LEGUMINOS.E. CCL. Poinciaxa. CCLI. Mezoneurum. CCLIL Reichardia. CCLIII. Labichea, &c. 



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ending in a small acumen ; calyx clothed with velvety tomentum ; 

 petals fringed, on long stipes, f? , S. Native of the East In- 

 dies and Abyssinia. Csesalpinia elata, Swartz, obs. 166. Leaves 

 with 5-6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of small 

 leaflets, which are clothed with white tomentum beneath. Flowers 

 with yellow petals, and dark purple filaments. Buds and pods 

 silkv 



Tall Flower-fence. Clt. 1778. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



2 M* pube'scens (Desf. 1. c. t. 11.) leaves pubescent ; legume 



inflated and reticulated in the middle part, fj . S. 

 Java. 



Pubescent Mezoneurum. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Poinciana for culture and propagation. 



Native of 



CCLIL REICHA'RDIA (inhonour of John James Reiehard, 



4 P. Roxbu'rghii ; unarmed; branches and panicle clothed author of a Systema Plantarum, 4 vol. 8vo. Frankfort, 1779 and 



with rusty down; leaves with 11 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 1780., and other botanical works). Roth, nov. spec. 210, but not 



bearing 18-20 pairs of trapezoid-oblong, retuse leaflets ; calyx of his hot. abhandl. nor of his cat. bot. D. C. prod. 2. p. 484. 

 and legumes woolly ; petals fringed, stipitate. I2 . S. Native I^^n. syst. Decdndria^ Monogyn'm. Sepals 5, joined into a cam- 



ofthe East Indies. Csesalpinia inermis, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90. panulate crenulated calyx. Petals 6-10, unequal, disposed in a 



but not of Lin. Flowers with yellow petals, and purple filaments. somewhat papilionaceous manner. Stamens 10, declinate, dis- 



RoxhurgKs Flower-fence. Tree. 



tinct, cohering together beneath the middle by a beard. Ovary 



5 P. compre'ssa (Sesse et Moc. in Iierb. Lamb.) unarmed ; somewhat pedicellate. Style filiform. Stigma dilated. Legume 

 leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 4-5 pairs of samaroid, ending in an oblong wing. This genus is not suffi- 



elliptic, obtuse, emarginate, glaucous leaflets ; petals entire, 

 about twice the length of the calyx, on short stipes ; stamens 

 much exserted. ^2 • S. Native of Mexico and Peru. Racemes 



terminal, simple. Pedicels an inch long. 

 petals and purplish stamens. 



Flowers with yellow 



Compressed Flower-fence. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



6 P. Hi'sFiDA ; branches beset wiih stiff curved bristles ; 



ciently known. 



1 R. hexape'tala (Roth. 1. c.) corolla 6-petalled ; leaves 

 abruptly bipinnate, and are, as well as the stems, prickly. Tj , S, 

 Native of the East Indies. Caesalpinia ligulata, Heyne ex Roth, 

 Flowers about the size of those of E'rvum. 



Six-peialled Reichardia. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 feet. 



2 R. ? decape'tala (Roth, 1. c.) corolla 10-petallcd; leaves 



Native of Mexico, 

 Pedicels 2 inches 



gume unknown. 



Tert'iietalled Reichardia. Tree. 



Cult. See Poinciana for culture and propagation. 



leaves with 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-11 pairs of abruptly and simply pinnate; stem prickly. Pj . S. Native 

 obovate emarginate leaflets, with a bristle in the notch at the end; of the East Indies. Caesalpinia, spec. nov. Heyne ex Rotli. Le- 

 petals crenated, on short stipes. Tj . S. 

 Pavon. Racemes terminal, few-flowered, 

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

 H'lspld Flower-fence. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 

 7 P. GitLiE'sii (Hook. bot. misc. 1. p. 129. t. 34.) unarmed; 

 leaves bipinnate ; leaflets oblong ; petals glandular, denticulate- CCLIII. LABFCHEA (in memory of M. Labiche, an ofllcer 



ly-ciliated at the apex; legume acinaciform, glandular, 1 -celled, of the French ship Uranie, who accompanied Freycenet in his 

 dry. T;. S. Native of Chili, about Mendosa. Flowers sul- voyage round the world ; he died on his passage to the Moluc- 

 cas). Gaud, in Freycenet, voy. part. bot. p. 486. t. 16. 



Lin. syst. Didndriay Monogynia, Calyx of 5 sepals, nearly 

 regular, deciduous. Petals 5, roundish-obovate, rather orbi- 

 cular, nearly equal, spreading, exceeding the calyx. Stamens 2, 

 hypogynous ; filaments very short ; anthers 2-celled, thick, 

 arched, unequal, opening by a suboperculate pore. Ovary on a 

 short stipe, obliquely ovate-oblong, compressed, ending in a su- 

 bulate style, containing 2 ovula. Stigma simple. Fruit un- 

 known. — An unarmed shrub, with alternate, sessile, impari- 

 pinnate leaves, bearing 1-5 pairs of opposite, lanceolate, 

 mucronate, coriaceous leaflets.* Stipulas petiolar, minute. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, many-flowered. Flowers alternate, pedicellate, 

 yellow. Pedicels bracteate at the base. 



1 L. cAssioiDEs (Gaud. 1. c.) ^ . G. Native of New Hol- 

 and land, on the western coast, at a place called in French Baie des 



phur-coloured ; they have a sickly disagreeable smell, and are 

 considered by the common people in Chili to be injurious to the 



hence the vernacular name mat de ozos. The shrub will 



sight 



not grow unless in irrigated places. 



Gillies' s Flower-fence. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



C«a. Beautiful shrubs, with very showy flowers, and are 



nerefore worth cultivating in every collection of stove plants. 



»ey require to be kept in a strong heat to have them to flower 



reeiy. A mixture of loam and peat is the best soil for them. 



^oung cuttings may be rooted if planted in a pot of sand, with 



a hand-glass placed over them, in a moist heat ; but the plants 



are usually raised from seeds received from abroad. 



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^ ^ CCLI. MEZONEU^RUM (from iitaoc, mesos, the middle, 

 vpoi', neuroHy a nerve ; in reference to the seminiferous su 



suture 



A \ "'-J i*»ivi.vc, 111 ICiClCHV-C l\J LliC OCllllllilClvuia outui^ 



91^ T?^^^ being expanded into a wing). Desf. mem. mus. 4. p. 

 "^^J- 1^- C. prod. 2. p. 484. 



chiens marins, and in English Shark's Bay. 

 Cassia-like Labichea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 

 Cult. This shrub will grow well in a mixture of loam and 



, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, which peat, and cuttings will probably root if planted in a pot of sand, 



are concrete at the base; the lower one arched, involving the with a bell-glass placed over them. 



cul^^^' ^^*^^ ^^^ orbicular before expansion. Petals 5, ungui- 

 .u ^^' "pper one the smallest. Stamens 10, declinate, villous at 



CCLIV. HOFFMANSE'GGIA (in honour of John C. Hoff'- 



inansegg, author of Flore Portugaise, in conjunction with Link 

 Berlin, 1806 and following years). Cav. icon, 4. p. 63. D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 484. 



LiK. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynta. Sepals 5, joined at the 

 base, permanent. Petals 5, unguiculate, spreading, glandular at 

 the base, the superior one the broadest. Stamens 10, with the 

 filaments beset with glandular pili, one of which is usually cas- 

 trated. Stigma clavate. Legume linear, compressed, dry, 

 many-seeded. — Herbs or subshrubs, with bipinnate leaves, 



e^ase. Style incurved. Legume foHaceous, flat, ovate-ob- 

 8m^' '" ^^'^^^"^t' 1 -celled, many-seeded, having the seminiferous 



Trees, with abruptly and oppo- 



the base 

 s genus 



JH^f'^^xpanded into a wmg.— ...c,, »,». ^^.^^..j ..... 

 of JJ'P"^"ate leaves, having twin hooked prickles at t 

 is * 1 ^^"^ o^ pinnae. Racemes simple, bractless. Thi_ ^ 



nearly allied to Ccesalpinia, but it is distinguished from it by 

 ^^^ wjnged legume. ^ 

 vpr« a °^*'*RUM (Desf. 1. c. t. 10.) leaves glabrous ; legume 



r; I ^•^- Native of the Island of Timor. 



Glabrous Mezoneurum. Tree 20 feet. 



