60 FABACEAE. 



1. P. pulcherrima L. Shrub or small tree: leaflets glabrous; blades oblong 

 to cuneate, 15-25 mm. long: sepals 15-16 mm. long: corolla mainly red; 

 standard 25-27 mm. long: filaments 40-45 mm. long: pods 9-13 cm. long. 

 Pinelands and cultivated grounds, Key West. Nat. of the W. Indies. [E. K.j 

 (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) BARBADOS-FLOWER. DWARF-POINCIANA. 



7. GUILANDINA L. Eeclining or spreading prickly shrubs. Leaflets 

 relatively few or numerous and large: blades broad. Sepals as long as the 

 petals or nearly so. Blades of the narrow petals mainly spatulate. Pod nearly 

 as wide as long, turgid. Seeds turgid. NICKER. 



Leaves with foliaceous stipules : seeds gray or lead-colored. 1. O. Crista. 



Leaves without stipules : seeds yellow. 



Leaflet-blades neither rounded nor retuse : corollas 2.5 cm. wide 



or more. 2. 6. Bondttc. 



Leaflet-blades rounded or retuse : corollas less than 2 cm. wide. 3. O. ovalifolia. 



1. G. Crista (L.) Small. Straggling or spreading shrub: leaflets numerous; 

 blades ovate, oblong-ovate, or nearly oblong, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, mucronate: 

 racemes or panicles 1-4 dm. long: sepals 9-11 mm. long, mostly obtuse: petals 

 dull-yellow, the narrower ones 10-13 mm. long, truncate and 3-toothed at the 

 apex: pods oval or oval-oblong, 5-7 cm. long. Coastal sand-dunes and shore 

 hammocks, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys, L. S. keys. [E. K.] (Ber., Bah., 

 Cuba, Ant.) GRAY-NICKEK. 



2. G. Bonduc L. Plants similar to G. Crista in habit, but leaflets relatively 

 larger: sepals mostly acute: narrower petals rounded and merely uneven at 

 the apex. Coastal sand-dunes and shore hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] 

 (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) YELLOW-NICKER. 



3. G. ovalifolia (Urban) Britton. Straggling shrub with curved or hooked 

 prickles, the foliage minutely pubescent. Leaves 1-2 dm. long or more : leaflets 

 numerous; blades oval or suborbicular, varying to ovate or obovate, mostly 

 1-2 cm. long, rounded or retuse and mucronate at the apex : corolla light-yellow, 

 less than 1.5 cm. wide: pods obovate, 6-8 cm. long, prickly all over: seeds yel- 

 low or yellowish. Hammocks, L. keys. (Bah.) 



8. TAMABINDUS [Tourn.] L. Unarmed trees. Leaves relatively small: 

 leaflets numerous. Sepals 4. Petals 3, often with 2 additional rudiments. 

 Stamens 3, the filaments united to about the middle, alternating with 3 minute 

 staminodia. Ovary elongate: pod indehiscent, succulent within. 



1. T. indica L. Tree with spreading branches: leaflets 18-36, 1-2 cm. long, 

 the blades oblong to linear-oblong, becoming reticulate: sepals 10-12 mm. 

 long: petals yellowish or reddish, 13-16 mm. long, crisped: pod thick, 6-13 

 cm. long, more or less curved, the edges rounded. Hammocks and cultivated 

 grounds, U. keys, L. keys. Nat. of the E. Indies. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) TAMARIND. 



FAMILY 5. FABACEAE. PEA FAMILY. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate: blades 1-compound, 

 1-many-foliolate, or rarely simple. Flowers mostly perfect, irregular. 

 Calyx of 5 more or less unequal partially united sepals. Corolla of 5 

 (or of 1 petal in Amorpha), unequal distinct or nearly distinct petals 

 which are 2 keel-petals, 2 wings, and 1 standard which surrounds the 

 others. Androecium of 10 monodelphous, diadelphous or rarely distinct 

 stamens, or rarely 9 or 5. Gynoecium 1-carpellary. Ovary superior. 

 Fruit a dehiscent or indehiscent legume, or a loment. 



