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LEGUMINOS^, CCLXXXII. Copaifera. CCLXXXIII. Cynometra. CCLXXXIV. Intsia, 



of pellucid dots ; petioles glabrous. Pj • S. Native of Peru; 

 Hayne, pi. offic. t. 17.y» 



, Jussicii^s Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 ieeU 

 8 C. NiTiDA (Mart, mss^ Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 2-4 pairs 



reflexed and pencilled at the apex. Petals 5, oblong, equal. 

 Stamens 10, distinct; anthers bifid at the apex. Legumes half 

 round, fleshy, indehiscent, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, tubercled on the 

 outside. Seed filling the cell, and fixed to the middle of the 



of incurved, unequal-sided, obtusely-acuminated leaflets, with suture. Embryo straight, with thickish, roundish cordate coty- 

 ledons. — Trees, with bifoliate leaves and red flowers rising 

 from the main trunk of the trees. Legumes brown, edible. 



hardly any pellucid dots, lower ones broad-ovate, upper ones 

 oblong-ovate ; petioles and peduncles glabrous. P2 • S. Native. 



pf Brazil. Heyne, pi. offic. t. 17. a. 

 Shining-\ea\cd. Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



§ 1. Genuince (genuinus^ genuine ; this division contains the 



9 C. la'xa (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of equal-sided, genuine species). Leaves- with one pair of leaflets^ 



somewhat incurved, emarginate leaflets, lower ones ovate-cor- 

 date, upper ones ovate-oblong, all full of pellucid dots ; petioles 

 pubescent ; peduncles villously tomentose. T2 , S. Native of 

 Brazil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 18. 



Loose Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 40 feet. 



1 C. CAULiFLoRA (Lin. spec. 547.) trunk floriferous ; leaflets 



. S. Native of the East Indies, 



emarginate at the apex. 

 Lam. ill. t. 331. f. 1. 



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Rumph. amb. 1. t. 62. 



Peduncles rising 



^ in fascicles from the trunk, bracteolate, with many pedicels rising 



lO^C. LTN^GsVoRFurDesFm^^ Hayne, I.e.) Jf racemes from the roundish bracteas, sometimes short and few- 



leaves with 3-5 pairs of equal-sided, obtuse leaflets, lower ones 

 ovate, upper ones ovate-elliptic, all full of pellucid dots ; petioles 

 and peduncles pubescent. Ij . S. Native of Brazil. Hayne, 

 pi. offic. t. 19. . 



Langsdorf^s Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



lie. cokia'cea (Mart. mss. Hayne, 1. c. p. 427.) leaves with 

 2'S pairs of elliptic, equal-sided, emarginate dotless leaflets ; 

 petioles and peduncles nearly glabrous, fj , S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, Hayne, pi. offic. t. 20. 



Ct>naceoM5-leaved Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 40 feeu 



flowered, sometimes elongated and many-flowered. Perhaps 

 two species are confused under C caulijlora. Flowers white. 

 Stemflowered Cynometra. Clt. 1804. Tree 30 to 40 ket. 

 2 C. RAMiFLORA (Liu. spcc. 547.) branches floriferous ; leaf- 



Tj , S. Native of the East Indies. 



Rheed. mal. 4. 



lets acuminated at the apex. 

 Lam. ill. t. 331. f. 2. 



t. 31. 



Rumph. amb. 1. t. 63. 

 Flowers white. Seed compact, whitish, covered with a 

 thin pellicle, having an astringent taste, but without any smell. 

 Branch-flowered Cynometra. Tree 60 feet. 



§ 2. Duhice (from duhius, doubtful, this division contains 



12 C. cordif6lia (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with usually 5 pairs j^ u*a i - r ^i \ t •*/. ^^«.. ^nirc nf 

 /. T 1 -J J ^ • . 1 .1 ^ a . 1 ^ doubtful species of the genus). Leaves rvtth many pairs oj 



ot nearly equal-sided, emarginate, dotless leaflets, lower ones j n /« & / ^ ^ . 



3 C. polya'ndra (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 286.) branches floriferous; 

 peduncles axillary, short, many-flowered ; leaves abruptly pin- 

 nate, with 2-3 pairs of leaflets. .^2.8. Native of the East 



13 C. Selloi (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of some- Indies, on the mountains of Silhet. Flowers white, polyandrous. 

 >vhat unequal-sided, hardly dotted leaflets, lower ones ovate, Legume fleshy, not tubercled on the outside. This tree is per- 



ovate-cordate, upper ones elliptic-obovate ; petioles and pedun- 

 cles clothed with pubescent tomentum. \. S- Native of Bra- 

 zil. Hayne, pi. oflBc. t. 21. 



Heart-leaflet ted Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



upper ones lanceolate ; petioles and peduncles tomentose. ^2 . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 22. 



Sello^s Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



14 C. oblongifolia (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 6-8 pairs of 

 elliptic-oblong, nearly equal-sided, emarginate leaflets, full of 

 pellucid dots ; petioles and peduncles pubescent. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 23. a. 



Ohlong-leafletted Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



15 C. TRAVEziroLiA (Hayuc, L c.) leaves with 4-7 pairs of distinct genus. 



haps generically distinct from Cynometra^ from the stamens 

 being 40-50 in number in each flower, and probably hypogynous, 

 and therefore it comes near to Swdrtzia, 



Polyandrous Cynometra. Tree 40 feet. 



4 C. pinna'ta (Lour. coch. p. 268.) racemes terminal; leaves 

 impari-pinnate. ^ • G. Native of Cochin-china. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous. Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 10. Legume 

 very thick, yellow, not tubercled on the outside. Perhaps a 



ovate-trapeziform leaflets, which are for the most part emar- 

 ginate, full of pellucid dots ; petioles pubescent, ^i . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



Var. a, crassiucula (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets for the most part 

 alternate, thicker, full of pellucid dots. Hayne, 1. c. t. 23. h. 



Pinnafe-leaved Cynometra. Tree 60 feet. 

 Cult. For culture' and propagation see Copaifera 



CCLXXXIV. IN'TSIA {Intsi is the name of /. Madagas- 



Far.p, tenclla (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets for the most part oppo- cariensis in Madagascar), Pet. Th. gen. nov. mad. p. 22. no. 75. 



site, thinner, and very full of pellucid dots. Hayne, 1. c. t. 23 

 . Trapezium-leaved Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



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•j" ^ species not sufficiently known. 



16 C. dispe'rma (Willem. herb. maur. p. 34.) fruit 2-5eeded. 

 ^2 . S. Native of the Mauritius. 



Two-seeded Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree. 



Ctdt. Sandy loam is the best soil for the species of CopaU 

 fera. Ripened cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand 

 plunged in heat, under a hand-glass. 



CCLXXXHL CYNOMKTRA (from K-vwr, kyon, a dog, and 



jjLr]Tpa^m€tra^ a matrix ; shape and consistence of pods)," Lin. 

 gen. 519. Lam. ill. t. 831. D. C. prod. 2. p. 509.- — Cynomo- 

 rium. Rumph. amb. 1. p. 163. but not of Lin. 



Lix. sysT. Decdndria, Monogynia* Calyx bractless, deci- 

 duous, with a very short tube, and a 4-parted limb : the lobes 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 509. 



the base, 5-parted. 



dria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate at 



Petal one, unguiculate, opposite the ovary. 



' ^ ' rr. Legume 



Stamens 9, 3 of which are fertile, longer, and declinate 

 oblong, compressed, 3-4-seeded. Seeds oblong, with the inter- 

 vals between the seeds filled with medulla.— Tall trees, with pin- 

 nate leaves. 



1 L Madagascarie'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 509.) leaves wUh 

 2 pairs of leaflets, and an odd one ; flowers corymbose ; stamens 

 9, 6 of which are sterile. Fj . S. Native of Madagascar, where 

 it is called Intsi. 



Madaxrascar Intsia. Tree 60 feet. 



res abruptly 



» LI AmboineVsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 509.) leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets ; flowers somewhat panicled ; 



sterile filaments 3, T2 . S. Native of the Moluccas. Caja 

 Bessi or Metrosideros Amboinensis, Rumph. amb. 3. P- * '• ** 



10. This tree is placed in the present genus by M. Du reti 



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