208 LEGUMINOSJE. 



OBSERV. Shrubby, profusely branched, velvety pubescent all over the 

 plant ; leaves pinnate, 7-8 juged, imparipinnate, 15 cm. long, leaflets oblong, 

 round at both ends, 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, silky pubescent on both surfaces, 

 at length glabrous on the upper surface, pale yellow in a dry specimen ; 

 racemes terminal ; flowers 14- cm. long ; calyx campanulate, silky pubescent, 

 nearly truncate or shortly dentate. 



48, Ccesalpinia LINN. 



DicJiotomons Key to ihe Fonnosan Species. 



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(1) Leaves glabrous. (2) 



Leaves tomentose or thinly hairy C. BonduceUa. 



(2) Leaflets oblong, rounded and retused at the apex. C. pulclierrima. 



Leaflets larger, oblong or ovate, acute at the apex (3) 



(3) Leaflets ovate, acute at the apex, fruits glabrous C. Nuga. 



Leaflets quadrangularly oblong, acute and aristate at the apex. 



Fruits prickly C. Bonduc. 



Caesalpinia Bonduc HOXB.; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 

 255 ; TRIMEN Fl. Ceyl. LL p. 98 ; Lro et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 437. 

 Guilandia Bonduc LIXN. DC. Prodr. II. p. 480. 



HAB. Linkiho. 



Caesalpinia BonduceUa FLEMING ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. H. 

 p. 254 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Liol. XII. p. 448 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 205 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 114. 



HAB. Tainan, Hozan, Lingaryo. 



DISTRIB. All over the tropics, especially in littoral districts. 



Caesalpinia Nuga Air. ; DC. Prodr. H. p. 481 ; BENTH. Fl. Hougk. p. 

 97 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 449 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 

 506 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Emim. PL Formos. p. 115. 



HAB. LiugaryO, Boryo, Fuko, Kelung, Shizangan. 



DISTRIB. Southern China, widely diffused in tropical Asia, polynesia and 

 northern Australia. 



