128 FLORA OF JAMAICA Adenanthcra 



Species 3 or 4, natives of tropical Asia, Africa and Australia, 

 of which one (A. pavonina) is cultivated or spontaneous through- 

 out the tropics. 



A. pavonina L. Sp. PL 384 (1753) ; Jacq. Coll. iv. t. 2., : 

 Wight. Ill L 80; Griseb. FL Br. W. Ind. 217 ; Bedd. Fl Sylv. 

 t. 46 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 375 & in FL Bras. xv. 

 pt. 2, 288 ; Bale, in HooJc.f. FL Br. Ind. ii. 287 ; Watt Econ. Prod. 

 '!. 107; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 269. Type in Herb. Hermann in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Circassian Seed. 



Naturalized; Wullschlaegel ; Moneague, Prior ! very common in 

 Clarendon, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 11,075 ; Port Antonio, Hitchcock. India, 

 Ceylon, Ma- ay Islands, Philippines, China ; introduced in America (incl. 

 W. Indies), also perhaps in Africa and Australia. 



Tree to 40 ft. high. Pinnae in 2-5 pairs, 1-2 dm. 1. ; leaflets elliptical 

 or oblong-elliptical, very obtuse, 2-4 cm. 1. PMcemes 5-15 crn. 1. ; simple 

 from the axils of the leaves, panicled at the end of branches. Flowers 

 orange-coloured, 3-4 mm. L, pedicels as long. Pod 15-25 cm. L, 12-16 

 mm. br., curved. Seeds 10-12, of the same colour all over, usually bright 

 scarlet, varying in Jamaican specimens from 6-10 mm. br. 



" The heart-wood is red, hard, close-grained, durable and strong. The 

 timber is used in southern India for house-building and cabinet-making 

 purposes . . . The seeds are used as weights in India, each being about 

 4 grains ; they are also strung and made into necklaces. Powdered and 

 beaten up with borax, they give a good cement " (Watt).] 



[PROSOPIS L. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves with pinnae in 1 or 2 pairs ; leaflets 

 in few to many pairs. Flowers small, in axillary spikes in 

 P. juli flora. Calyx campanulate, shortly toothed. Stamens 

 exserted. Pod linear, not opening, thick, spongy, with the seeds 

 each in a separate cell. 



Species 25, natives of tropical and subtropical regions, but 

 chiefly American. 



P. juliflora DC. Prodr. ii. 447 (1825) ; Macf. Jam. i. 311 ; 

 Griseb. FL Br. W. Ind. 217 ; Benth. in FL Bras. xv. pt. 2, 289 & 

 Trans. Linn. S<>c. xax. 377 ; Sarg. Silv. Hi. 101, t. 136, 137. 

 P. horrida Kunth Mimos. 106, t. 33 and P. dulcis Kunth op. cit. 

 110, t. 34 (1822). Mimosa diffusa &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 252. 

 M. juliflora Sw. Prodr. 85 (1788) & FL Lid. Occ. 986 (misprint 

 piliflora) ; Descourt. FL Ant. mil. t. 550. Acacia juliflora Wdld. 

 Sp. PL iv. 1076 (1805). M. salinarum Vahl Edog. Am. Hi. 35 

 (1807). A. salinarum DC. Prodr. ii. 456 (1825); Macf. Jam. 

 i. 313. 



C a s h a w. 



Houstounl Browne; Shakspearl Masson\ Salt Ponds district, von Rohr ; 

 Macjadyen ; Oersted ! Prior ; Hope, Fawcett \ Kingston ; Constant Spring, 



