Andira 



LEGUMINOS^ 



85 



Ant. iv. 298 (1905). Geoffrsea jamaicensis inermis Wright in 

 Phil. Trans. B. Soc. Loncl. Ixvii. 512, t. 10 (1778) Creprinted in 

 Mem. 361); Mem. 69, 212, 361. G. inQvvcns Wright in London 

 MediealJourn. viii. 256 (1787); Sic. Prodr. 106 (1788) & Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. 1255. (Fig. 27.) 



Cabbage Bark Tree, Bastard Cabbage. 



Wright I Broxoghton ! Masson I Dr. Lhidsay ! Distin ! St. UMary, McNab ! 

 Pjirdiel WuUschlaegel ; Moneague, Priori Castleton Hill, Thompson I 



Fig;. 27. — Andira inermis H. B. & K. 



A, Leaf and portion of inflorescence x i. E, Section showing live stamens and pistil 



B, Standard x 2. X 2. 



< ■, AVing X 2. F, Pod sliglitly rednced. 



1). Keel-petal X 2. G, Cross-section of ditto. 



(After Flora Brasiliensis.) 



St. George; near Castleton; Ferry River; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 5592, 5902, 

 8017, 9053. — West Indies, tropical continental America, west Africa. 



Tree 25-40(-60) ft. high. Leaflets in 4-7 pairs, oblong, acuminate, 

 glabrous, parchment-like, 5-11 cm. 1., 2*5-4 cm. br. Stiimles linear, 

 tapering, soon falling, 5 mm. 1. Stipels awl-shaped, soon falling, 3 mm. 1. 

 Panicle l"5-3 dm. 1.; pyramidal, dense-flowered, much frequented by 

 bees, butterflies, beetles, and humming birds ; rhachis, pedicels, and calyx 

 tomentose. Calyx 3 mm. 1., dark purple. Corolla reddish-lilac or pale 

 rose ; standard emarginate, base truncate, sometimes subcordate, 1 cm. 1. 

 incl. the slender claw (2 "5 mm. 1.); wings and keel about as long as the 

 standard. Pod ellipsoidal, about 3'5 cm. 1. 



