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2. Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. 

 (Urban, 278.) 



Prickly trailing shrubs; leaves paripinnate; stipules none; primary and secondary 

 \)'i iule? puberulous, bearing recurved prickles; leaflets 5 to 8-jugate; ovate or ellip- 

 tical, shortly acuminate, subcoriaceous, 4 to 8 cm. long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm. wide; flowers 

 yellow; bracts beneath the buds erect; legume broadly ovate-oblong, convex- 

 compressed, prickly; seeds yellow. 



Near Isabela. Florida Keys, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman (Cockerell), Haiti (Plu- 

 mier), Florida. Mexico, Java, Sumatra, Amboina, East Indies (Baker). 



Local names, matos de playa. Cuba, guacalote amarillo (Sagra & Sauv.); Jamaica, 

 nicker tree (Sloane). 



3. Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb. 



(Urban, 279.) 



Shrub diffuse or trailing, 2 to 3 meters high, prickly, puberulous above; pinnae 

 6 to 10- (rarely 4-) jugate; leaflets 8 to 12-jugate, oblong, rounded, orsubtruncate, 1 to 

 1.7 cm. long, 5 to 6 mm. wide, pale and puberulous or glabrescent beneath; stipules 

 semisagittate, deciduous; petals 1.5 cm. long, slightly exceeding the calyx; filaments 

 shortly exserted, villous below; legume flat-compressed, at length tumid, 6 to 6.25 cm. 

 long, 1.5 cm. wide. 



Cultivated and seemingly spontaneous near Bayamon ; near Pepino, along roadsides; 

 around Enea; between San German and Lajas Arriba, along roadsides; near Maricao 

 on declivities. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vin- 

 cent, Barbados, Grenada. Introduced from the East Indies, but naturalized in all of 

 the Antilles. 



Caesalpinia sepiaria is useful for making hedges. 



Local name, zarza; Guadeloupe and Martinique, croc a chien, arrete-bceufs , fern- 

 ambouc, gendarme, arrete-negre. 



4. Caesalpinia gilliesii Wall. 



(Urban, 279.) 



Tree, 1 to 4 meters high, unarmed; branches at first glandular; leaves imparipin- 

 nate; pinnae 10 to 20-jugate; leaflets 8 to 15-jugate, petioles glandular, subsessile, 

 oblong, obtuse, 4 to 8 mm. long, 2 to 3 mm. wide, membranous; racemes 15 to 30 cm. 

 long, simple; pedicels 2 to 3 cm. long, glandular-viscous; calyx lobes oblong, 2 to 2.5 

 cm. long; petals broadly obovate, 2.75 to 3.5 cm. long, yellow; legume oblique, 

 slightly falcate, compressed, glandular, 7.5 cm. long; seeds ovate. 



Cultivated near Guanica. Native country, Argentina. 



Local name, espiga de amor. 



5. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. 



(Urban, 279.) 



Tree, small, glabrous, 3 to 5 meters high; branches unarmed, often with a glaucous 

 bloom; leaves bipinnate, 12 to 24 cm. long; pinnae 4 to9-jugate; leaflets 5 to 12-jugate, 

 obovate or oblanceolate-oblong, 1.5 to 2 cm. long, 8 to 9 mm. wide; racemes terminal 

 and from upper axils, bearing many showy, variegated, yellow and carmine, or rarely 

 pale yellow, flowers on long pedicels (5 to 7.5 cm.); calyx lobes glabrous, about 9 mm. 

 long; petals usually 1 to 2.5 cm. long; legume coriaceous, flat, 5 to 9 cm. long, 1.5 cm. 

 broad above, glabrous; seeds obovate-quadrate, compressed. 



