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LEGUMINOSjE. CCXIX. SWARTZIA. CCXX. BAPIIIA. CCXXI. ZOLLERNIA. 



acumen ; peduncles usually 3-flowered ; petal unguiculate, 

 roundish, a little fringed, length of calyx ; stamens 20-25. Tj . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Legume on a short stipe, ovate, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds ovate-conical, truncate at the central extremity. 



Small-JlomeredSwattaaa, Shrub 6 feet. 



5 S. OCHNA'CEA (D.C. legum. mem. xi. t. 58.) leaves simple, 

 ovate-elliptic, acutish ; peduncles 1 -flowered. T? S. Native 

 of South America, about Buenos Ayres. Flowers unknown. 

 Legume standing on a stipe half an inch long, obovate, tapering 

 to the base, apiculated by the style. Seed 1, large, reniform. 



Ochna-like Swart/ia. Shrub 6 feet. 



* * Leaves Impari-pinnate, with 3-7 leaflets. 



S. TRIPHY'LLA (Willd. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, but the lower 

 ones are simple ; leaflets oval -lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles 

 2-5-flowered. Pj . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne. Pos- 

 sira arborescens, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 934. t. 353. Possira tri- 

 phylla, Swartz, prod. 82. Flowers yellow. 



Var.fi, grandiflbra(Radd\, mem. pi. bras. add. p. 16.) leaflets 

 undulated ; petal large. Native near Rio Janeiro. 



Tliree-leajlctled Swartzia. Shrub 8 feet. 



7 S. A'PTERA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 423.) leaves 

 trifoliate ; petioles terete, wingless ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, drawn 

 out into a blunt, narrow, somewhat emarginate acumen ; pedun- 

 cles 2-5-flowered. Jj . S. Native of Cayenne and Guiana. 



Wingless-petioled Swartzia. Shrub 6 feet. 



8 S. MYRTIFOLIA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 5.) leaves with 3-5 

 leaflets ; petioles marginated ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong ; petal 

 orbicular, length of calyx ; stamens very numerous, polyadel- 

 phous. Jj . S. Native of the Caraccas. Petal yellowish. 



Myrtle- leaved Swartzia. Shrub 6 feet. 



9 S. PINNA'TA (Willd. 1. c.) leaves with 5 leaflets : petioles 

 terete ; leaflets elliptic, acuminated ; peduncles rather velvety ; 

 racemes twin ; petal orbicular, unguiculate, longer than the 

 calyx ; stamens numerous. Jj . S. Native of Trinidad. Rit- 

 tera pinnata, Vahl. eccl. 2. p. 38. Corr. ann. mus. 9. p. 289. 

 t. 24. f. 2. Possira pinnata, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 533. Legume elon- 

 gated, many-seeded. Leaflets 7 inches long. Flowers yellowish. 



Pinnate-leaved Swartzia. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 feet. 



10 S. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 423.) 

 leaves with 5 leaflets ; petioles terete ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminated, shining ; racemes panicled, rather velvety, a little 

 longer than the petioles ; petal orbicular; stamens 10. ^ . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Calyx bipartite, with the lobes reflexed. 

 Petals 3, particularly with a roundish vexillum and 2 wings. 

 Ovary clothed with hoary, adpressed down. Leaflets 7-8 inches 

 long. Perhaps a true species of Snartzia. 



Long-leaded Swartzia. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



11 S. BRACHYSTA'CHYA (D. C. legum. mem. xi.) leaves with 

 5-7 leaflets, and are as well as the branchlets glabrous ; petioles 

 terete ; leaflets elliptic, acuminated ; peduncles smoothish, 5-9- 

 Howered ; petal ovate-orbicular, longer than the calyx. Tj . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Flowers polyandrous. Stamens about 40, 

 nearly equal in length. Leaflets 3 inches long. 



Short-spiltcd Swartzia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



12 S. TOMENTOSA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. t. 59.) leaves with 

 5-7 leaflets ; petioles terete, and are as well as the branchlets 

 velvety ; leaflets oval-oblong, acuminated, velvety beneath ; sti- 

 pulas nearly orbicular. Ij . S. Native of Cayenne, on the 

 banks of rivers, where it is called Jiois pagaic blanc. Robmia 

 Panacoco, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 769. t. 307. Kobinia tomentosa, 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1134. Racemes rising beneath the leaves 

 along the branches. Flowers red. The wood is white, and 

 very useful. Anacoco is the Guiana name of the tree. 



Tomenlo.se Swartzia. Tree 60 feet. 



13 S. FLEMI'.NGII (Raddi, mem. pi. bras. add. p. 18.) leaves 



pinnate ; petioles terete ; leaflets oblong, hairy beneatli ; flowers 

 spicate ; petal pilose beneath. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers 

 white, rising in brandies, furnished with orbicular leaves. Ovary 

 covered with silky tomentum. 



Flemingia-Mke Swartzia. Tree 60 feet. 



14 S. LANGSDORFII (Raddi, 1. c. p. 17.) leaves pinnate ; pe- 

 tioles marginated ; leaflets ovate, acute, glabrous, reticulated with 

 veins ; racemes 5-6-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers 

 white, rising like those of the preceding. 



Lnngsilorf^e Swartzia. Tree 60 feet. 



15 S. POLYPHY'LLA (D. C. legum. mem. xi. prod. 2. p. 421.) 

 leaves with 9-11 leaflets; petioles terete, wingless; leaflets 

 ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes usually 3-together, slen- 

 der, somewhat spike-formed ; petal roundish. fy . S. Native 

 of Cayenne. Ovary glabrous, stipitate. From the petal fall- 

 ing off' very soon the plant is easily confounded with the next 

 section. 



Many-lertjlettcd Swartzia. Tree 20 feet. 



SECT. II. TOUNA'TEA (Tounou is the Guiana name of S. 

 alnta). Aubl. guian. 1 . p. 550. t. 21 8. D. C. prod. 2. p. 424. 

 Swartzia, Schreb. gen. no. 1227. Gynanthistrophe, Poit. in. 

 herb. Deless. Flowers apetalous. Legume hooked at the apex. 



16 S. ALA'TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1220.) leaves pinnate, with 5 

 leaflets ; petioles marginated ; leaflets oval-oblong, acute, rather 

 velvety beneath ; racemes many-flowered, spike-formed. 1; . S. 

 Native of Guiana, in woods. Tounatea Guianensis, Aubl. 1. c. 

 Ovary hairy, attenuated at the base, containing 4 or 5 ovula, 

 crowned by a short, hooked stigma. Flowers small, green. 



Winged- yctioled Swartzia. Tree 20 feet. 



17 S. APE'TALA (Raddi, 1. c. p. 19.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; spikes 20-30-flowered ; 

 flowers apetalous. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Apetalous Swartzia. Tree 25 feet. 



Cul'.. Sandy loam and peat is the best mixture for the species 

 of this genus ; and cuttings, not deprived of any of their leaves, 

 will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed 

 over them, in heat. 



CCXX. BA'PHIA (from fta^, laphe, a dye; the tree pro- 

 duces the cam-wood of commerce). Afz. ex Lodd. bot. cab. 

 4. p. 367. D. C. prod. 2. p. 424. 



LIN. SYST. Dccdndria, Monogynia. Calyx calyptriform, in- 

 closing the corolla, bursting under the carina, and erect under 

 the vexillum, at length falling off altogether. Corolla with a 

 roundish spreading vexillum, linear wings, which are about the 

 length of the vexillum, and an acute carina. Stamens 10, dis- 

 tinct. Legume falciform. Seeds 6, lenticular. A tree with 

 impari-pinnate leaves. Leaflets 5, oval-oblong, acuminated, 

 shining. Pedicels 2-3-together, 1-flowered, axillary. Flowers 

 white or yellow. 



1 B. NITIDA (Lodd. 1. c.). Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. 

 The wood is used for dyeing under the name of cam-wood. It 

 is brought from Sierra Leone to this country. 



Shining-]eaved Cam-wood. Fl. Ju. Nov. Clt. 1793. Tr. 50 ft. 



Cull. See Swartzia for culture and propagation. 



CCXXI. ZOLLE'RNIA (dedicated to Frederick William III. 

 King of Prussia, as we presume from his being descended from 

 the princes of Mohen Zollern). Max. et Nees. in nov. act. bon. 

 13. p. 1. t. 2 and 3. 



LIN. SYST. EnncAndr'm, Monogynia. Calyx entire, cleft la- 

 terally (f. 52. a.), reflexed. Petals 5, nearly equal (f. 52. c.). 

 Stamens 9-13 (f. 52. </.), hypogynous ; anthers erect, linear (f. 

 52. d.\ acuminated, all complete, or 2 a little smaller than the 

 others. Legume (f. 52. /;.), stipitate, 1 -celled, 2-valved, few- 

 seeded. Seeds exalbuminous. Embryo with the radicle unci- 



