_ Poinciana. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 355 
pedicel and two below the flowers near the apex of the 
pedicels. Calyx ; leaflets lanceolate, rather shorter than 
the petals. Petals orbicular, the two lower ones smaller 
than the others. Anthers ten, all fertile, alternately larger. 
Legumes linear-cuneate, much compressed, suberect, 
smooth, from one to two inches long, containing from six 
to twelve or even more seeds. 
POINCIANA. Schreb. gen. n. 701. 
Calyx five-leaved. Petals five, unequal, the highest 
longer clawed, more beautifully coloured, and fringed. 
Stamina long, ascending, naked, all fertile. 
1. P. pulcherrima. Linn. 
Shrubby, armed. Leaves bipinnate. Leaflets oblong, 
emarginate. Racemes terminal, corymbifo orm. Claw of 
the upper petal tubular. Stamina much longer than the 
petals, 
Cesalpinia pulcherrima. Ed, sp. Willd. Q, 531. 
Tsetti-mandarum, Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 1. 
Sans, Krishna choora. 
Beng. Krishna-choora. 
Tam, Komri. 
~Common in gardens all over India, and in flower and 
. 8eed the whole year. Plants reared from seed fromthe 
West Indies do not in any respect differ from those of 
Thdia. nr 8 
The trunk of this little tree or cas shrub, when old, 
Ihave found constantly hollow, and occupied by a large 
ted dark brown ant, From these, when disturbed, they 
issue forth in numbers, and by their bite inflict a severe 
and painful punishment on their disturbers. 
oghape elata.. Lin. Spec, 544. ; 3 
_ Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves bipinnate. Leafle 
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