5 " Poincrana Spb BARBADOrS ~ 
ts: _ Frower-Fence. 
HRREReaR ERI 
Clafs and Order. 
Decanpria MonoGynia.. . 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Cal 5-phyllus: inferiore majore. Petala 5, Giharunidetiohoe, 
ioe: longiffima ; omnia foecunda, difereta. Legumen compreffo- 
planum, bivalve, pluriloculare. Sem. unicum in — sp 
Joculamentis. +. Mone Juatg 
Specific Chavaéter and na f 
POINCIANA pulcherrima ; aculeis geminis. > Specs Plug gas 
— 2. p. 258. Hort. Upfi 101. Hort. Kew. 
2. p54. Facq. Amer. 122%. dds Pid. 62. t. 120. 
POINCIANA. Tourn. Inf. 619. 1. 391. Brown Tam i 
| Hughes Barbad.:p. 201.» 
CASALPIN [A palberrina foliolis chiapasnoestaals emar- 
Gat ginatis calycibufque glabris, corymbis fimpli- 
cibus, petalis fimbriatis, ftaminibus longiflimis. 
Swariz Obfo166. Willd. Spe Pl. 2. 631- Mart. 
Mill. Did. a 2. 
SENNA fpuria arborea fpinola, é&c. Sloane Fam. 2. DP. 49- 
CRISTA. PAVONIS flore elegantiffimo variegato. Burm. 
Zeyl. 
CRISTA PAVON Nis. Frutex pavonius. Breym. Cent. 61. t. 
22. Rati Hiff. 981- 
ACACIA orientalis gloriofa, colutee foliis, ad genicula fpinis 
emellis aculeata. Pluk. Alm. 5. 
FLOS PAVONIS. Mer. Sur. 45. t. 45- 
TSIETTI mandaru. Rheede Mal. 6. p. 1 
The name of PotnctaNa was given to this {fplendid fhrub 
y Tourneront, in commemoration of M. De Pornct, 
Governor 
