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lin. longa, utrinque rotundata vel apice sepius retusa, petiolulis semilin. longis, rhachibus 
gracillimis. Flores graciliter pedicellati, racemosi, polygami (?) ; racemi pauciflori, foliis 
oppositi brevioresque ; calyx furfuraceus, segmento infimo multo majore fimbriato, ceteris 
spathulatis ; vexillum sessile, villosum; stamina 12, filamentis basi incrassatis, barbatis ; 
ovarium.... Legumen stipitatum, oblique oblongum, sesqui- usque bipollicare, fere mem- 
branaceum, dispermum, seminibus orbiculatis compressis. | 
- Norra Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter, 485). Hb. Kew. | 
A very distinct species in its slender habit and few distant flowers. 
8. Cesalpinia glabrata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 326. 
SoutH Mexico, near Tantoyuca (Hrvendberg, 229).—Pxrv. 
9. Cesalpinia laxa, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 60. 
NortH Mexico, Monterey, Nuevo Leon (Eaton & Edwards) ; Soura Mexico, Teojo- 
mulco (Hartweg, 455). Hb. Kew. 
10. Cesalpinia mexicana, A. Gray, in Proc. Am. Acad. v. p. 157. 
New Mexico; Lower Catirornt4.—NortH Mexico, Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon 
(Berlandier), Monterey (Haton & Edwards). Hb. Kew. 
11. Cesalpinia pulcherrima, Sw. Obs. p. 166. 
Poinciana pulcherrima, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 554; Bot. Mag. t. 995. 
Nort Mexico, Ures, Sonora (Schott); South Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 
2301), State of Mexico (Andriewx, 413), without localities (Jurgensen, Bates, &c.); 
GuateMALA, Esquintla (Velasquez) ; CENTRAL AMERICA, without any more definite 
locality (Barclay).—Northern parts of SourH America, West Inpigs, GALAPagos, and 
SanpwicH Isuanps. Hb. Kew. 
12. Cxsalpinia, sp. : | 
Sours Mexico (Beechey); Nicaragua, Segovia (Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
13. Cesalpinia, sp. () Coulteria). 
Souta Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 873). Hb. Kew. 
| 83. HOFFMANSEGGIA. » 
Hoffmanseggia, Cav. Ic. iv. p. 63; Benth..et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 567. 
About fifteen species of herbs or dwarf shrubs, with the exception of two in South- 
Africa, natives of America, chiefly of the western side, from Texas to Patagonia. 
1. Hoffmanseggia densiflora, A. Gray; Pl. Wright. i. p. 55. 
Texas ; New Mexico, to—Norra Mexico, Chihuahua (Potts). Hb. Kew. 
2, Hoffmanseggia drummondii, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. i. p. 393. 
Texas; New Mexico to—Norts Mexico, Matamoras to Goliad (Berlandier). Hb. 
Kew. 
