212 LEGUMINOS.E. 



coriaceous, glabrous, undulate : petiole short, subcylindrical -. stipules setaceous, persistent ; 

 corymbs 3-5-flowered ; calyx irregularly bursting ; petal 1, cordate-orbicular, glabrous, 

 thrice as long as the calyx ; ovary glabrous : style filiform, incurved. — Vahl, Eclog. 1. t. 

 9. DC. Leg. t. 58. — Rittera, V. R. simplex, V. Possira, Sw. S. siinplicifolia, W., quoad 

 synon. S. ochnaceu, DC— Leaflets 5"-3" long; petal yellow, 12'"-14'" diam., either 

 broadly rounded or with a bluntly triangular summit ; " legume 2" long, oblong, tapering, 

 1-2-seeded: aril multipartite." — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; Dominica!, Imr. ; S. Viucent I, 

 Anders.; Trinidad!, Pd., Sch., Cr. ; [Acapalco !, Panama ! to Brazil]. 



179. S. pinnata, W. Leaflets 5, large, elliptical-oblong, pointed, glabrous : petiole 

 cylindrical ; racemes elongated, tomentose-pubescent : pedicels fascicled, longer than the ir- 

 regularly bursting calyx; petal 1, roundish, glabrous, half as long again as the calyx; 

 ovary sericeous: style uncinate-inflexed. — Ann. Mus. 9. t. 24./. 2: the legume. — Leaflets 

 12"-6" long ; calyx globose, 3'" diam., tomentose ; " legume 6" long, contracted between the 

 seeds, 5-2-seeded : aril orbicular." — Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb. Trin. 93; [Guiana]. 



180. S. caribsea, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaflets 5-3 (-1) lanceolate-oblong, pointleted with a 

 bluntish point, coriaceous, glabrous or glabrescent beneath, undulate: petiole striate-cylin- 

 drical; racemes elongated, puberulous : pedicels fascicled, nearly as long as the 4-3-valved 

 calyx; petals none; ovary sericeous: style short, uncinate-inflexed. — It resembles Sw. 

 apetala, Radd. (Salzm. Bah. !) ; but Raddi states the ovary of his species to be glabrous. — 

 Leaflets opposite, shining, reticulated-veiny both sides, tapering and shortly petiolulate at the 

 base, 4 "-3" long, lV'-l" broad : stipules deciduous ; racemes peduncled, nodding : fascicles 

 3-1 -flowered : pedicels 3"'-4'"long; calyx glabrescent, ovoid-globose; ovary semi-ovoid, 

 2"'-3'"]ong, as long as the inflexed stalk : style ^'"long ; legume hard, follicular, elliptical- 

 oblong, pointed at both ends, 2-1-seeded, 2" long, 10"' broad : style excrescent, deciduous : 

 carpophore 6"'-8'" long ; seeds ovoid, black, 6'" long : aril pale, two-thirds as long, lacerate. 

 —Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Lucia !, Anders. 



64. BROWNEA, Jacq. 



Calyx 4-5 -fid, coloured, included within a bracteolar, usually bifid sheath. Petals 5, 

 equal. Stamens 11-10 (-15), inserted into the summit of the calyx-tube, usually monadel- 

 phous. Ovary stipitate : gynophore adnate to the calyx-tube. Legume " compressed, many- 

 seeded." — Woody plants ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; flowers large, usually crimson, in clus- 

 ters : exterior bracts large, caduco-us. 



181. B. Rosa, Berg. Leaflets 2-4-jugal, elliptical-oblong, cuspidate, rounded at the 

 base ; flowers fascicled ; sheath villous, as long as the calyx-tube ; calyx-lobes half as long 

 as the tube and as the petals; stamens 11, shortly exserted, monadelphous. — Philos.- Trans. 

 1773, t. 8, 9.— B. coccinea, Losfl. {non Jacq.).—L low tree ; leaflets 6"-3", flowers 3", 

 pedicels 3'" long ; stamens 4"' longer than the petals. — Hab. S. Vincent 1, Guild. ; [Ve- 

 nezuela]. 



182. B. latifolia, Jacq. Leaflets 6-2(-l)-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, cuspidate, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, polished ; flowers fascicled ; sheath villous, as long as the 

 calyx-tube ; calyx-lobes half as long as the tube and as the mucronate petals; stamens 11, 

 subincluded, monadelphous. — Jacq. Fragm.t.Vt. — B. Rosa of Hort. Kew. — Perhaps not 

 sufficiently distinct from B. Rosa, but the leaflets usually broader and more numerous, and 

 the flowers shorter. — Leaflets 4"-2", flowers 2", pedicels 3'" long ; stamens equalling the 

 petals, or l'"-2"' longer. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sch., Pd., along S. Ann's river ; [Venezuela]. 



183. B. speciosa, Rchb. Leaflets 4-3-jugal, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, 

 cuspidate, subacute at the base ; flowers fascicled ; sheath villous, exceeding the calyx-tube ; 

 calyx-lobes 3-4 times shorter than the tube, and the petals ; stamens 10, nearly twice as 

 long as the petals, monadelphous. — Lam. III. t. 575./. 3. — B. Rosa, Lam. — Leaflets 4"-2", 

 flowers 2", pedicels 3'" long ; longest stamens 10'" longer than the petals. — Hab. S. Vincent ! , 

 Guild.; Trinidad {Rchb.). 



65*. TAMARINDUS, L. 



Calyx 4-partite, bilabiate. Petals 3 : 1 superior, 2 inferior abortive. Stamens 3 (-2) 

 fertile, monadelphous, the rest abortive. Ovary stipitate : gynophore adnate to the calyx- 



