14$ FLORA Or JAMAICA 



/. 1' An original specimen from Roxburgh in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



Nuiurali/ed iu Liguanea plain, Harris I Fl. Jam. 12,325, 12,336. 

 America and northern S. America, introduced into the rest of the tropi< 



_. P. arboreum Url. Syml. Ant. it. 259 (1900) & iv. 264; 

 pinnae in 8-16 pairs, leaflets in 20-30 pairs : flowers sessile in 

 a globular head ; peduncles 1-3 together in the axils or a short 

 distance above ; pod somewhat fleshy, continuous within, much 

 constricted between the seeds, scarlet, curved or twisted ; valves 

 blood-coloured inside. P. filicifolium Bentli. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. it). 205 (1844) & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 589 ; Griseb. op. 

 <-',i. 226. Mimosa arborea L. Sj). PL 519 (1753) ; Sw. Ols. Bot. 

 390. Acacia arborea Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1064 (1806) (excl. syn. 

 L. Sp. PI. 1503 & Miller Diet.) Macf. Jam. i. 320. A. arborea 

 'maxima etc. Sloane Cat. 151 & Hist. ii. 54, t. 182, /. 1, 2. A. non 

 spinosa jamaicensis &c. Phil 1 . Plnjt. t. L'51,/. 2. Mimosa arborea 

 -cortice &c. Browne Hist. Jain. 252. M. arborea L. Herb. & Sp. 

 PI. ed. 2, 1503 (descr. only) is Acacia villosa Willd. Type in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Wild Tamarind. 



Sloane Herb. vi. 41 ! Barham in Herb. Sloane clxii. 268 ! Wright ! 

 Broughtonl Swartz ! "common in the mountains," Macfadyen; Distinl 

 near Bath, Purdiel Priori March I Lucea, Hitchcock ; above Gordon 

 Town, 1400 ft., Harris ! near Hope, Bot. Dept. ! Fl. Jam. 6791, 8294.- 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Central America. 



A spreading tree, 40-60 ft. high, 3-4 ft. in diam. ; twigs, petioles, and 

 peduncles rusty-pubescent. Common petiole 3-13 crn. 1. ; petiolule 3-10 

 cm. 1. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 6-9 mm. 1. Glands petiolar 

 and between each pair of pinnae. Peduncles 3-8 cm. 1. Flowers whitish 

 flesh-coloured. Calyx coloured, 2 mm. 1. Corolla 6-7 mm. 1. Stamens 

 barely twice as long as corolla. Pod, when young, velvety, when older, 

 glabrate, 7-12 cm. L, 8-12 mm. br. Seeds spherical or ellipsoidal, black, 

 shining, 8-12 mm. 1. 



It saws freely, is not too hard for general work, is beautifully grained, 

 takes a fine polish, and is in general use for floorings, ceilings, and orna- 

 mental work. Altogether it is an excellent timber, and very useful in 

 building. 



3. P. Alexandri Url. Syml. Ant. L: 358 (1908) (incl. vars.) ; 

 pinnse in 3-9 (1-2) pairs, leaflets in 3-14 pairs; flowers stalked, 

 in a spike-like raceme ; pod subsessile, spirally twisted, slightly 

 constricted between the seeds but continuous within, reticulate- 

 vein v : valves on the inside yellowish, but red or brownish where 



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the seeds occur. P. micradeniurn Griseb. FL Br. W. Ind. 226 

 (1860) (in part) ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 584 (in part). 

 P. Jupunba Url. var. Alexandri Url. Syml. Ant. ii. 258 (1900). 



Shag Bark, Shad Bark, Tamarind Shad Bark. 



Wright ! Moneague, Prior ! Holly Mount, Mt. Diablo, 2500 ft. ; 

 Lapland, near Cat-adupa, 1500 ft. ; edge of Great Morass, Negril ; near 

 Troy, 1800-2500 ft. ; Dolphin Head, 1200 ft. ; Malvern to Mountain Side, 



