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the short-clawed petals mainly of an ovate 
type. Pod mar dnd torulose, the swollen 
portions nearly terete.— Three species, na- 
tives of tropieal ie poe America 
and Africa. 
1. P. aculeata L. Shrub or small tree: 
leaves 2-4 dm. long, the rachis winged; 
leaflets numerous, bur Ed blades linear 
to linear-oblanceolate, 1— 10 m m. long: dn. 
elliptic, 8-10 m m g: pet als 10-17 m 
long, bright-yellow; blades except mu of 
standard, oval or ovate: pod 5-10 s 
e guste lag HORSEBEAN. CROWN 
THORNS. JERUSALEM-THORN N.) Roadsides, pum and stream-banks, m 
ous provinees, Fla. to s de Calif. Nat. of trop. Am. and a ult.— —(W. I 
Mez., C. A., —Spr.- —EÉExtensively grown as an ornamental and as a 
hedge- -plant. Nov ow quin od far beyond its MAR poscis limits. 
10. DELONIX Raf. Unarmed shrubs or spreading trees. Leaflets rela- 
tively small and numerous: blades narrow. Sepals much shorter than the 
petals. Blades of the petals mainly flabel- 
late, all long-clawed. Pod elongate-linear, 
flat, the valves woody.—Three species, na- 
tives of Africa 
l. D. regia (Boj.) Raf. Shr ub or tree 
the Keys. Nat. o ada pe and cult.—(W. I.)—Spr.-sum.—The m 
gorgeous of our trees when i oom. The massive clusters of large crimson 
or orange-eolored flowers are COND CONS before the leaves unfold. 
11. POINCIANA [Tourn.] L. Erect mostly unarmed shrubs or trees. 
Leaflets usually few and cd uod m de broad. Sepals much 
shorter than the petals. a 
petals, except the standard, absllate. bs 
flat, narrow, the valves thick-coriaceous. 
Seed flattened.— About 6 species, of tropical 
and subtropical regions. 
pulcherrima L. Shrub or small tree: 
de P. 
leaflets numerous; blades elliptic z ee 
15-25 mm. long: sepals 
ng: filaments 40-45. ong: pod 
9—13 Ei long.—(BARBADOS-FLOWER, D - 
POIN A LOWER-FENCE.) — Hammocks 
and iud S pen. Fla. and the Keys. 
