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alternate, bifarious, pinnate, rather more than a footlon^. 

 Leaflets from three to seven pair, opposite, short petiolet- 

 ted, tapering equally ai both ends, rhombiform, entire, 

 obtuse, polished ; from two to four inches long, and from 

 one to two broad. Petioles round, slender, no glands. 

 Petioles vermicular. Racemes from the leafless branch- 

 lets of the former year, also axillary, solitary, or in fasci- 

 cles, pendulous. Flowers large, bright yellow, on long 

 slender diverging pedicels. Bractes tern, lanceolate, very 

 early caducous. Calyx of five, nearly equal, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, concave, smooth leaflets. Petals five, nearly equal, 

 spreading ; oblong, obtuse, concave. Filaments the lower 

 three as. long as the pistillum. They have a double 

 curve at the base and ascend in a semicircle. Anthers 

 on the three long filaments, oblong, and opening in two 

 lines on the face, those of the other seven clavate, with 

 two pores at the small end. Germ pedicelled, filiform, 

 smooth, ascending in a semicircular curve, with the three 

 long filaments, one-celled, in which are numerous seeds 

 attached to the upper margin. Style short. Stigma minute. 

 Lament cylindric, pendulous, above two feet long, and 

 scarcely so thick as the little finger, having the sutures 

 sometimes strongly marked with Cortex dark brown, 

 smooth, and hard,and the bristle as in C.^5<M/a,many-celI- 

 ed, about four in every inch, but not opening spontaneous- 

 ly. Partitio7isl'me(\ with soft, black, bitterish pulp. Seeds 

 one in each cell, round, obcordate, the size of a small pea. 

 Integument simple, hard, and polished. Perisperm con- 

 form to the seed, of a bard tough texture, and pale ash- 

 colour, even while fresh. Embryo straight, pale yellow. 

 Cotyledons nedLTly round, and so large as to extend to the 

 integument all round, dividing the perisperm. Plumula 

 of one pectinate lobe. Radicle roundish, immediately 

 within the umbilicus. 



It differs from C. fistula in the shape of the leaves, 

 more slenderloment, and general habit of the trees. 



