242 LEGUMINOS.E. CXVI. GLOTTIDIUM. CXVII. PISCIDIA. CXVIII. DAUBENTONIA. CXIX. CORYNELLA. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 5-tOOthed, some- 

 what bilabiate, lower teeth rather the longest. Vexillum reni- 

 form, very short, and broad. Stamens diddelphous. Legumes 

 on long stipes, compressed, flat, 2-valved, 2-seeded, 1 -celled ; 

 the valves separating into 2 membranes \vhen mature, outer 

 membrane coriaceous, inner one membranous and covering the 

 seeds. Seeds compressed, transversely oblong. Annual smooth 

 herbs, having the primordial leaves ovate and simple, and the 

 rest abruptly-pinnate, of many-pairs of leaflets. Racemes axil- 

 lary, pedunculate. Flowers few, loose, yellow. 



1 G. FLORIDA'NUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 266.) Q. F. Native 

 of Florida and Carolina. Robinia vesicaria, Jacq. icon. rar. 1. 

 t. 148. Phaca Floridana, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1252. Sesbania 

 platycarpa, Michx. Sesbania disperma, Pursh. fl.amer. sept. 2. 

 p. 485. Dalbergia polyphylla, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 44C. Pedun- 

 cles 4-5-flowered. 



Florida Glottidium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 5 to 7 ft. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant require to be sown in a pot 

 filled with peat and sand, and placed in a hot-bed, and when the 

 plants have grown 2 or 3 inches high, they should be planted 

 into separate pots in the same kind of soil, and shifted into 

 larger pots as they grow. 



CXVII. PISCI'DIA (from piscis, a fish, and cccdo, to kill or 

 destroy ; the leaves, bark, and twigs bruised are thrown into 

 ponds or rivulets for the purpose of intoxicating fish, by which 

 means they are easily taken). Lin. gen. 856. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 267. Piscipula, Lcefl. itin. 275. Ichthyomethia, P. Browne, 

 jam. 276. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelpliia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 cleft. Corolla papilionaceous. Keel obtuse. Stamens mona- 

 delphous, the tenth one free from the rest at the base. Style 

 filiform, glabrous. Legume pedicellate, linear, furnished with 

 4 membranous wings ; the seeds separated by spongy svibstance. 

 Seeds ovate, compressed, having a lateral hylum. Embryo 

 curved, with elliptic-oblong thickish cotyledons, and a hooked 

 radicle. West Indian trees, with broad impari -pinnate leaves, 

 and terminal panicles of white and blood-coloured flowers mixed. 



1 P. ERYTHRI'NA (Lin. spec. 993. Jacq. amer. 206.) leaflets 

 ovate ; legume standing on a stipe, which is thrice the length of 

 the calyx ; wings interrupted. Ij . S. Native of New Spain 

 and Jamaica on the mountains, where it is called Dog-mood by 

 the English. Swartz, obs. 277. Lunan. hort. jam. 1. p. 269. 

 Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 382. Erythnna piscipula, Lin. 

 spec. ed. l.p. 107. Sloane, jam. 2. t. 176. f. 4 and 5. Lam. ill. 

 t. 605. f. A. Leaves rather coriaceous, adult ones smooth. 

 Flowers rising before the leaves, of a dirty-white colour. The 

 bark of the root (leaves and twigs, Jacq.) is used with the same 

 effects as the leaves and branches of Surinam poison. It is 

 pounded and mixed with the water in some deep and convenient 

 part of a river or creek, whence it may spread itself; in a few 

 minutes the fish that lie hidden under the rocks or banks rise to 

 the surface, where they float as if they were dead; most of the 

 larger ones recover after a time, but the smaller fry are de- 

 stroyed. Jacquin observes that this quality of intoxicating fish 

 is found in many other South American plants. The tree is con- 

 sidered in Jamaica as a good timber tree ; the wood is hard and 

 resinous, and lasts almost equally in or out of water. It is of a 

 light-brown colour, coarse, cross-grained, and heavy. It makes 

 excellent piles for wharfs. The stakes soon form a good living 

 fence. The bark of the trunk is very restringent ; a decoction 

 of it is said to stop the immoderate discharge of ulcers, especially 

 when it is combined with the mangrove bark ; it is said to cure 

 the mange in dogs, and it would probably answer well for tan- 

 ning leather. 



Red Piscidia or Jamaica Dog-wood. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1690. Tree 30 feet. 



2 P. CARTHAGENE'NSIS (Jacq. amer. 210. Lin. spec. 993.) 

 leaflets obovate ; stipe of legume hardly longer than the calyx ; 

 wings continuous. Jj.S. Native of Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and 

 Carthagena, on the mountains. Piscidia erythrina of Ait. hort. 

 kew, according to a specimen in the herbarium of L. Heritier, 

 which has the underside of the leaves villous, and the young 

 leaves very villous, and the lower leaflets ovate, but the terminal 

 one is obovate. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 133. f. 2. Lam. ill. t. 605. 

 f. B and C. Flowers dirty-white, rising after the leaves. Lunan, 

 hort. jam. 1. p. 270. 



Carthagena Piscidia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1690. Tree 30 ft. 



Cult. Sandy loam suits these trees best, and cuttings may be 

 rooted in sand under a hand-glass in heat. 



CXVIII. DAUBENTO'NIA (in honour of M. Daubenton, 

 a celebrated naturalist). D. C. legum. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 267. 

 Piscidia species, Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate, rather 

 truncate, with 5 small teeth. Corolla papilionaceous. Keel 

 very blunt. Vexillum roundish, stipitate. Stamens diadelphous, 

 having the free filament, as well as the staminiferous sheath, as 

 if they were jointed at the base. Style filiform, glabrous. Le- 

 gume on a long pedicel, oblong, compressed, coriaceous, orna- 

 mented with 4 wings rising near the margins of the sutures, and 

 furnished with spongy substance between the seeds. Seeds ovate. 

 Mexican shrubs, with oblong stipulas, abruptly-pinnate leaves, 

 and simple racemes of flowers. This genus is nearly allied to 

 Piscidia, but the stamens are diadelphous, and the leaves are 

 abruptly, not impari-pinnate. Perhaps this genus is allied to 

 Coursetia. 



1 D. PCNI'CEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 267.) leaves with 8-10 pairs 

 of oblong obtuse leaflets ; racemes almost 3-times shorter than 

 the leaves. >2 S. Native of New Spain. Flowers scarlet. 

 Piscidia punicea, Cav. icon. 4. t. 316. ^Eschynomene miniata, 

 Ort. dec. p. 28. 



Scarlet-Aowered Daubentonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 D. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 267.) leaves having 11- 

 12 pairs of lanceolate acute leaflets ; racemes a little shorter than 

 the leaves. fj . S. Native of New Spain. Flowers yellow. 

 ^ischyn6mene longifolia, Cav. icon. 4. t. 315. Piscidia longi- 

 folia, Willd. spec. 3. p. 920. 



Long-leaved Daubentonia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 6 ft. 

 Cult. To be propagated and cultivated in the same manner 

 as that recommended for Piscidia. 



CXIX. CORYNE'LLA (a diminutive of nopwri, koryne, a 

 club ; in reference to the club-shaped style). D. C. in ann. sc. 

 nat. 4. Jan. 1825. p. 93. prod. 2. p. 267. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bilabiate, 5-tooth- 

 ed ; teeth spreading, linear, subulate, 2 superior ones hardly 

 shorter than the rest. Corolla papilionaceous ; all the petals on 

 very short claws. Keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, about 

 equal in length to each other. Style glabrous, club-formed. 

 Legume lanceolate, compressed, marginate, many-seeded. St. 

 Domingo shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, having the pe- 

 tioles and stipulas ending in spiny mucrones, and the leaflets ex- 

 stipellate. Young branches pubescent. Pedicels 1 -flowered, in 

 fascicles. Flowers purplish. 



1 C. POLYA'NTHA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with 5-7 pairs of oblong 

 leaflets, which are glabrous above, and clothed with hoary hairs 

 beneath. Jj . S. Native of St. Domingo among bushes, on the 

 mountains. Robinia polyantha, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 2. p. 

 1260. Corynitis polyantha, Spreng. syst. append. 280. 



