3866 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.. ~- Caesalpiztia. 
and shorter. Legume linear-oblong: swelled at the seeds, © 
considerably twisted. Seeds from two to five, hard, 
smooth, of a dark blackish brown, size of a large pea. — 
13. C. Sumatrana, R. 6 
Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate, no stipules ; sie 
tioles armed on the under side. Racemes cauline, axilla- 
ry,or terminal. Calyx cylindric, confining the petals. 
Filaments naked, Legume winged on the back. 
Introduced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta from 
Sumatra where it is held in as much dread as the ai 
tuffu is in Abyssinia, ae 
Trunk scarcely any, but many stout, woody branches 
climbing up and over trees to a great extent. ‘These are 
covered with dark brown bark, and armed with numer. 
ous, strong, sharp, recurved prickles, the largest of them 
are generally in stipulary pairs. Leaves alternate, bipit- 
nate, from one to two feet long. Pinne from three to six 
pair, opposite. Leaflets from six to twelve, short-petio- 
letted, alternate, oval, entire, smooth on both sides, from 
one to two inches long. Petioles common, and of the pin 
n@ armed on the underside with sharp, recurved prickles 
otherwise smooth and polished like every other young 
part of the plant. Stipules none, but a brown smooth 
gland in their place, Racemes very large, compound, OF 
simple, from the naked ligneous branches, or from the 
axils, orthey are terminal. Flowers numerous, drooping; 
pretty large, of an orange colour tinged with pink. Bractes : 
minute, caducous, large before the flowers expand. Calyx 
subcylindric, the inferior division a little longer, pase per oe 
manent. Petals subclavate, the superior one rather larger oe 
and more beautifully coloured, all are only a little long- 
er than the calyx and inserted with the stamina a little — : 
above its base. In this species the great length of the ca : 
lyx prevents the petals from expanding, © Filaments te, 
ee ascending, smooth. Anthers 
