362 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Caesalpinia. 



8. C. bonduc. R. 



Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate. Pinncc from four 

 to eight pair ; leaflets from six to seven pair, ovaU lucid, 

 mucronate. 



Guilandina bonduc. Willd. 2. 534. 



From Sumatra this very large species has been intro- 

 duced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta without hav- 

 ing blossomed, though in perfect health, and of great ex- 

 tent. 



9. C. resupinata. R. 



Arboreous, subscandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate ; 

 piuniB, and leaflets many-paired ; common petiole armed 

 on the underside. Stipules minute, caducous. Racemes 

 axillary. Flowers resupine. Legume two-seeded, 



A native of the Moluccas, and reared in the Botanic 

 garden at Calcutta from seed received from those islands 

 in 1798. It blossomed for the first time in the month 

 of September, 1800, and ripened its seeds the March fol- 

 lowing. 



Trwn^ tolerably erect, though rather too weak to support 

 itself at its present age, every part thickly armed with 

 numerous, short, very sharp prickles. Branches numer- 

 ous, some scandent, some spreading or drooping ; height 

 of the whole plant at present about twelve feet. Leaves 

 alternate, bipinnate, from six to twelve inches long. Pin- 

 noe about twelve pair, opposite, from one to two inches 

 long. Leaflets opposite, from eight to twelve pair, oblique- 

 ly oval, entire, smooth on both sides ; about one-third 

 of an inch long. Petioles common, round, villous, arm- 

 ed with recurved prickles between the pinnas on the 

 under side, and a gland between each pair on the upper. 

 Stipules filiform, very small, caducous. Racemes axilla- 

 ry, solitary, and generally simple, spreading, shorter 

 than the leaves. Pedicels solitary, one-flowered, round, 

 smooth, slender, about an inch long. Flowers resupine, 



