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138. G. glabra, Mill. Leaflets glabrous, shining, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, equal 

 at the rounded base, pointed : stipules abortive ; bracts as long as the pedicels ; seeds 

 "grey" (Buchass.). — Leaflets papery, 3"-2" long, l£"-li" broad.— Hab. Jamaica!,^/., 

 March, Wullschl. ; [Martinique!]. 



59. CiESALPINIA, L. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, persistent : limb coloured, 5-partite : inferior segment larger, 

 vaulted. Petals 5, unequal. Stamens 10. Stigma concave, minutely ciliate. Legume 

 oblong, straightish, unarmed, wingless, sessile or shortly stipitate. — Stem woody ; leaves 

 abruptly bipinnale ; flowers racemose: pedicels jointed, destitute of bracts. 



Sect. 1. Nicaragua. — Legume baccate, indehiscent, tumid-compressed, few-seeded. — 

 Flowers in compound racemes, yellow. 



139. C. bijuga, Sic. Arboreous, prickly (or unarmed), glabrous; pinna 2-3-jugal : 

 leaflets 2{-Y)-jugal, obversely deltoid-roundish or obliquely rhomboid, slightly retuse, 

 pellucid-dotted ; pedicels jointed below the top ; petals exceeding a little the shorter calyx- 

 segments, as long as the sexual organs ; filaments and ovary villous ; stigma thickish ; legume 

 Z{-\)-seeded, succulent, black, straight, sessile. — SI. t. 181. f. 2, 3. — Poinciana, L. C. 

 ventricosa, L. C. glandulosa, Bert. Acacia Bancroftiana, Bert. I — 15'-20' high ; leaflets 

 12"'-9'" long, 10"'-8'" broad ; petals 4"'-5"' long; legume impressed transversely with 

 spurious dissepiments, tumid on the margins, bluntish at the top, 2"— 1" long, 6'" broad, 

 2"'-3"' thick : seeds shining-brown, compressed-globose, 4"' diam ; — Hab. Jamaica !, Bancr., 

 Al., Wilt., in dry savannahs and on limestone-rocks; [Cuba !, Haiti !, Curacao]. 



Sect. 2. Sappania. — Legume dry, bivalved, many-seeded. — Flowers in simple racemes. 



140*. C. sepiaria, Hoxb. Shrubby, prickly, puberulous above', pinnce 6-10 (-4) -jugal : 

 leaflets 8-12-jugal, oblong, rounded or subtruueate at the top, puberulous beneath or gla- 

 brescent : stipules semisagittate, deciduous ; pedicels long, jointed at the top ; petals 

 exceeding a little the calyx ; filaments shortly exserted, villous below ; stigma thickish ; 

 legume 6-8-seeded, glabrescent, obliquely long-cuspidate, sessile. — Wight, Ic. t. 37. — C. 

 horrida, Rich. Cub. (non Lfassk.). — Diffuse or trailing ; leaflets 6"'-5'" long, 2'" broad, 

 pale beneath ; petals 6"' long ; legume flat-compressed, at length tumid, devoid of dissepi- 

 ments, rouuded at both ends, 2?"-2" long, 10"'-8" / broad : seeds ovoid, variegated-black, 

 4'" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Dominica!, Lmr. ; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba, Guade- 

 loupe ! ; introduced from the East Indies ! for growing fences]. 



141. C. pulcherrima, Sw. Shrubby, prickly, glabrous; pinna 9-3-jugal: leaflets 

 10-5 -jugal, oblong or spathulate-oblong, rounded or subtruncate at the mucronulate top ; 

 racemes terminal, pyramidal : pedicels very long, jointed below the top ; petals exceeding 

 the calyx, often lacerate on the margin ; sexual organs thrice as long as the corolla ; fila- 

 ments slightly hairy below ; stigma minute ; legume 8-1 0-seeded, glabrous, shortly cuspidate, 

 and shortly stipitate. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 120. Besc. Ft. 1. /. 6. — Poinciana, L.— W- 

 12' high; leaflets 6'" long ; petals red-orange (rarely yellow), 1" long ; legume flat-com- 

 pressed, obliquely rounded at the top, intercepted with cellular tissue between the seeds, 

 4"-5" long, 8"'-10'" broad : stalk 1*' -2'" long.— Hab. Jamaica (Macf.) ; S. Kitts !, Els. ; 

 Antigua!, Wullschl.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad I, Sch.; [Cuba! and Mexico! to 

 Brazil ! ; trop. Africa !, East Indies !, Pacific Islands !]. 



142. C. crista, L., Sw. Shrubby (or arboreous), prickly, glabrous ; pinna 4(-5-l)- 

 jugal: leaflets 5 -3 (-9) -jugal, obovate-oblong or oblong, retuse or rounded at the top; 

 racemes terminal : pedicels long, jointed below the top ; petals shorter than the calyx ; 

 sexual organs 2-3 times as long as the calyx; filaments squamulose below ; stigma thickish ; 

 legume 10-7-seeded, glabrous, obliquely acuminate, shortly stipitate. — Catesb. Carol. 2. 

 t. 51. Besc. Fl. 7. t. 503,4 : bad. — C. bahamensis, Lam.- Leaflets variable, 12"'-5'" (-18'") 

 long, 5"'-23'" (-12'") broad; flowers "whitish"; odd calyx-segment twice as long as the 

 rest,' reflexed, somewhat longer than its tube, which is 3'" long; sexual organs 1" long ; 

 legume flat-compressed, scimitar-shaped at the ton, continuous inside, 3" long, 5'" broad: 

 stalk 2'" long : seeds subquadrate, compressed, 3'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas \, Swains. ; S. 

 Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba I]. 



