LEGUMINOS^. CCXCVni. Crudya. CCXCIX. Dialium. CCC. Codarium. CCCI. Vatairea, &c. 



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ceous, thick, l-S-seeded. — Guiana trees, with impari-pinnate 

 glabrous leaves, alternate entire leaflets, and axillary simple 

 racemes of flowers. The genus has the habit of Swdrtztay but 

 is not well known. 



1 C. spica'ta (Willd. spec. 2. p. 539.) leaflets 9-13, oblong- 

 lanceolate, equal at the base, acuminated at the apex. Tp < §. 

 Native of Guiana, in woods. Apalatba spicata, Aubl. guian. 1. 

 p. 383. t. 147. exclusive of fig. 5 and 6. ex Keen, in ann. bot. 1. 

 p. 358. t. 8. f. 5. 



*S))?Va/e-flowered Crudya. Tree 30 feet. 



2 C. aroma'tica (Willd. spec. 2. p. 540.) leaflets 3, elliptic, 



obtuse at the base and equal, but acuminated at the apex. Fj . 



S. Native of Guiana, in woods. Touchiroa aromatica, Aubl. minal branched panicles. 



Sol. in Vahl. enum. 1. p. 302. ed. 2. p. 400. Afz. in Schrad. 

 new. journ. 2. p. 233. 



Lin. syst. Didndriaf Monogynia, Calyx 5-parted ; lobes 

 equal, spreading ; the tube permanent. Petal one, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, flattish. Stamens 2, inserted in the calyx, free, erect ; 

 filaments longer than the anthers ; anthers ovate, 2-celled. Le- 

 gume clothed with black or brown velvety down, 2-valved, I- 

 seeded. Seeds surrounded by mealy pulp. Albumen, ex Afz. 

 (perhaps endopleura) large, and shell-formed. Cotyledons ellip- 

 tic. Radicle hemispherical. Plumule ligulate, acute. — Trees, 

 native of Guinea, with impari-pinnate leaves, bearing 2-5 pairs of 

 coriaceous leaflets. Flowers small, reddish, disposed in tcr- 



giiian. L p. 385. t. 148. Lam. ill. t. 3S9. Racemes 4 times 

 shorter than the leaves, hardly pedunculate. Flowers greenish. 

 Legume 1 -seeded, girded by a wing, ex Aubl. but his descrip- 

 tion is doubtful according to Richard. Wood aromatic. 



Aromatic CrnAydi. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



3 C. Pariv6a (D. C. prod. 2. p. 520.) leaflets 3, ovate, very 

 unequal at the base, acuminated at tlie apex ; racemes equal in 



S. Native of 



length to the leaves, on long peduncles. 

 Guiana, in woods. ^ ■ ' ■ ■ 



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Pariv6a tomentosa, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 759. 

 and 304. Touchiroa Parivoa, Rich. herb. Flowers purple. The 

 stamens are 10 and distinct, and the ovary is hairy. 

 Partvoa Crudya. Tree 20 feet. 



1 C. ACUTIFOHUM (Afz. 1. c.) leaflets unequal, bluntly some- 

 what acuminated, the same colour on both surfaces, glabrous. 

 \^ . S. Native of Guinea, particularly of Sierra Leone. C. ni- 



tidum, Vahl. enum. 1. p. 303. Dialium Guineense, Willd. in 

 Roem. arch. 1. p. 31. t. 6. Codarium Solandri, Vahl. enum. p. 

 302. Hort. trans. 5. p. 460. The pulp in the pods is dry and 

 mealy ; it is eaten by the natives of Sierra Leone under the 

 name of tamarinds, as well as that of the next species. 



Acute -leaved \Q[\^i'i^mBx\nA. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1793- Tree 

 12 to 20 feet. 



2 C. OBTUsiFoLiUM (Afz, 1. c. Vahl. enum. 2. p. 401.) leaf-^ 

 lets equal, rounded at the apex, the same colour on both sur- 



4 C. Vouara'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 520.) leaflets 6, ovate, faces, glabrous. 1?. S. Native of Sierra Leone, and other 

 acute; petiole angular. I2 • S. Native of Guiana, in woods, parts of Guinea. 



Vouarana Gulanensis, Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 12. t. 374. Tou- • Obtuse-leqfletted Velvet-tamarind. Fl, Feb. Clt. 1824. Tree 

 chirrta Vouarana, Rich. mss. Flowers unknown, Vouarana is the 12 to 20 feet, 

 nameofthe treein Guiana. 



Vouarana Crudya. Tree 1 feet. 



Cylt. For culture and propagation see Copatfera, p. ^5Q. 



CCXCIX. DIALIUM (^mXioj/, a name employed for the He- 

 jotropium by some Greek writers ; it comes from htaXvu), but 

 f»e plant of the Greeks has nothing to do with the present). 

 Burm,fl.ind. 12. - ^ ^ 



l^ialium et Aruna, Schreb.—Aruna, Aublet,* guian. l.'p, 15. 

 ^hna, Neck. elem. no, 897. 



IN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted or of 5 



pals; sepals oval, obtuse, concave, equal in length, 2 outer 



nes rather the broadest. Petals none. Stamens 2, inserted in 



e receptacle on the superior side of the flower ; anthers thick, 

 erect, 2-celIed. 



nith'^^ P^Jpy inside, ''l-2-seedpd. Seeds compressed.— Trees, 

 sm W 'jJ^P^^^'P'^nate glabrous leaves, and panicled racemes of 

 llovvers. This genus is nearly allied to Codarium. 



Lin. mant. 24. D. C. prod. 2. p. 520. 



S C. Di'scoLOR (D. C. prod. 2. p. 520.) leaflets elliptic-ob- 

 long, attenuated at both ends, glabrous above, but clothed with 

 very minute velvety pubescence beneath. ^ . S. Native of 

 Sierra Leone, and other parts of Guinea. 



Discoloured'lesixed Velvet-tamarind. Tree 14 to 20 feet. 



Cult, For culture and propagation see Copaifera^ p. 456. 



CCCL VATA'IREA (meaning not explained). Aubl. guian, 

 2, p. 755. t. 302. D. C. prod. 2. p. 521. 



Lin. syst, unknown. Flowers unknown. Legume coriaceous, 

 roundish, compressed, ferruginous, wrinkled on one side, with 

 membranous margins, 1 -celled, indehiscent. Seed large, round- 

 ish, flattened. Embryo straight. — A tree, with impari-pinnate 

 leaves, alternate, oval, glabrous, stiff leaflets, which are cinereous 

 Ovary ovate, sessile. Style subulate, bluntish. on the under surface. This genus is analogous to Pierocdrpus 



from its fruit, but differs in the embryo being straight. 



1 V. Guiane'nsis (Aubl. 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of Guiana, on 

 the banks of rivers. The tree is called Graine a d'artre. 



lets II"' . ^^'^ (Lin. mant. 24.) panicle simple, drooping; leaf- 

 jj^^^^'^P^'^-oblong, acute ; anthers 3 times the length of the fila-. 

 1 2 • 7 • S. Native of Java. D. Javanicum, Burm. ind. p. 

 Ree ' "f ^^ of the synonyme of Rumnh. P. I'ndum, Smith in 



f\r.T ^^ ^^^* !!• no. 11. Calyx clothed with white velvety 

 ^*>^n on the outside. ^ 



^Mtan Dialium. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 

 pound ^^^^^^^^^'tum (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 303.) panicle com- 

 *ef5l' ^'^^^^' leaflets ovate, acuminated; anthers shorter than 

 Gino ^"^^^^^' ^ • S. Native of Guiana, in woods. Arouna 

 _^anensis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 16. t. 5. Aruna divaricata, Willd. 

 Leaflef ^ ^^' Legume oval, compressed, indehiscent, dry. 

 ^ oth ^^^^'P^^^^*^> the ultimate one longer and narrower than 



Guiana Vatairea. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult, See Copaifera for culture and propagation, p. 456 



Tribe XI. 



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^Wica/e Dialium. „., 



• For culture and propagation see Copaifera^ p. 456, 



Tree 30 to 40 feet. 





^ rom Khihoy^ hodion^ the hide of a 

 inference to the consistence and hairiness of the pods). 



VOt. II. 



characters). D. C. legum. mem. xiii. prod. 2. p. 521. Calyx 

 4-lobed, globose before expansion ; lobes valvate. Petals want- 

 ing. Stamens 10-25, perigynous, nearly free. Legume fleshy. 

 Cotyledons thick. — African trees, with impari-pinnate leaves. 

 This tribe agrees with Swartziece in the calyx, but with Cassie^ 

 in the rest of the characters. It comes very near to the order 

 Amygdalacece in the drupaceous fruit, and the icosandrous 

 flowers. 



CCCIL DETA^RIUM {Detar is the name of the tree in 

 Senegal). Juss. gen. 365. D. C. prod. 2. p. 521. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx 4-clefl ; lobes val- 

 vate before expansion. Alabastrum globose. Petals wanting. 

 Stamens 10 ; filaments distbct, alternate ones shortest. Ovary 

 30 



