116 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Cassia 



5-8 mm. 1. (and rhachis), with curved hairs; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ciliolulate, ribbed, 8-10 mm. 1. Pedicels 5-8 mm. 1., villose, in clusters of 

 3 or 4, springing from a point 1-1-5 cm. above the axil. Bracts ovate 

 acuminate, about 4 mm. 1. ; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 3-35 mm. 1. Pod 

 linear, slightly curved, somewhat narrowed towards the base, margined, 

 9-12-seeded. 



'11. C. smaragdina Macf. Jam. i. 347; leaves 2-4 cm. 1. ; 

 leaflets, 8-13 pairs, midrib subrnedian. nerves somewhat few 

 but closer together and straighter and more upright than in 

 C. fasciata ; gland 1, cup-shaped, sessile, below the leaflets; 

 sepals 7-8*5 mm. 1. ; petals. 2 or 3 longer than the sepals, 

 10-9 mm. 1., the rest about 7 mm. 1. ; stamens 10 ; pod puberu- 

 lous, 3-3 5 cm. 1. 



" Common in the mountain districts; in flower the greater part of the 

 year," Macfadyen: Cinchona, J.P. 1258, Hart ! Hispaniola. 



Stem puberulous with curved hairs. Leaflets oblong-linear, nerves 

 pinnate, 3-4 from the base, prominent beneath, apex obtuse mucronate, 

 glabrous on upper surface, puberulous beneath or glabrate, margin cilio- 

 lulate, 6-10 mm. 1., 2 mm. br. ; petiole (and rhachis) puberulous; stipules 

 lanceolate with long acuminate bristle-like point, ciliolate on the margin, 

 6-10 mm. 1. Pedicels solitary or 2-4 together, 2-10 mm. above the axil, 

 3-8 mm. 1. Bracts ovate, with a long acuminate bristle-like point, ribbed, 

 4-6 mm. 1. ; bracteoles like the bracts but narrower, 3-5 mm. 1. Pod 

 9-12-seeded. 



Macfadyen gave the specific name (emerald-like) " from the beautiful 

 bright green of the leaflets." 



15. Leaves composed of two leaflets united. Calyx spatha- 

 ceous, 5-toothed. Petals 5. Anthers versatile. Stalk of 

 the ovary free or adherent to the tube of the calyx ; 

 ovules 2 or more. Seeds with endosperm. 



34. BAUHINIA L. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves (in Jamaican species) composed of 

 two leaflets united. Flowers in racemes, or 2-3 together, or 

 solitary. Receptacle (calyx-tube) cylindrical. Calyx spathaceous, 

 5-toothed. Petals 5, subequal. Stamens, 1 fertile, or 10 fertile 

 in B. tomentosa. Pod 2-valved, splitting open. 



Species about 250, widely dispersed within the tropics. 



Petals 1-5-2 1 5 cm. 1. Stamens, 1 fertile B. divaricata. 



[Petals 4-5 cm. 1. Stamens, 1 fertile B. monandra.] 



[Petals 4-5 cm. 1. Stamens, 10 fertile B. tomentosaJ] 



B. divarieata L. Sp. PL 374 (1753); petals 1-2-2-5 cm. 1., 

 3-6 mm. br., white changing to rose-pink ; stamens, 1 fertile, 

 much longer than the rest. L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 535 (incl. var.) ; 

 Lam. Illustr. t. 329, / 3 ; Miller Gard Diet. ed. 8 ; Urb. in Jnhrb. 

 Sot. Gart. Berl. iv. 247. B. porrecta Sw. Prodr. 66 (1788) ; Jacq. 



