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204 LEGUMINOS^. 



55. MYROSPERMUM, Jacq. 



Calyx obsoletely 5 -dentate. Four inferior petals alike, distinct, vexillar roundish. 

 Ijegume indehiscent, 1-2-seeded, attached by means of an oblong, stipitate wing. Radicle 

 infiexed. — Leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets alternate, pellucid-striate or dotted; flowers 

 racemose. 



133. M. frutescens, Jacq. Leaflets 5-7-jugal, membranaceous, oblong or oval- 

 roundish, refuse or blunt, glabrous, striate with pellucid lines ; legume as broad as the wing, 

 which tapers at the base into a short stalk. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 118 : the wing is repre- 

 sented as sessile, perhaps erroneously. Kth. N. Gen. t. 570, 571. — M. emarginatum, Kl. in 

 herb. Hook. — A tree or shrub; leaflets 10'"- 1 2'" long; corolla white, with a rosy tinge ; 

 legume (the wing included) 2"-3" long : stalk 4'" long : the resiniferous legume-vessels of 

 the section Myroxylon are wanting. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Venezuela !, New Granada]. 



Tkibe II. CJ2SALPINIE2E. — Flowers not papilionaceous. Carinal petals exterior in the 

 bud. Embryo mostly straight. 



56. H.EMATOXYLON, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, nearly equal. Stamens 10. Ovary few-ovulate, shortly 

 stipitate. Legume compressed, membranaceous, bursting at the middle of the flat facets. — 

 A tree ; leaves abruptly pinnate .- leaflets few-jugal ; flowers racemose, yellow. 



134. H. campechianum, L. — Tuss. Fl. 4. t. 36. Besc. Fl. 2. t. 73. — Branches 

 white-barked, often spiny; leaflets 4-3-jugal, obovate, retuse, glabrous ; racemes axillary ; 

 legume oblong-lanceolate, tapering at both ends. — Hab. Naturalized and now common in 

 Jamaica !, List., JL, Wils. ; Antigua!, Wullschl.; S. Lucia!, Trinidad!; [Yucatan! to 

 Guiana ! ; cultivated in many tropical countries]. 



57. PARKINSONIA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, the vexillar broader. Stamens 10. Ovary sessile. Legume 

 linear, compressed between the seeds, many- or few-seeded, bivalved. — Spiny shrubs ; leaves 

 bipinnate with clustered pinna : primary petioles abortive, secondary elongated, abruptly 

 pinnate with minute leaflets ; flowers racemose, yellow. 



135. P. aculeata, L. Pinnre 1-2-jugal : secondary petioles winged, linear-acuminate ; 

 leaflets minutely oblong or obovate, blunt, uppermost (or many) abortive. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 119. Besc. PI. 1. t. 12.— 12'-15' high ; leaflets 2"'-l'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Al. ; Antigua!, Wullschl.; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Barbadoes!, Trinidad!, in fences ; [Cali- 

 fornia ! to Montevideo ! ; cultivated in all tropical countries]. 



58. GUILANDINA, Z. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, nearly equal. Stamens 10 •. filaments villous below. Legume 

 broadly ovate-oblong, convex-compressed, bivalved, few (-1) -seeded, prickly, shortly stipi- 

 tate : seeds large, bony, subcompressed-globose. — Prickly, trailing shrubs ; leaves abruptly 

 bipinnate : primary and secondary petioles puberulous, bearing recurved prickles : leaflets 

 5-8-jugal, pellucid-dolled, mucronate ; flowers racemose, rusty-yellow .- bracts subulate, 

 deciduous. , 



136. G. Bon due, L. (ex syn. SI.). Leaflets puberulous or glabrescent, oval or ovate, 

 blunt, very unequal at the base : stipules abortive ; bracts as long as the pedicels ; seeds 

 yellow.— G. microphylla, DC— Leaflets 8"'-12" / long, 6"'-8" / broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; 

 Antigua!, Wullsch I., on' the sandy seashore; [Guadeloupe!]. 



137. G. Bonducella, L. Leaflets puberulous or glabrescent, oval-oblong, blunt, sub- 

 cordate at the nearly equal base : stipules cut into large segments ; bracts longer thau the 

 pedicels, recurved ; seeds lead-coloured. — Schrank, Fl. Monac. t. 68. Besc. Fl. 2. t. 90. 

 G. Bonduc, Auct. — Higher than the preceding; leaflets 18"' long, 8"'-10'" broad.— Hab. 

 Jamaica (SI.) ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Florida to Brazil !, along the coast ; trop. Africa !, Mas- 

 cate.!, East Indies!, Pacific Islands!]. 



