and as often orie ^^ ^ 

 sun. Next day a decoction of the Sappan-wood is prep ^^^ ^^ 

 follows : take 1 pound of Sappan-wood in powder, ^^^ . g 

 quarts, boil it till a third is consumed, divide the remauu *j^ ^ 

 quarts into 3 parts, one of 4 and the other two of 2 <1"*^ , ^ ^^ 



• and 

 the other 



into the 4 quarts put the cloth, wet it well, wring it gen >» 

 half dry it, it is again wetted in one of the small portion , 



posses 

 -wood 



saeA 



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Sappan Brasiletto. Clt. 1773. Tree 40 feet 



