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Various mediciual uses are reported from Porto Rico for the plant. Gro- 

 Bourdy states that the flowers yield a blue dye. 



47. CALOFOGONIUM Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. 9: 423. 1826. 



Another species, C. galactoidea Benth., a herbaceous plant, also occurs in 

 Mexico. 



1. Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) Hemsl. Biol. Ceutr. Amer. Bot. 1: 301. 

 1880. 



Stenolobium caeruleum Benth. Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. 2: 12.5. 1838. 



Tepic to Veracruz and Chiapas. Central America, West Indies, and South 

 America ; type from Brazil. 



Scandent or trailing shrub or herb ; leaves pinately 3-foliolate, the leaflets 

 rhombic, obtuse or acute ; flowers small, violet, in long spikelike racemes ; fruit 

 flattened, 5 to 7 cm. long, 8 mm. wide. 



48. ANDIRA Lam. Encyl. 1: 171. 1783. 

 Unarmed trees ; leaves pinnate, the leaflets large or of medium size ; flowers 

 pink or violet, paniculate ; fruit drupaceous, ovoid or obovoid, indehiscent. 



The seeds of some South American species have anthelmintic properties. 

 Leaflets glabrous beneath, acute or abruptly acuminate ; flowers about 1 cm. 



long 1. A. jamaicensisT) 



Leaflets densely tomentose beneath, rounded or very obtuse at the apex; 

 flowers about 1.8 cm. long 2. A. galeottiana. 



1. Andira jamaicensis (W. Wright) Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 298. 1905. 

 Geoff raea jamaicensis W. Wright, Phil. Trans. Lond. 67: 512. 1777. 

 Geojyraea inermis Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 106. 1788. 



Andira excelsa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 385. 1823. 

 , ^ndira inermis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 385. 1823. 



Michoacan to Chiapas; reported from Tabasco and Yucatan. West Indies, 

 Central America, South America, and western Africa ; type from Jamaica. 



Tree, sometimes 30 meters high ; leaflets usually 9 or 11, oblong or ovate, 

 large, acuminate; flowers small, paniculate, purple or reddish violet, sometimes 

 pink ; fruit rounded, oval, or obovate, 2.5 to 4 cm. long or larger. " Cuilim- 

 buca " (Mochoacan, Guerrero); " yabo," " yaba " (Yucatan, Cuba); " raaca 

 colorada," " pacay," " macallo," " moca " (Tabasco); " macayo " (Tabasco, 

 Oaxaca) ; " pilon " (Guiana) ; "moca," "moca blanca " (Porto Rico) ; " guaca- 

 inayo " (Guatemala, Honduras, Blake). 



Wood hard and durable, varying from yellowish to dark brown or even 

 black, susceptible of a high polish, the specific gravity reported as 0.748 and 

 0.880. In Tabasco it is valued for construction purposes. The tree has a 

 disagreeable odor. In Porto Rico it is sometimes planted for coffee shade. 

 The bark and seeds are used as a purgative, vermifuge, febrifuge, or anthel- 

 mintic, but large doses are said to be dangerous, producing delirium or even 

 death. The seeds are said to contain a poisonous alkaloid. 



2. Andira galeottiana Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 217. 1919. 

 Veracruz and Puebla ; type from Catemaco, Veracruz. 



Leaflets 5 to 13, oblong to obovate-oblong, 3 to 13 cm. long, glabrate on the 

 upper surface; racemes dense, G to 9 cm. long, forming a large panicle; ovary 

 glabrous. " Macayo " (Puebla ) . 



49. AMERIMNON Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 27. 1760. 

 Trees or shrubs, unarmed, often scandent ; leaves pinnate, with numerous 

 leaflets, rarely unifoliolate ; flowers small, usually paniculate; fruit oblong or 

 linear, flat, thin, indehiscent, 1 or few-seeded. 



