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147*. O. marginata, lioxb. Leaflets 10-20-juga?, inequilateral, oval-oblong, blunt, 

 puberulous, margined : petiole eglandular : stipules semi-sagittate ; racemes axillary, exceeded 

 by the leaves: pedicels long, supported by subulate bracts; petals reddish; "legume 

 cylindrical, torulose, glabrous, pendulous." — C. Roxburghii, DC. C. javanica, Lun. (non 

 £.). — Leaflets 2", sepals 3'", petals 10'" long. — Hab. Naturalized iu Jamaica!, Wils. ; 

 [introduced from the East Indies]. 



148. C. grandis, L. Leaflets 10-20-jugal, oblong, rounded at both ends, puberulous 

 above, rusty-pubescent beneath : petiole eglandular ; racemes axillary, drooping, rusty-pubes- 

 cent : pedicels ebracteate ; anthers hairy ; legume compressed-cylindrical, transversely rugu- 

 lose, glabrous. — C. brasiliana, Lam. — Leaflets 2"-l£", sepals 3"', petals 4"'-6'", legume 3'-l V 

 (-4") long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Oerst.; [Cuba, Haiti ! ; Panama ! to Guiana! and Ecuador!]. 



Sect. 2. Cham^efistola. — Fertile stamens 7 *• anthers oblong, biporose at the summit. 

 Legume cylindrical or nearly so, icoody or coriaceous, many-celled, often filled with 

 pulp : seeds compressed, parallel to the dissepiments. — Woody plants. 



149. C. bacillaris, L. Arborescent, glabrescent ; leaflets 2-jugal, semiovate, pointed : 

 petiole bearing a conical gland between the lower pair ; racemes few-flowered, axillary or 

 arranged in a lax corymb : pedicels long, spreading, ebracteate ; legnme indehiscent, sub- 

 compressed-cylindrical, apiculate, warty, glabrous : seeds horizontal. — Leaflets 5"-2", sepals 

 4"'-5'", petals 10'", legume 8"-12" iong.— Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sch.; 

 [S. Thomas !, Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



1 50. C. vixmnea, L. Shrubby, scandent, glabrescent ; leaflets 2-jugal, elliptical- 

 oblong, slightly inequilateral, pointed, shining above : petiole bearing a cylindrical gland 

 between the lower or both pairs and a dorsal tubercle at the base : stipules falcate, setaceous, 

 subpungent (or lanceolate) ; racemes axillary, corymbiform : bracts deciduous ; legume 

 coriaceous, dehiscent along the suture, subcylindrical, apiculate, tornlose, transversely 

 veiny, glabrous : seeds horizontal. — SI. t. 180. f. 6, 7. — C. melanocarpa, Bert. C. undu- 

 lata, Benth. /.- a form with semilunar, lanceolate stipules. — A high climber; leaflets 3£"-2", 

 sepals 2"'-3'", petals 6"'-8"', legume 4"-6" (-2") long.— Hab. Jamaica ! : all coll., in 

 mountain woods ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad '., Sch., Lockh. ; [Panama ! to Brazil !]. 



151. C. bicapsularis, L. Shrubby, trailing, glabrous; leaflets 3-i(-2)-jugal, obo- 

 vate or oval-roundish, rounded at the top : petiole bearing an ovoid gland between the 

 lowest pair ; racemes few-flowered, axillary, as long as the leaves : pedicels short, bracteate ; 

 legume coriaceous, dehiscent along the suture, subcylindrical, blunt, glabrous, with a 

 longitudinal, incomplete dissepiment: seeds horizontal. — Jacq. Fragm. I. 58. — Leaflets 

 16"'-10'", sepals 4'", petals 6'", legume 8"-3" long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains. ; Jamaica !, 

 Wils., March; Antigua!, Wullschl.; Dominica!, Imr.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Mexico! to 



Peru !, Madeira !]. 



152. C. laevigata, W. Shrubby, glabrous; leaflets 4,-3-jvgal, ovate-oblong or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: petiole bearing oblong-lanceolate glands between each pair; 

 racemes axillary and terminal, the former exceeded by the leaves : pedicels as long as the 

 flower : bracts deciduous ; legume coriaceous, dehiscent along the suture, subcylindrical, 

 blunt, transversely rugulose, glabrous.— Collad. Caff. t. 5. — Leaflets 3"-2", sepals 4'", 

 petals 6"'-8'", legume 3"-2" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., in the dry bed of Falls River, 

 Kingston; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



153. C. tomentosa, L. Shrubby, tomentose or pubescent; leaflets 8-4,(-2)-jugal, 

 oblong or lanceolate-oblong, rounded or bluntish at the top, pubescent above, tomentose 

 beneath : petiole bearing glands between all or some pairs ; racemes axillary, the terminal 

 arranged in a corymb ; petals large ; legume coriaceous, dehiscent, subcylindrical, tomentose, 

 pubescent.— Leaflets 18"'-9'", sepals &'", petals 10"'-12'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. : 

 [Venezuela ! to Peru, Canary Islands ! to the Cape !, East Indies]. 



Sect. 3. Cham^senna. Stamens of Chamaefistula. Legume flat-compressed, bivalved -. 

 seeds compressed, parallel to the valves, with their longer diameter transverse to them. 

 — Woody plants. 



f Petioles devoid of vascular glands. 



154. C. emarginata, L. Arborescent, pubescent; leaflets 5-3(-2)-jugal, oval-ob- 



