208 .LEGUMINOS-ffl. 



long, rounded or emarginate on the top .- petiole eglandular : stipules setaceous ; corymbs 

 axillary, peduncled, exceeded by the leaves ; legume coriaceous, linear, straight, glabrous, 

 tumid on the margins, mucronate, subsessile. — SI. t. 180. f. 1-4. — C. chrvsophylla, Rich. — 

 10'-15' high; leaflets 2"-l", sepals 2"'-3"', petals 5"'-6'", legume 5"-3" long.— Has. 

 Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., common in dry savannahs; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti] . 



155*. C. florida, V. Arboreous; leaflets 6-5 (" 14-4") -jugal, oval-oblong, rounded 

 or emarginate at the top, glabrous : petiole eglandular ; corymbs puberulous, arranged in a 

 large panicle : bracts lanceolate, persistent; legume coriaceous, puberulous, linear, slightly 

 arcuate, at length straight and drooping, tumid on the margins, acuminate, shortly stipitate. 

 — C. gigantea, Berter. C. arborea, Macf.— 30'-50' high; leaflets 2"-l", sepals 3'"-^"', 

 petals 6-8"', legume 8"-4" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils., March ; [intro- 

 duced from the East Indies]. 



156. C. spectabilis, DC. Arboreous; leaflets 10-12-jugal, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 acuminate, hispidulous beneath: petiole eglandular; corymbs puberulous; arranged in a large, 

 oblong, spreading panicle : bracts minute, ovate, deciduous ; ovary glabrous ; legume .... 

 — Collad. Cass. t. 7. — C. triuitatis, Rchb. ex diag. — 30' high; leaflets 2£"-l£", sepals 

 3"'-4'", petals 8"'-10'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, March; Trinidad! (Sieb.); [Guiana!, 

 Venezuela, Para!], 



ft Petiolar glands between the leaflets. 



157. C. glauca, Lam. Arboreous or shrubby; leaflets G-4-jugal, oval-oblong or 

 oval, with a bluutish point, glacuous and puberulous or glabrescent beneath : petiole bearing 

 ovoid glands between each of the lower pairs : stipules falcate, linear ; racemes axillary, 

 corymbiibrm, peduncled : pedicels bracteate ; flowers large ; legume membranaceous, oblong- 

 linear, straight, glabrous, transversely impressed along the dissepiments, abruptly stipitate : 

 seeds oblong. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 77- — C. Plumieri, DC. C. planisiliqua, Lam. C. ar- 

 borescens, V. C. sulfurea, DC. C. discolor, Desv. <*— Leaflets 3"-l", sepals 3"'-4'", petals 

 12'"-15'", legume 5", its stalk 1"-1£" long.- Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., March; S. Kitts!, 

 Autigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!, East Indies!]. 



158. C. biflora, L. Shrubby, puberulous or glabrescent; leaflets 8-4-(-l0)-jugal, 

 obovate-oblong or oblong, mucronulate-blunt : petiole bearing a cylindrical gland between 

 the lowest pair; 'peduncles 2-4s(-&)-flowered ; legume membranaceous, oblong-linear or 

 linear, slightly arcuate, somewhat hairy, blunt, rounded at the stipitate base. — C. fulgens, 

 Macf. C. lons^siliqua, L.fil. .''—Leaflets 8"'-4'", sepals 2"'-3"' petals 6"'-8"', legume 

 3"-l|"long. 



a. Legume 4"'-3''' broad. 



ff. angustisiliqua, Lam. Legume linear, 2'" broad. — C. obcordata, Sw. ! : a form with 

 emarginate leaflets. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, common, Trinidad ! Lockh. ()3) ; [Florida !, Haiti !, S. Barthe- 

 lemy ! (/3) ; Mexico ! to Panama! and Venezuela]. 



159. C. multijuga, Rich. Arboreous, glabrescent; leaflets 24:-\0(-%O)-jugal, oblong, 

 mucronulate-bluut, glaucescent beneath: petiole bearing a cylindrical gland between the 

 lowest pair ; racemes arranged in a terminal corymbiform panicle ; legume membranaceous, 

 broadly oblong-linear 1 , straight, glabrous, slightly impressed with transverse lines, rounded 

 at the stipitate base : seeds oblong. — C. calliantha, Mey. ! C. Selloi, Don. C. magnifica, 

 Mart. I C. ampliflora, Steud.! C. fulgens, Wall. /—Leaflets 12"'-6'", sepals 3"'-4'", 

 petals 8"'-12'", legume 4" long, the latter 10'" broad.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Guiana ! 

 to Tucuman !]. 



tff Petiolar glands above the base of the petiole. 



160. C. ligustrina, L. Shrubby, glabrescent ; leaflets 5-8-jugal, lanceolate or 

 oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, unequal-sided, usually ciliate : petiole bearing an oblong gland 

 above its base ; racemes arranged in a terminal corymb ; legume membranaceous, linear, 

 slightly arcuate, glabrous, subsessile. — Desc. Fl. 2. t. 134. — C. bahamensis, Mill. — Leaflets 

 2£"-l", sepals 3"'-4"', petals 6"'-8'", legume 6"-4" long.— Hab. Bahamas {Dill.) ; Ja- 

 maica !, March ; [Cuba! to Guiana]. 



