Bomhinia 



LEGUMINOS^ 



117 



Hort. Schoenhr. t. 100; Bot. Mag. t. 1708; Macf. Jam. i. 351. 

 B. aurita Dryander in Ait. Hort. Kew. it. 48. B. foliis quin- 

 quenerviis &c. L. Hort. Cliff. 156, t. 15. B. foliis &c. Browne 

 Hist. Jam. 226. B. foliis ovato-cordatis &c. Miller Ic. t. 61. 

 B. iaermis &c. Plum. PI. Atner. (Burm.) 32, t. 44, /. 2 ; Ic. ined. i. 

 t. 35. Sennae spurise aut Aspalatho &c. Sloane Gat. 150 & Hist. ii. 

 51. Casparea porrecta & C. aurita Griseb. Fl. Br. W. lad. 213. 

 (Fig. 34.) Specimen from Hort. Cliff, is in Herb. Mus. Brit., 

 also Dryander's type of B. aurita. 



Fig. 34.— liatthinia divaricata L. 



A, Inflorescence with two leaves x J. C, Sterile stamens opened flat x 2. 



B, Flower x h D, Pod X §. 



Mountain Ebony, Bull-Hoof. 



In fl. all the year; on the hills everywhere, Sloane Herb. vi. 36, 37 t 

 Barham in Herb. Sloane clxii. 255 ! Wright 1 woods, Broughton 1 Bertero ; 

 common, lower hills in thickets, Macfadyenl Distinl Parnelll Hartweg\ 

 near Spanish Town, Purdie\ Prior; Marchl J. P. 681, Jenman 1 Morris I 

 Port Eoyal Mts., Moore \ Arcadia, Mrs. Sewelll Farm Hill, Campbell I 

 Porus, Lloyd; Buff Bay, Thmnpson\ Port Antonio, Hitchcock; Hall's. 

 Delight ; Mona woodland, 1000 ft. ; Holly Mount, 2200 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 

 5508, 5837, 6494, 6546, 8980.— Cayman Is. , Cuba, Hispaniola, Central America. 



Shrub or small tree, 6-20 ft. high. Leaves 7- (5-9-) nerved, base cordate- 

 emarginate or truncate ; leaflets united J or J or rarely f of their length, 

 3-11 cm. 1., glabrous on the upper surface, puberulous or glabrate beneath. 

 Racemes with several flowers crowded together, hermaphrodite or with 

 ovary abortive. Receptacle 3-4 mm. 1., 1-1*5 mm. in diam. Calyx 12-15 

 mm. 1., with the points free, linear or mucronate. Petals elliptical -lanceo- 

 late, with a long thread-like claw. Stainens, 1 fertile, 3-4 cm. 1., the rest 

 all sterile, 12-15 mm. 1., united into a tube for §-| of their length. Pistil 



