Prioria 



LEGUMINOS^ 



123 



§ 17. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets in 1 or 2 pairs. 

 Sepals 5, very imbricate. Petals none. Anthers versatile. 

 Ovules 2. 



37. PRIORIA Griseb. 



Tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets large, in 1 or 2 pairs. 

 Flowers small, in interrupted spikes ; spikes paniculate, axillary 

 and terminal. Bracteoles united into a 2-lobed cupule equalling 



Fig. 37. — Frioria copaifera Griseb. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence X i. C, Pistil X 7. 



B, Flower X 7. " I>, Pod X i. 



(After Benth.) 



the receptacle (calyx-tube). Receptacle short. Sepals 5, roundish, 

 subpetaloid, very imbricate. Petals none. Stamens 10, free; 

 anthers versatile. Ovules 2. Pod obliquely obovate-rroundish, 

 flat-compressed, woody, 2-valved. Seed 1, pendulous, large. 

 Species 1, native of Jamaica and Central America. 



P. copaifera Griseb. Fl Br. W. Ind. 215 (1860); Benth. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 390, t. 40. (Fig. 37.) 



