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PoiNCIANA GlLLIESII. Dr. GlLLIES* 

 PoiNCIANA. 



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Class and Order. 



Decandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — LeguminosjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis sepala 5 inasqualia, basi in cupulam subpersisten- 

 tem coalita/inferiore fornicato. Petala 5 stipitata, supe- 

 rior difformi. Stamina 10, longissima, omnia secunda, 

 filameutis basi hirsutis. Stylus longissimus. Legumen 

 plano-compressum bivalve submultiloculare isthmis spongi- 

 osis. Semina obovata compressa, endopleura in aqua gela- 

 tinosa, cotyledonibus planis, plumula ovali.—Frutices aut 

 arbores elegantissimcz, aculeate aut inermes * olia abrupte 

 pinnata. Flores paniculato-corymbosi. Pedicelli longi basi 

 ebracteatL D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Poinciana* Gilliesii; inermis, foliojis oblongis, c^ibus 

 glandulosis apicibus dentato-ciliatis leguminibus aci- 

 naciformibus glandulosis uniloculanbus exsuccis 



Poinciana Gilliesii. Hook, in Bot Misc t>. 1. P- l& £**• 

 et vol. 3. p. 208. Don, Gen. Syst. of Gar d- and Bot. v. 

 2. p. 433. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. v.b.t.SU. 



Cjjsalpinia Gilliesii. Wall. MSS. 



When I first described this charming plant a native of 

 Mendoza, South America, in the Botanical MiaceUany 



* -» T ! - .• L u j Pnivri who was Governor General 



* Named in compliment to M. de Foinci, wnu w » 



of the Antilles, about the middle of the seventeenth century. 



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