Ccesalpinia.] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 255 



2. C. Bonduc, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 32; Fl. Ind. ii. 362; leaves without 

 stipules, leaflets larger, bracts ascending. Guilandina Bonduc, Linn. ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 480; Watt. Cat. 5806; W. 8f A. Prodr. 280, ex parte. G. glalora, 

 Mill. Diet. No. 3. 



EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS. CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Polynesia, 

 West Indies. 



Very near C. Bonducella, from which it differs by its more robust habit, less 

 downy branches, larger leaflets (often 2-3 in. long), the absence of the reduced sti- 

 pular pinnae, by its smaller not squarrose bracts, and more tropical dispersion. 



. 2. ZSucaesalpinia. Pod dry, naked on the valves, indehiscent or 

 finally dehiscing, the sutures thin except in C. sepiaria. Petals broad. 



3. C. JXTug'a, Ait. Hort. Kew, iii. 32; glabrous, pinnae 4-6, leaflets 4-6 

 large ovate, stamens little exserted, pod woody broad-oblong 1-seeded. Gui- 

 landina Nuga, Linn. Sp. PL 546. 0. paniculata, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 32 ; Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 364 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 481 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 281 ; Wight Ic. t. 36 ; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 79. 0. sumatrana, Wall. Cat. 5831 B, 0, non Roxb. 

 C. bijuga, Wall Cat. 5833, non Sw. C. scandens, Kcenig-, DC. Prodr. ii. 482 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 5829. 



CHITTAGONG, SILHET, EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. 

 Malay isles, Philippines, China, N. Australia, Polynesia. 



Branches slender, very flexuose. Prickles copious, dark-coloured, hooked. Leaf- 

 lets distinctly petioluled, 1^-2 in. long, obtuse, glossy. Racemes axillary and terminal, 

 co pi ously panicled, with spreading branches ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 glabrous, %-% in. Petals scarcely exserted. Filaments densely woolly in the lower 

 half. Pod~ 2 in. long, broad, oblong, beaked, hard, glabrous, indehiscent, rather 

 turgid. 



4. C. Sappan, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 482 ; subglabrous, pinnae 20-24, 

 leaflets 20-30 moderately small oblong v-jry oblique, stamens little exserted, pod 

 oblique oblong woody 3-4-seeded. Roxb. Cor. PI. i. 17, t. 16 ; Hort. Seng. 32 ; 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 357; Wall. Cat. 5838-, W. $ A. Prodr. 281; Sedd. Fl. Sylv. 90; 

 Anal. Gen. t. xiii. fig. 1. Biancaea Sappan, Todaro Hort. Sot. Panorm. 3. 



EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS and PEGU. DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



A small tree. Prickles small and few. Leaf-xachis ^-1 ft. long ; leaflets close, 

 sessile, subcoriaceous, ^-f in. long, attached at the lowest corner. Panicles often as 

 long as the leaves, the young branches slightly ferrugineo-pubescent ; bracts large, 

 lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels -| in. Calyx f in., glabrous. Filaments densely 

 woolly in the lower half. Ovary grey- velvety. Pod 3-4 in. by 1^ in., subcompressed, 

 polished, indehiscent, with a hard recurved beak at the upper angle. 



5. C. pulcherrima, Swartz, Obs. 166; glabrous, pinnae 12-18, leaflets 

 20-24 small oblique-oblong, stamens much exserted, pod thin ligulate flat gla- 

 brous 6-8-seeded. Poinciana pulcherrima, Linn. ; Sot. Mag. t. 995 ; Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. ii. 355 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 484; Wall. Cat. 5813; W. $ A. Prodr. 282. 

 Rheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 1. 



Universally cultivated through India and elsewhere in the tropics ; the native 

 country .not clearly known. 



A shrub or small tree. Prickles few and scattered on the branches. Leaflets sessile, 

 close, membranous, ^-f in. long, not so oblique as in the last, very obtuse. Racemes 

 very broad, the lower pedicels 3-4 in. long. Calyx ^ | in., glabrous. Petals round, 

 crisped, reddish-yellow, with a very distinct claw, the largest and most showy of all the 

 species. Filaments bright red, 3-4 times the length of the corolla. Pod nearly straight, 

 2-3 in. long, the narrowest and thinnest of that of any of the species. 



