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.] 



— {Ball., Cuba, Ant.) — Bakbados-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. G. Crista. 



Leaves without stipules : seeds yellow. 



Leaflet-blades ueitlier rounded nor retuse : corollas 2.5 cm. wide 



or more. 2. G. Bonduc. 



Leaflet-blades rounded or retuse : corollas less than 2 cm. wide. 3. G. 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-nicker. 



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. TAMARINDUS [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.]—iBah., 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. Ovai-y superior. 

 Fruit a dehiscent or indehiscent legume, or a loment. 



