90 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Peltophorum 



§ 13. Leaves abruptly bipinnate, or most leaves simply 

 pinnate in Hsematoxylum, apparently pinnate in Parhin- 

 sonia, Avith an odd pinna in Csesalpinia coriaria. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Anthers versatile. Ovary or stalk of ovary free 

 at the base of the calyx-tube ; ovules 2 to numerous. 



31. PELTOPHORUM Benth. 



Trees. Leaves abruptly bipinnate, with 4 pairs of pinnae in 

 P. Linnsei ; leaflets numerous. Racemes simple or paniculate, 

 terminal. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments unequal. Stamens hairy at 

 the base, 10, free, included. Stigma broad, terminal. Ovules 

 2 to numerous. Pod broadly oblong, flat, not opening, reticulate- 

 veiny in the middle, slightly inflated, thinning to the margin, as 

 it were 2-winged. Seeds few or 1, without endosperm. 



Species 10, 4 in tropical America, 2 in Africa, and 4 in the 

 East Indian, archipelago and tropical Australia. 



P. brasiliense Urh. Symh. Ant. ii. 285 (1900). P. Linnsei 

 Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 75 (1840); Griseh. Fl. Br. W. 

 Ind. 206. Pseudo-santalum croceum Sloane Cat. 213 & Bist. it. 

 184, /. 231, /. 3, 4. Csesalpinia arborea &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 227. 

 Robinia violacea Mill. Gard. Did. ed. 8 (1768) (the colour of the 

 flowers is incorrect). Csesalpinia brasiliensis L. Sp. PI. 380 

 (1753) (in part), ed. 2, 544 (in part) & Amcen. v. 378 non Syst. 

 ed. 10, 1018 (Plumier's plant); Sw. Obs. Bot. 166; Mac/. Jam. 

 i. 328. C. vesicaria Wright Mem. 269 (non L.). C. cubensis 

 Greenm. in Trans. Acad. St. Louis vii. 416, t. 32 (1897). (Fig. 31.) 

 A specimen from Browne is in Herb. Linn, named by Linnaeus 

 C. brasiliensis. 



Braziletto. 



In fl. in the spring; in fr. in the autumn; Sloane; Houstounl every 

 part where the soil is dry and rocky, Browne 1 Wright ! Dancer ! common 

 in dry limestone districts, Macfadyen ! Wilson ! Long Mountain Road, 

 450 ft., Campbell 1 Sheldon Road ; Papine Estate, 800 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. 

 Jam. 5438, 6439, 6481, 8378.— Central America. 



A tree 15-40(-80) ft. high, 8-12 in.(-4 ft.) in diam., without prickles. 

 Leaflets 6-8 pairs, subopposite, elliptical, shining and minutely puberulous 

 on the upper surface, puberulous on the midrib on both sides, puberulous 

 or glabrate beneath, rnargin ciliolulate, 2-4(-5) cm. 1. Racemes axillary 

 or terminal, solitary or clustered, with yellow flowers. Calyx glandular- 

 dotted, 4 segments subequal, irregularly glandular-ciliate, 3-4-5 mm. 1., 

 the 5th segment larger, 6-7 mm. 1., the margin glandular, comb-like. 

 Petals 6-7 cm. 1., 4 subequal, clawed, the 5th not clawed. Pod 6-10 cm. 1., 

 about 3 cm. br., glabrous, brown, 4-2-8eeded. 



An excellent timber wood, elastic, tough, durable, and takes a fine 

 polish. It is used for ornamental purposes in cabinet-making, and is well 

 adapted for making the spokes of wheels of carriages. It is of a beautiful 

 orange colour, full of resin, and yields a fine full tincture by infusion. 

 It was largely exported in Sloane's time for the use of dyers. 



