148 FLORA OF JAMAICA Pithecellobium 



t. 198. An original specimen from Roxburgh in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



Naturalized in Liguanea plain, Harris ! PL Jam. 12,325, 12,336. — 

 America and northern S. America, introduced into the rest of the tropics.] 



2. P. arboreum Urh. Symh. Ant. ii. 259 (1900) & iv. 264; 

 pinnae in 8-16 pairs, leaflets in 20-30 pairs; flowers sessile in 

 a globular head ; peduncles 1 -3 together in the axils or a short 

 distance above ; pod somewhat fleshy, continuous within, much 

 constricted between the seeds, scarlet, curved or twisted ; valves 

 blood-coloured inside. — P. filicifolium Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bat. Hi. 205 (1844) & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 589 ; Griseb. op. 

 cit. 226. Mimosa arborea L. Sp. PI 519 (1753) ; Sw. Ohs. Bot. 

 390. Acacia arborea Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1064 (1806) (excl. syn. 

 L. Sp. PI. 1503 & Miller Diet); Macf. Jam. i. 320. A. arborea 

 maxima «fec. Sloane Cat. 151 & Hist. ii. 54, t. 182, /. 1, 2. A. non 

 spinosa jamaicensis &c. Pluk. Phyt. t. 251,/. 2. Mimosa arborea 

 cortice &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 252. M. arborea L. Herb. & Sp. 

 PI. ed. 2, 1503 (descr. only) is Acacia villosa Willd. Type in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Wild Tamarind. 



Sloane Herb. vi. 41 ! BarJiam in Herb. Sloane clxii. 268 ! Wright I 

 JBroughtonl Swartzl "common in the mountains," Macfadyen ; Distinl 

 near Bath, Purdie 1 Prior ! March 1 Lucea, Hitchcock ; above Gordon 

 Town, 1400 ft., Harris 1 near Hope, Bot. Dept. 1 Fl. Jam. 6791, 8294.— 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Central America. 



A spreading tree, 40-60 ft. high, 3-4 ft. in diam. ; twigs, petioles, and 

 peduncles rusty-pubescent. Common petiole 8-13 cm. 1. ; petiolule 8-10 

 cm. 1. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 6-9 mm. 1. Glands petiolar 

 and between each pair of pinnae. Peduncles 3-8 cm. 1. Flowers whitish 

 flesh-coloured. Calyx coloured, 2 mm. 1. Corolla 6-7 mm. 1. Stamens 

 barely twice as long as corolla. Pod, when young, velvety, when older, 

 glabrate, 7-12 cm. 1., 8-12 mm. br. Seeds spherical or ellipsoidal, black, 

 shining, 8-12 mm. 1. 



It saws freely, is not too hard for general work, is beautifully grained, 

 takes a fine polish, and is in general use for floorings, ceilings, and orna- 

 mental work. Altogether it is an excellent timber, and very useful in 

 building. 



3. P. Alexandpi Urb. Symb. Ant. v. 358 (1908) (incl. vars.) ; 

 pinnae in 3-9 (1-2) pairs, leaflets in 3-14 pairs; flowers stalked, 

 in a spike-like raceme ; pod subsessile, spirally twisted, slightly 

 constricted between the seeds but continuous within, reticulate- 

 veiny ; valves on the inside yellowish, but red or brownish where 

 the seeds occur. — P. micradenium Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 226 

 (1860) (in part) ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 584 (in part). 

 P. Jupunba Urb. var. Alexandri Urb. Symb. Ant. ii. 258 (1900). 



Shag Bark, Shad Bark, Tamarind Shad Bark. 



Wright ! Moneague, Prior ! Holly Mount, Mt. Diablo, 2500 ft. ; 

 Lapland, near Catadupa, 1500 ft. ; edge of Great Morass, Negril ; near 

 Troy, 1800-2500 ft. ; Dolphin Head, 1200 ft. ; Malvern to Mountain Side, 



