272 Ign. Uhban: 



supra vix prominulo, lateralibus utrinque reticulato-anastomosantibus; 



bracteis sub alabastris recurvatis, pedicellis 45 mm. longis; caljce 



6 7 mm. longo; leguminibus et seminibus .... 



? Guilandma Boncluc Egg. St. Croix (1876) p. 114 et St. Groix et 



Virg. Ist. j;. 46 (typus deest in herb. Haim.J, ii07i Linn. 



^ ? Guilandma Bonduc var. minor Krebs Cat. St. Thom. (1852) 



p. 238. 



PTellow jSTickars in ins. Dmiicis ex Egg. 



Aculei in ramis subparci, in inorescents ad pedunculi basin tantum 

 obvii, in foliis bene evoluti. Flores in racemis numerosi. 



Hab. in St. Thomas: Eggers ed. Eensch n. 544; ? St. Croix ex 

 Eggers; St. Thomas v. St. Croix: Hornbeck (hb. Haun.). 



Obs. I. Fortasse ad hanc speciem pertinet exemplar musei Hauniensis 

 a cl. OvE Paulsen in St. Thomas ad Smith's Bay m. Jannario fructiferum 

 collectnm stipnlis subulatis 0,5 1 mm, longis, foliolis (jiinioribus) minoribus 

 tenuioribus 1 2 cm. longis, leguminibus breviter obovatis, 15 mm. longe 

 rostratis, 5 cm. longis, 4 cm. latis, in facie parce aculeatis, seminibus (non 

 plane maturis) brunneis. 



Obs. II. Speciei (?) altorius in museo Hauniensi conservatae et ex in- 

 sula St. Thomas allatae (lierb. Alfr. Benzon) folium fructusque vlde juve- 

 nilis tantum adsunt: foliola valde oblique ovata v. anguste ovata, basi ob- 

 lique rotundata ad apicem breviter et sensim angustata, 2 2,5 cm. longa, 

 1,2 1,G cm. lata, chartacea nitentia subglabra cum nullj. alia specie con- 

 gruunt, sed maxime ad specimen Antiguense (Wullschlgel n. 189) acce- 

 dunt. Cl. BRESEN in hac insula et in St. Croix Guilandinae semina 

 grisea, bruunea et nigra coUegisse mihi communicavit. 



3. Caesalpinia Bonduc Roxb. stipulis nullis; foliolis ovatis iisque 

 ellipticis, breviter aeuminatis, subaequilateris, subcoriaceis, 4 8 cm. 

 longis, 2,5 4,5 cm. latis; bracteis sub alabastris erectis; seminibus flavis. 



Gaescdpinia Bonduc lioxb. Hort. Beug. (1814) p. 32 et Fl. Ind. 



II 2J. 362 ex Ind. Keiv. I p. 370; Sauv. Gub. n. 569 p. 32 (p. p.); 

 Benth. in Marl Fl. Bras. XV. 2 p. 66 in obs.; ? Chapm. Flor. II 

 ed. p. 618, III ed. p. 126; Bak. in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. II p. 225; 

 Cocker. in Journ. Jam. Inst. I p. 311. 



Guilandina Bonduc Linn. Spec. II ed. (1762) p. 545 (quoad syn. 

 Blum., Rumph. et pr'aesertim Sloan); Lun. Jam. II p. 7; Griseb.f 

 Flor. p. 204 (quoad specim. Furd); ? Bello Ap. I p. 257; ? Stahl Est. 



III p. 121. 



Guilandina Bonduc var. majus DG. Prodr. II (1825) p. 480; 

 . Rick, in Sagra Gub. X p. 215 et Ess. Fl. Gub. p. 479. 



Guilandina glabra Griseb.f Flor. (1860) p. 205 (quoad specim. 

 Jamaic)., non Mill. 



Gaesalpinia Bonduc var. majus Baill. Hist. II (1870) ]). 162. 



Gacsalpinia Jayabo Maxa Periant. (1890) p. 234. 



