334 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CctSSia. 



vermicular. Stipules minute, conic. Racemes pendulous, 

 simple, from one to two feet long. Flowers large, bright 

 yellow fragrant, diverging on long slender, smooth pedi- 

 cels. Calyx of five, nearly equal, oval, smooth leaflets, 

 which are much shorter than the corol. Petals equal in 

 shape ; viz. oval, but differing in size. Filaments the three 

 lower much longer than the others and having a double 

 curve, but no swelling, as in some of the other species with 

 cylindric filaments. Anthers on the three long filaments 

 oblong, opening by two lines on the face, the other seven 

 clavate, with pores at the small end. Germ pedicelled, 

 filiform, smooth, one-celled, containing numerous seeds, 

 which at this period are without any sign of separation, 

 that appearing in the advanced state, attached to the up- 

 per margins. Style short, incurvate. Stigma conic, 

 smooth. Loment cylindric, pendulous, &c. as described 

 by the accurate Goertner,vol. 2. p. 313 1. 147. 



The tree is uncommonly beautiful when in flower, few 

 surpassing it in the elegance of its numerous long, pen- 

 dulous racemes of large, bright yellow flowers, intermix- 

 ed with the young, lively green foliage. 



2. C, rhombifolia. R. 



Leaflets about five-pair, rhombiform, polished. Racemes 

 pendulous. Loment cylindric, partitions lined with soft 

 bitter pulp. 



A native of Ceylon, from thence General Hay Mac- 

 dowall sent seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 

 1802. In 'six years the plants therefrom have attained to 

 the height of twenty feet. It blossoms during the months 

 of May and June, and the seed ripens in February, 

 March, and April. 



Trunk straight. Bark light ash-coloured, and smooth. 

 Branches spreading, with bark like that of the trunk. 

 Branchlets bifarious, flexuose, round, and smooth. Their 

 base often remains, and resembles rude thorns. Leaves 



