Plate 1722. 



LYSILOMA SABICU, Benth. 

 LEGPMJNOs.fi. Suborder Mimoseje 



L. SabuQ, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. vi. (1854), p. 236 ; glaberrirna, 

 petiohs tenuibus, pinnis 2-3-jngis, foliolis 3-4-jugis oblique obovatis 

 oblanceolatisve obtusissimis venulosisbreviter sed distincte petiolulatis, 

 peduncuhs folio brevioribus, legumine longiuscule stipitatum planum 

 obtusnra, marginibus tenuiter incrassatis.— Benth. in Trans. Linn. 



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Hab. Cuba, B. de la Sagra, Wright, No. 2392; Bahamas, N. 

 l rovidence, L. J. K. Brace, and more recently through the interven- 

 tion of H.E. Governor Blake, sent in flower and fruit by Mr. F. E. 

 Taylor. J 



Arbor pulchra. Folia 3-6-poll. ; stipula3 obovatjo obtusa3 venosae 

 3 2 poll, longa? ; foliola I-f poll, longa, ±-i poll, lata (interdum 

 minora) Pedunculi lf-2 poll, longi. Legnmen 2£-4(-5) poll, longum, 

 1-1} poll, latum ; stipite f-1 poll, longo. " 



This species as pointed out by the late Mr. Bentham, in the ' Kew 

 Journal {l. c .), 18 ^ source of the valuab]e Cnban timber known as 



aatncu. Recently specimens in flower and fruit have been sent to 

 »££ 7J? m J t he u Bahamas ( wui <* are identical or very nearly identical 

 ™fL 1. u , s P ecimens ) as of the tree affording the so-called 

 feUnott m * h °^' A note by Mr. J. E. Jackson on the dif- 

 wTw!^' !? ^P**"* and Bahamas woods is subjoined * Not- 

 withstanding these differences, however, on the faith of the flowering 



Ztl?Alu S S P ecimens ' I am compelled to regard them as afforded by 

 one and the same species.— D. Oliver. 



Electing JtZSgJt ADtherS - 3 - Pistil - 4. Ovary, longitudinal section. 5. Fruit. 



froVthXwfr im ^ er /[ H ^ rse - flesh Mahogany was obtained for the Kew Museum 



™rk streak th« o^,, i " "fe" 1 ™ *u w^igut, 01 a reaaisa colour \ 

 nume r0 uT kS Tn B S: n al 3 .-^ *3* <? efi -<*. and the medullary 



id 



brown 



nnes not vervrlUt;„„ti., T i . uara-Drown colour, very heavy 

 fine. J l IK Jackson * ' *"* the medullar 7 rays very numerous 



