Poinciana. decandria monogynia. 355 



pedicel and two below the flowers near the apex of the 

 pedicels. Calyx ; leaflets lanceolate, rather shorter than 

 the petals. Petals orbicular, the two lower ones smaller 

 than the others. Anthers ten, all fertile, alternately larger. 

 Legumes linear-cuneate, much compressed, suberect, 

 smooth, from one to two inches long, containing from six 

 to twelve or even more seeds. 



POINCIANA. Schreb. gen. n. 701. 

 Calyx five-leaved. Petals five, unequal, the highest 

 longer clawed, more beautifully coloured, and fringed. 

 Stamina long, ascending, naked, all fertile. 



1. P. pulcherrima. Linn. 



Shrubby, armed. Leaves bipinnate. Leaflets oblong, 

 emarginate. Racemes terminal, corymbiform. Claw of 

 the upper petal tubular. Stamina much longer than the 

 petals. 



Cdd&di\^\i\m pulcherrima. Ed. sp. Willd. 2. b'^^ . 



Tsetti-raandarum. Rheed. Mai. 6. t. 1. 



Sans. Krishna choora. 



Beng. Kreshna-choora. 



Tatn. Komri, 



Common in gardens all over India, and in flower and 

 seed the whole year. Plants reared from seed from the 

 West Indies do not in any respect difibr from those of 

 India. 



The trunk of this little tree or large shrub, when old, 

 I bave found constantly hollow, and occupied by a large 

 red dark brown ant. From these, when disturbed, they 

 issue forth in numbers, and by their bite inflict a severe 

 and painful punishment on their disturbers. 



2. P. elata. Lin. Spec. 544. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves bipinnate. Leaflets linear. 



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