LEGUMINOS.'E. 301 



num Brownel, Jacq. Amer. 199. t. 180. f. 58. — Swartz, Fl. 

 hid. Occ. 1234. 



HAB. Thickets, St Thomas in the East. 



FL. xMay. 



A shrubby tree, about 10 feet in height: branches long, 

 smooth. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, subcordate or em- 

 arginate at the base, shining, 2-3 inclies long. Racemes axil- 

 lary and lateral. Flowers numerous, pedicelled, white, fragrant. 

 Upper lip of the calyx bifid, with the lobes indistinct ; lower 3- 

 teethed, with the middle tooth longer than the rest and subu- 

 late. Standard obcordate, at first patent, afterwards erect; 

 wings oblong, denticuhited at the base ; keel i the length of 

 the wings. Ovary pedicelled : style subulate : stigma obtuse. 

 Legume oblong, subacuminate at both ends, glabrous, 1-celled, 

 2-valved, 1-3-seeded: seeds oblong, compressed. 



The white fragrant flowers of this lowly tree, come out in 

 great profusion after the rains in spring, and have been compared 

 to those of the Hawthorn, which blossom about the same period 

 of the year. 



XXXIII. Brya. 



The flowers of Amerimniiwi, but the stamens are 

 monadelphous, with the 10th concrete to the rest as 

 far as the middle. Legume biarticulate, with the 

 joints 1 -seeded, dehiscent, compressed, with the up- 

 per suture straight, and the inferior convex ; the up- 

 per joint sometimes awanting. — De Cand. 



American trees, spiny with leaves simple, congested, sub- 

 sessile. — Name, given by Browne, from /Sguoj to bloom, on account 

 of the profusion of flowers which cover the branches. 



1. Brya Ebenus. West-India Ebon?/. 



Spines distinct, leaves aggregate obovato-oblong, 

 peduncles 2-3 axillary 1-2-fiowered shorter than the 

 leaf. — De Cand. 



Aspalathus arboreus s. pseudo-ebenus buxi folio, flore luteo 

 patulo, siliqua lata brevi chartacea, Sloane, IL 30. t. 175. f. 1. 

 — Brya arborescens, Browne, 299. t. 31. f. 2. — Amerimnum 

 ebenus, Swartz, Prod. 104. — Brya ebenus, De Cand. Prod. 

 421. 



HAB. Common, especially in dry savannahs, on the South 

 side of the Island. 



FL. During the warmer months, after rains. 



A shrub, or tree 15-20 feet in height, with erect fastigiate 



