Gtmnocladl's. LEGUMINOSiE. 397 



56. CiESALPINIA. Linn.; .^tcartz, ohs. p. lf)5 ; Willd.spcc. 2. p. 530. 



Csesalpinia & Poinciana, Linn. ^ authors. 



Sepals mostly unequal, united below inlu a soinewliat persistent cup- 

 shaped base. Petals 5, unequal, unguieulate. Stamens 10, all fenile, 

 nearly ecjual : filaments ascending and hairy at tlie base. Style filiform. 

 Legume, unarmed, comi)resscd, wingless, 2-valved, several-seeded, 1-celled, 

 or intercepted internally between the seeds. Seeds compressed : cotyledons 

 flat. — Prickly or unanned trees or shrubs, with abruptly bipinnate leaves^ 

 and racemose or corymbose flowers. 



§ 1. Staniens and style filiform, much exseried : petals fimhriated or sometimes 

 entire: flowers large, corymbosely panicled. — Poinciana, Linn. 



1. C. pulcherrima (Swartz) : aculeate; leaflets obovate ; calyx glabrous; 

 petals fimbriate, on long stipelike claws ; flowers on long pedicels. DC— 

 Swartz, I. c. ; Willd. I. c. Poinciana pulcherrima, Linn. ; Bot. mag. t. 

 995 ; DC. jirodr. 2. j). 484. 



Key West, il/r. Bennett! — Common in the West Indies; supposed to have 

 been introduced from the East Indies. A shrub, with very showy orange- 

 colored and variegated flowers. The petals in tlie specimen from Key West 

 are very slightly frhiged. 



57. GUILANDINA. Linn, (partly) ; Juss. gen. p. 350 ; Lam. ill. t. 336. 



Sepals a little unequal, united into a very short urceolate base. Petals 5, 

 sessile, nearly equal. Stamens 10, all fertile : filaments villous at the base. 

 Style short. Legume globose-ovate, a little compressed, echinate. Seeds 

 large, bony, shining, nearly globose. — Trees or shrubs, with abruptly pinnate 

 leaves ; the stem and petioles armed with hooked prickles. Flowers in 

 spicate racemes : bracts rather long, deciduous. 



1. G. Bonduc (Linn.): leaflets oval or ovate, more or less pubescent, 

 3-8 pairs, with 1-2 small recurved prickles between them on the under 

 side. W. Sf Am.— Linn. sj). 1. p. 381 ; DC. prodr. 2. p. 480. G. Bon- 

 ducella, Linn. ; Swartz, obs. bot. p. 167. 



Key West, Mr. Bennett! Tampa Bay, Florida, Dr. Leavenworth! 

 —Common in the West Indies, jierhaps introduced from the East. 



58. GYMNOCLADUS. Lam. did. 1. p. 773, Sf ill. t. 823. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx tubular-infundlbuliform, the limb 5-cleft ; lobes 

 lancolate, equal. Petals 5, oblong, somewhat longer than the lobes of the 

 calyx, inserted into the summit of the tube. Stamens 10, included, inserted 

 with the petals ; those opposite the sepals a httle longest. Legume oblong, 

 compressed, very large, thick, pulpy within. — A slender tree, unanned, 

 with stout thick branches. Leaves unequally bipinnate ; the leaflets 



