362 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.  Caesalpinia. 
8. C. bonduc. R. : 
Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate. Pinna from four 
to eight pair ; leaflets from six to seven pair, oval, lucid, 
mucronate. 
Guilandina bonduc. Willd. 2. 534. 
From Sumatra this very large species has been intro- 
duced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta without hay- 
‘ing blossomed, though i in perfect health, and of pare ex- 
tent. ' 
9. C. resupinata. R. 
Arboreous, subscandent, ated: Leaves bipinnate ; 
pinne, and leaflets many-paired ; common petiole armed 
on the underside. Stipules minute, caducous. Racemes 
axillary. Flowers resupine. Legume two-seeded. 
~ A native of the Moluccas, and reared in the Botanic 
garden at Calcutta from seed received from those islands — 
in 1798. It blossomed for the first time in the month 
of September, 1800, and ripened its seeds the March er 
lowing. | $ 
Trunk tolerably erect, though rathertoo weak to support 
itself at its present age, every part thickly armed with 
numerous, short, very sharp prickles. Branches numer- — 
ous, some scandent, some spreading or drooping ; height 
of the whole plant at present about twelve feet, Leaves 
alternate, bipinnate, from six to twelve inches long. Pit” 
nce about twelve pair, opposite, from one to two inches 
long. Leaflets opposite, from eight to twelve pair, oblique- — 
ly oval, entire, smooth on both sides; about one-third 
ofaninch long. Petioles common, round, villous, arMl- 
ed with recurved prickles between the pinnz on the 
under side, and a gland between each pair on the upper _ 
Stipules filiform, very small, caducous. Racemes axilla- 
ry, solitary, and generally simple, spreading, shorter 
than the leaves,  Pedicels solitary, one-flowered, round, 
smooth, slender, about an inch long. Flowers met, 
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