LEGUMINOS.E. CCXLIX. C^esalpinia. 



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8 C. di'gyna (Rottl, ex Willd. noy. act.nat cur. 1S03. vol. 4. 

 p. 198. t. 3.) prickly; leaves with 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 10-12 pairs of oblong-linear, obtuse leaflets ; ra- 

 cemes simple ; flowers usually digynous. ^ . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Ovary hairy. Stamens not exceeding the petals. 

 Legumes 1-2, glabrous, ovate, oblong, ending in an incurved 



Pedicels of flowers very long. Flowers yellow. 



Di^ynou^-flowered Brasiletto. Tree. 



mucrone. 



maica. Plum. gen. 28. t. 9. Flowers yellow. Legume linear, 

 somewhat stipitate, acute, glabrous, 7-8-seeded. Leaflets broad. 

 Great quantities of the wood are sent yearly from the West 

 Indies to England for dyeing, under the name of Brazil-wood, 



Crested Brasiletto. CIt ? Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



17 C. GLANDULosA (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 482.) prickly ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 5 pairs of oval, glabrous leaflets, with glandular margins ; ra- 



9 C. MiMOjsoiDEs (Lam. diet. 1. p. 462. ill. t. 335. f. 2.) prickly ; cemes simple, and are as well as the calyxes pubescent. Tj . S. 

 leaves with 6-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8-12 pairs Native of St. Domingo. Legume sessile, flat, oblong-linear, 



of oval-oblong, obtuse leaflets ; racemes hispid ; calyxes gla- 

 brous. Ti . S. Native of Malabar. — Rheed. ipal. 6. t. 8. 

 Leaves sensible to the touch. Flowers yellow. Legume oval- 

 oblong, few-seeded, woolly. 



Mimosa-like Brasiletto. Clt. 1806. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



10 C. cuculla'ta (Roxb.hort. beng. p. 32.) prickly ; prickles 

 liooked; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 4-5 

 pairs of elliptic, acuminated, glabrous leaflets ; racemes forming 

 terminal panicles ; flowers crowded ; upper segment of the calyx 

 long, cucullate, and arched. ~ 



dies. 



Legume unknown. 

 CwcuWa^e-sepalled Brasiletto. Shrub cl. 



Flowers yellow. 



apiculated by the style, beset with pubescence, and a few brown 

 glands, which are only seen under a lens. C. Bert^rii, Spreng. 



in herb. Balb. 



Glandular Brasiletto. Tree. 



18 C. glabra'ta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. G. p, 326.) 

 unarmed, quite glabrous ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 4-5 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets, which are 

 rounded at both ends and coriaceous ; racemes numerous, 

 crowded at the tops of the branches ; stamens hardly exceeding 

 S. Native of the East In- the corolla in length ; legumes oblong, rather torulose. ^ . S. 



Native of Peru, between Caxamarca and Magdalena. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Glabrous Brasiletto. Tree. 



11 C. TORTUOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 32.) prickly ; prickles 



hooked; young branches and rachis clothed with rusty down ; 19 C. Cacala'co (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 2. t. 137.) 



leaves with about 15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 18-20 prickly, glabrous; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 pairs of sessile, linear, oblong, retuse leaflets, which are glaucous 

 wneath; flowers racemose ; stamens length of petals. b*v^. S. 

 Native of Sumatra. Flowers yellow. 



yn'iifef/ Brasiletto. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



(M 



bearing 3-4 pairs of obovate-roundish, emarginate, membranous, 

 shining leaflets ; racemes terminal, simple : rachis and pedicels 

 rather hairy ; stamens hardly exceeding the corolla ; legumes 

 torulose. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, between Chilpancingo 

 and Zumpango. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p, 328. 

 Cacalaco is the vernacular name of the tree. 



leaves With 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8-10 pairs 



of small, oblong-roundish leaflets, which are pubescent and pale Cacalaco Brasiletto. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 to 20 feet, 



beneath, but shining above; rachis of leaves beset with pedi- 20 C. Papa'i (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 375.) unarmed; 



cellate glands and pubescence; racemes terminal, simple ; legume leaves impari-bipinnate, with 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



straight, acuminated, 3-4-seeded. 

 the desert of Bahia. 



^ . S. Native of Brazil, in bearing 6-7 pairs of small, obtuse leaflets ; racemes lateral ; 



filaments filiform, hairy ; legumes straight, mucronate. 

 Native of Peru. Flowers small. 



\. S. 



Flowers yellow. 



^mameajlelted Brasiletto. Shrub. 



13 C.deserto'rum (Martius, mss. in herb. Lamb.) unarmed ; 

 eaves usually with 1-2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing usually „. _ ^ „, ^- * « ^^ -.-.^ 



oroad, alternate, ovate-elliptic, glabrous leaflets, which are abruptly bipinnate ; petiole ending in a spine ; pinnae 3 pairs, 

 sessile and oblique at the base; racemes crowded with flowers. 



Papal Brasiletto. Shrub. 



21 C. PRiE'cox (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 376.) leaves 



Native of Brazil, in the desert of 



terminal, aggregate. Ti 



*5ahia. Flowers yellow. Legumes unknown. 



^sert Brasiletto. Tree. 



1* C. Bi'juGA (Swartz, obs. 166.) prickly, but glabrous in 



fry part; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2 

 pairs of obcordate leaflets ; flowers panicled, on short pedicels. 

 7-.&. Native of Jamaica. ~ - - 



p^sjcana, Lin. spec. 545.— Sloan, hist. 2. t. 181. f. 2, 3. 



owers yellow. Stamens eaual in length to the corolla. Le- 



each pinna bearing 5-7 pairs of small, emarginate leaflets ; sti- 



Native 



pular spines strong, conical ; legumes straight. 

 of Peru. 



Early Brasiletto. Tree. 



^.S. 



Ponci^na bijuga and Caesalpinia 



few-seeded, black, furrowed. All parts of 



^ Stamens equal in length to the corolla. 



g>nie oval-oblong, ^ -^ - - ^ - - - 



\J ^^^^ '^^ve a strong balsamic scent when bruised* The leaf- 

 ^<^ts^are broad. 



■o-jjatrerf 



22 C. exoste'mma (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 483.) unarmed, glabrous ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 3-4 pairs of ovate, obtuse leaflets ; 

 racemes terminal, simple ; stamens twice the length of the co- 

 rolla. ^ . S. Native of Mexico. Corolla yellow. Calyx and 

 stamens reddish. This species comes very near C Cacalaco. 



Exscrted'crowned Brasiletto. Tree 20 feet. 



23 C. pulche'rkima ; unarmed ; petioles, calyx, and rachis 

 of flowers clothed with rusty down ; leaves with numerous pairs 



Clt. 1770. Tree 15 to 20 ft. of pinnae and leaflets ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, oblique at the 



^^ y. 15Ahame'nsis (Lam. diet. 1. p. 461.) prickly, but gla- base and mucronate at the apex, pubescent beneath, with rexo- 



us m everv nart • l^avoc nrUI^ Q no^fc f\^ rkinno^ i3nf.li ninn'i liifp pHcTPs • mlvv riisitv • rarpiTiPs formintr a tPrmJnnl nnnirlp 



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

 r o"*^ *^ pairs of obovate, emarginate leaflets ; flowers panicled. 

 now -^-^ ^^ '^^ Bahama islands. Catesb. car. 2. t. 51. 



The^^^? ^"^^Jsh. Legume somewhat stipitate, linear, acute, 

 fn tk^T*^? ^^ '^"^ wood for dyeing has occasioned a scarcity of it 

 *« the B,han,a islands. ^ ° 



^<ihama 



18 C. 



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ree. 



part: w:i°.!.f..^^'"-JP«? 



pairs 



ptDQae 



-^t ' — '•*"* "^tn x^O __ 



flowJ ^^^* racemes simple; pedicels thrice the length of the 

 *^i peuls shorter than the calyx. b*S. Native of Ja- 



lute edges ; calyx rusty ; racemes forming a terminal panicle 

 Ij . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, Martius. 

 (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Very-fair Brasiletto. Tree. 



24 C. Shhhoi ; unarmed ; young branches and rachis of 

 leaves beset with glandular bristles ; panicle, calyx, and under 

 side of leaves rusty ; leaves with numerous pairs of pinnae and 

 leaflets ; leaflets lanceolate, mucronate, shining above ; racemes 

 forming a terminal panicle. Ij . S. Native of Brazil. Scllo. 

 Flowers yellow, (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Sella s Brasiletto. Tree. 



