434 LEGUMINOSjE. CCLV. Melanosticta. CCLVL Pomaria. CCLVII. Hjematoxylon. CCLVIIL Parkinson 



lA. 



the pinnae sometimes abruptly, sometimes impari-pinnate, and ovate. — A shrub, with abruptly 



bipinnate leaves, pinnatifid stipu- 



las, and axillary racemes of flowers. 



Branches, calyxes, and corollas 



hardly suffruticose ; leaves with 3-6 pairs of pinnae, with an odd beset with glands. This genus 



one, each pinna bearing 3-6 pairs of oval-oblong, glaucous is very nearly allied to Hoffman- 



leaflets : 



with a pedicellate gland at the base of the petiole on one or 

 both sides. Racemes opposite the leaves. Flowers yellow- 

 1 H. FALCARiA (Cav. icou. 4, t. 392.) stems decumbent, 



FIG. 56. 



seggia. 



legumes falciform. "}/. S. Native of Chili, on the 

 mountains about Mendosa, and of Peru. Larrea glauca, Ort. 

 dec. p. 15. Root creeping, tuberous. Flowers yellow. 



/S'/c/t/e-podded HofFmanseggia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. 

 PI. decumbent. 



2 H. TRiFOLiA^TA (Cav, icon. 4. t. 393. f. 1.) stems almost 

 wanting; leaves with 3 pinnce; leaflets ovate, hoary from tomen- 

 tum ; legumes straight, villous. % . S. Native of South America, feet. 



1 P. GLANBULOSA (CaV. 1. C.) 



^ . S. Native of New Spain, near 

 Queretaro, and of North America, 

 on the banks of the Canadian river. 



Flowers yellow. 



Glandular Pomaria. 



Shrub 6 



near Port Desire. Flowers yellow. 



Trifoliate HofFmanseggia. PI. ^ foot. 



3 H. PROSTRA^TA (Lag. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 2. 

 stems almost wanting ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, 

 an odd one : leaflets ovate-oblonnr, rather villous : 



p. 485.) 

 without 



legumes 



Cult. See Hoffmanseggia for 

 culture and propagation. 



CCLVII. HiEMATO'XYLON (from alfia, haima, blood, 

 straight, pubescent. %* S. Native of Peru, about Lima. and ?uXov, xylon, wood; logwood is well known for its red 

 Flowers yellow. colour), Lin. gen. no. 525. Lam. ill. t, 340. D. C. prod. 2. 



p. 485. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx 5-lobed, the tube 

 permanent, but the lobes are deciduous, oblong, and obtuse. 

 Petals 5, hardly longer than the calyx. Stamens 10; filaments 

 pilose at the base ; anthers glandless. Style capillary. Legume 

 compressed, flat, lanceolate, acunainated at both ends, l-celled, 

 2"seeded, with the sutures indehiscent, but the valves burst lon- 

 gitudinally to relieve the seeds. Seeds transversely oblong. 

 Cotyledons 2-lobed. — A tree, with unarmed branches, or with 



Prostrate Hoffmanseggia. PI. ^ foot, prostrate. 

 4 H. pil6sa; stems wanting; leaves radical, with 3 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous, crowded, imbricate leaflets ; 



Native of Peru. 



Petioles and 



peduncles very pilose. 



Flowers yellow. 



racemes radical, simple, few-flowered. 11 . S. 

 Caesalpinia pilosa, Ruiz et Pav. in herbl Lamb. 



Root tapering. 



Pilose Hoffmanseggia. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult. The species of this genus are small herbaceous plants. 

 They grow best in a mixture of peat and loam, and are increased 

 by seeds, which will ripen in this country. 



spines under the leaves. 



1 H. Campechia^num (Lin. spec. 549.) Tj . S. 



Flowers racemose, hermaphrodite 



Native of the 



CCLV. MELANOSTrCTA (from jueXac, melas, black, and Bay of Campeachy at Honduras, and other parts of the Spanish 

 (TTiKTogj stictosj marked ; in reference to the leaves and calyxes West Indies, but now cultivated in Jamaica and other >> est 



India Islands, &c. Plench. icon. t. 329. Woodv. med. hot. p. 

 48. t. 17. Cat. car, 3. t. 66. Sloan, hist. 2. t. 10. f 1-4. Leaves 

 abruptly-pinnate, in fascicles ; leaflets obovate, obcordate. 

 Flowers yellow. Logwood is generally crooked, and seldom 

 thicker than a man's thigh. It was first cultivated in Jamaica 

 in 1715 from seeds brought from the Bay of Campeachy. It 

 makes impenetrable and beautiful fences. Both the bark and 

 wood are gentle subastringents ; but the last excels, and adds a 

 sweetness to its virtue, which makes it more agreeable to the 



being beset with black glands, which have the appearance of 

 black dots or marks). D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 485. 



LiN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, nearly equal, 

 joined together at the base into a short permanent tube, but free 

 at the apex, and deciduous. Petals 5, nearly equal, elliptic, 

 attenuated at the base, length of the calyx. Stamens 10, dis- 

 tinct ; filaments rather villous at the base from branched hairs. 

 Legume compressed, ovate-oblong, hairy, 4-ovulate. — A humble 

 shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope, with somewhat fas- 

 cicled roots, some of which are cylindrical, and others thickened 

 into tubers. Leaves bipinnate, with 2 pairs ofpinnse, each pinna 

 bearing 6-8 pairs of leaflets, with the terminal leaflet elongated. 

 Stipulas pinnatifid. 



palate. The wood is principally used in dyeing. 

 Campeachy or Common Logwood. Clt. 1732. 

 Cxdt. 



Tree 20 ft. 

 d and peat; 



Racemes elongated. 



nearly related to Pomaria^ but the fruit is not sufficiently known. 



1 M. Burche'llii (D. C. 1. c. t. 69.) Tj 

 Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 2345. Cgesalpinia Mela- 

 nosticta, Spreng. syst. append, p. 169. Leaves and calyxes 

 dotted with black sessile glands, whence the generic name. 



BurchelVs Melanosticta. Shrub 1 foot. 



w.*.^. Logwood grows well in a mixture of sai.- ^ 

 This genus is very and cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them in heat ; but the plants are generally 



G. Native of the raised from seeds sent or brouirht from the West Indies. 



CCLVIII. PARKINSO^NIA (in honour of John Par^'^^f^J' 



Cult, See Hoffmanseggia for culture and propagation. The 513. 

 plant is increased by dividing at the root. 



CCLVL POMA^RIA (in honour of — Pomar, physician to 

 Philip 111. of Spain). Cav. icon. 5. p. 1. t. 402. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 485. 



Ltv. syst. Decdndria^ Monogynia. Sepals 5, joined at the 

 base into a short tube, 5-cleft at the apex (f. 56, a.), the seg- 

 ments deciduous. Petals 5 (f. 56. 6.), on short claws, the up- 

 permost one concave, and shorter than the rest. Stamens 10, sol 



485. , 



Sepals 5, equal, spread 



v>L.JuVUl. fAKKlNfeU iNlA ^^m honour oi *'onii **;»«•"-- - 

 an apothecary of London, author of Paradisis Terrestri», lt>-^» 

 and Theatrum Botanicum, 1649). Plum. gen. 25. Lin. gen. no, 

 '=1'^. Lam. ill. t. SS6. D. C. prod. 2. p. 485. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Sepals t^, ^.^ — » » 

 ingly reflexed. Petals 5, ovate, flat, upper one roundish, on 

 long claw. Stamens 10, rather declinate, a little longer than tn 

 claw of the superior petal. Style filiform, rather ascending^ 

 Legume linear-oblong, acuminated at both ends, torose at t 

 seeds, but compressed between them. Seeds oblong, with ^^ 



occur*, uuL coiijpresseu oeiween tnem. oetrus uMiwi«e,j • . 



endopleura tumid, and with a linear hylum. Embryo wUh o - 

 long cotyledons, and an ovate radicle.— A shrub, furnished tvi ^ 



free (f. 56. c), declinate, hairy at the base (f. 56. c). Style 

 filiform, crowned by a capitate stigma. Legume oblong, com- 

 pressed (f. 56. rf.), 2-valved, l-celled, 2-seeded (f. 56. eX Seeds 



solitary or tern straight prickles or spines; Leaves pinnai t 

 leaflets usually deciduous or abortive. Petioles linear, Tery long 



winged. 



Racemes loose. Flowers beautiful yellow. , - 



1 P. Acx]LEATA(Lin.hort. cliff. 157. t. 13.) I? . S. Native o 



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