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LEGUMINOS^E. CCXL. GEOFFROYA. CCXLI. BROWNEA. 



Flowers white. This plant ought to be removed from the pre- 

 sent genus. 



Horsfald's Antlira. Shrub. 



Cult. See Geoffroya for culture and propagation. 



CCXL. GEOFFRO'YA (in honour of M. E. F. Geoftroy ; 

 he was author of a Materia Medica, and died in 1731.) Jacq. 

 amer. 207. Lin. gen. no. 878. D. C. prod. 2. p. 476. Acouroa, 

 Aubl. guian. 3. p. 10. and 753. Drakensteinia, Neck. elem. 

 no. 13-14. 



LIN. SYST. Diadclphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, half- 

 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate. Corolla papilionaceous, with the 

 wings and keel about equal in length, but shorter than the vexil- 

 lum. Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and one free. Ovary bi- 

 ovulate. Legume drupaceous, egg-shaped, 1 -celled, 1-seeded, 

 marked with a furrow on both sides, 2-valved inside. Seeds 

 thick. Cotyledons fleshy. Embryo straight. American thorny 

 or unarmed trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, axillary ra- 

 cemes or panicles of flowers, and edible seeds. This genus is 

 closely allied to Amygdalacetse. 



1 G. SPINOSA (Jacq. amer. 207. t. 180. f. 62.) spines on the 

 trunk and branches few, and subulate ; leaflets 13-15, oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Carthagena, in woods by 

 the sea side, and perhaps of Brazil, if the Umkri of Marcgraff', 

 brasil. p. 121. f. 1. be the same. Flowers of a dirty fulvous 

 colour, diffusing widely a most fetid odour. The drupe is very 

 like an almond, with a tomentose rind of a greenish yellow 

 colour. The pulp is soft, sweet, and yellowish, has a nauseous 

 smell, and stains the hand with rust colour not easily washed 

 out. The nut or stone is white, adheres closely to the pulp, and 

 contains a white kernel that lias a farinaceous astringent taste. 

 This plant having papilionaceous flowers, and a drupe for a 

 fruit indicates the close relationship of Leguminbsce with Amyg- 

 dalacece, the following order. 



Spinose GeofFroya. Clt. 1818. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



2 G. SPINULOSA (Mart. reis. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 45.) 

 trunk unarmed ; branches covered with spongy bark ; leaflets 7, 

 ovate, obtuse, pubescent, and reticulated beneath ; petioles 

 winged, the wing spinulose at the base of the leaflets ; racemes 

 forming a spreading panicle. ^ S. Native of Brazil. 



Spinulose-le3.\cd Geoffroya. Tree. 



3 G. SUPE'RBA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 2. p. 69. t. 100.) 

 unarmed; leaflets 13-17, oblong, obtuse, somewhat emarginate ; 

 branches and calyxes pubescent. *j . S. Native on the banks 

 of the river Amazon near Tomependa, where it is called Almen- 

 dron or Almond. Flowers yellow. Leaves nearly like those of 

 the tamarind-tree (ex Kunth), shining and puberulous above, 

 but glaucous and paler beneath (ex Bonpland), glabrous above, 

 and pubescent beneath (ex D. C.). The fruit is much like that 

 of the last species. 



Superb Geoffroya. Tree 24 feet. 



4 G BREDEMEYE'RI (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 379.) unarmed; leaflets 17-25, oblong, shining above, but with 

 a few scattered hairs, pubescent beneath ; adult branches gla- 

 brous ; calyx clothed with canescent tomentum. J? . S. Native 

 of Caraccas, on dry hills and in valleys near New Valencia, and at 

 Cumana. ,Kobinia striata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1132. Flowers 

 yellow. Drupe similar to the two preceding species. 



Bredemeyer'i Geoffroya. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



5 G. PUBE'SCENS (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 121.) 

 unarmed ; leaflets 11-13, elliptic-obovate, obtuse, and somewhat 

 emarginate, clothed with white pubescence beneath, as well as 

 the calyx, fj . S. Native of Cayenne. Flowers pedunculate, 

 purple. Leaflets 2 inches long, and about an inch broad. 



Pubesct nt Geoffroya. Tree. 



6 G. VEBMI'FUOA (Mart. reis. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 44.) 



trunk unarmed ; branches covered with spongy bark ; leaves 

 with 9-11 roundly elliptic leaflets, which are glabrous above; 

 petioles wingless, furrowed, covered with rusty tomentum, as 

 well as the primary veins of the leaves on the under surface ; 

 racemes panicled, pyramidal, clothed with fulvous tomentum, as 

 well as the calyxes. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Vermifuge Geoffroya. Tree. 



7 G. VIOLA'CEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 278.) unarmed; leaflets 7, 

 alternate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, and somewhat emarginate, 

 glabrous on both surfaces. >j . S. Native of Guiana, on the 

 banks of rivers. Acouroa violacea, Aubl. guian. 753. t. 301. 

 Flowers violaceous. 



Violaceous-fto\\ered Geoffroya. Tree 50 feet. 



8 G. ? TOMENTOSA (Poir. diet. 8. p. 181.) leaflets 11, oval, 

 oblong, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous above, and tomentose 

 beneath, as well as the calyxes, peduncles, and branches. J? . S. 

 Native of Senegal. Petals nearly equal, velvety on the outside. 

 Stamens 8 ? monadelphous, very villous. Legume unknown. 

 This is a very doubtful species of the present genus. 



Tomentose Geoffroya. Tree. 



Cult. The species of Geoffroya grow freely in sandy loam, or 

 a mixture of loam and peat, and cuttings will strike root if 

 planted in sand, with a hand-glass placed over them in heat. 



CCXLI. BRO'WNEA (in honour of Patrick Browne, M.D., 

 author of a history of Jamaica). Jacq. amer. 194. fragm. p. 

 24. exclusive of Palovea. Lin. gen. no. 833. Lam. ill. 575. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 476. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Deca-Polydndria. Bracteoles 2, 

 constituting a bifid sheath to the calyx (f. 55. .). Calyx co- 

 loured, 5-cleft (f. 55. 6.), with the tube permanent, and the 

 lobes long, usually cohering to each other in various ways. 

 Petals 5 (f. 55. c.), unguiculate (f. 55. e.). Stamens 10-15, 

 monadelphous, with the tube or sheath cleft longitudinally. 

 Ovary furnished with a stipe, which is adnate tb the calyx. 

 Style filiform. Legume 1-celled, many-seeded, acinacifonn, 

 compressed. Seeds ovate, covered with fungous fibres. Small 

 American trees, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, when young 

 they are flaccid, and with the leaflets revolute at the edges. 

 Leaf-bud long and stipulaceous. Flowers elegant, of a rose 

 scarlet colour, rising in fascicled heads from the axillary buds. 



1 B. ROSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 237.) leaves with 2-3 pairs of 

 oval-oblong acuminated leaflets ; stamens twice the length of 

 the corolla ; branches and petioles glabrous : flowers in dense 

 heads; leaflets of the involucrum roundish, imbricated, and 

 when in a young state are rather velvety. fj S. Native of 

 South America, about Porto-bello, also of Guadaloupe, where 

 it is cultivated. Hermesias, Lcefl. itin. 278. B. rosa de monte, 

 Ber. act. angl. 1771. p. 171. t. 8, 9. Lam. ill. 575. f. 3. B. spe- 

 ciosa, of Reichb. in Sieb. fl. trin. cxsic. no. 68. does not differ 

 from the present plant unless in the stamens being less elon- 

 gated. Flowers scarlet. 



Rose Brownea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 feet. 



2 B. COCCINEA (Jacq. amer. 194. t. 121.) leaves with 2-3 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, acuminated leaflets ; flowers in fascicles ; 

 branches and petioles glabrous. J? . S. Native of Venezuela, 

 in hilly and woody places. Lam. ill. t. 575. f. 1. Calyx ferru- 

 ginous. Corolla scarlet. Stamens 10. 



iSca>7e/-flowered Brownea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1793. Sh. 

 6 to 1 feet. 



3 B. LATipbLiA (Jacq. fragm. p. 25. t. 17.) leaves with 1-3 

 pairs of ovate or obovate cuspidate leaflets ; flowers in dense 

 fascicles ; involucrum tomentose ; calyx compressed, with the 

 two inferior lobes joined together into an emarginate lip. 1j . S. 

 Native of Caraccas and Trinidad. Flowers red. Stamens 1 1 . 



Bread-leaved Brownea. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



