drawing by Miss M. Youne, for the blossoms have we 
believe never been produced in Britain,) it is singularly 
liable to be infested by a species of caterpillar, which, at 
intervals, absolutely swarms upon it, stripping it of all its 
leaves and beauty. The foliage has a fetid, subbituminous 
smell, like that of Psoratea Americana, L., or P. bitumi- 
nosa, L. 
Raised from Brazilian seeds by Mrs. Penrotp, of the 
Achada, flowering chiefly in May or June ; the seeds ripen- 
ing in September and October. Mrnier says that in Ja- 
maica, of which it is a native, the other more hoary variety, 
a, Sopuora tomentosa, L., is called Sea-side Pigeon Pea. 
This was made by Lrnnaus a distinct species from the 
smoother plant here figured (S. occidentalis, L.): but they 
have been long united by Mr. Brown, under the name of 
S. tomentosa. 
Descr. An upright, evergreen, bushy shrub, in Madeira 
about five feet high, conspicuous for its fine dark-green, shin- 
ing foliage, somewhat resembling that of the Locust-tree, or 
Carob-tree (Ceratonta Siliqua, L.). Branches round, gray- 
ish, straight, erect, and rather simple, or but distantly sub- 
divided : while young clothed with dense, adpressed, very 
short and close sete rather than hairs; giving them a 
somewhat hoary or mealy gray appearance. Petiole sub- 
quadrangular, compressed, or with the sides flattened and 
broader than above, where it is strongly but narrowly 
channelled ; hoary, like the young leaves and branches. 
Leaflets from six to nine, but generally in eight pairs, with an 
odd terminal one ; on short, flattened, pale flesh-coloured, 
mostly opposite, downy petiolules ; their edges slightly 
revolute: they are from one and a half to two inches long, 
and from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half broad, 
diminishing in size from the second or third pair to the 
terminal odd one, broadly oval, varying from roundish to 
elliptic, obtuse, though with often an inconspicuous, short 
point, coriaceous ; shining, and ultimately nearly smooth ; 
finely reticulated as if minutely punctate, and of a dark, 
glossy green above; beneath pale, with the reticulating 
veins darker, very fine, but distinct and regular, presenting 
a beautiful appearance through the lens: both sides spar- 
ingly sprinkled, even when old, with extremely short and 
minute adpressed hairs. Often by abortion the uppermost 
pair or two of leaflets is imperfect, and variously combined 
with the terminal odd one: and all the leaflets have a ten- 
dency to become more or less alternate. Flowers co 
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