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serted from the tube. Stamens 10, inclosed. Legume oblong, 

 thick, filled with pulp inside. An unarmed tree, with obtuse 

 branches, bipinnate leaves, with 4-7 pairs of pinnae, the lower 

 pinna bearing 1 leaflet, the rest bearing 6-8 pairs of leaflets. 

 Flowers white, disposed in racemes. 



1 G. CANADE'NSIS (Lam. 1. c. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 241. 

 t. 51.). ^ H. Native of Canada, in woods, State of New 

 York, Tenessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. Reich, mag. t. 40. Gui- 

 landina dioica, Lin. spec. 546. Hyperanthera dioica, Vahl. 

 symb. 1. p. 31. Duham. arb. 1. t. 103. Bark of branches of 

 a bluish ash-colour. Petals white. 



Canadian Gymnocladus. Clt. 1748. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. A fine deciduous tree, with large, bipinnate leaves. It 

 will grow in any common soil, and is increased by slips from 

 the roots, which should be planted in spring, with their ends 

 upwards. 



CCXLVI. ANO 1 MA (aro^oc, anomos, without law, irregular ; 

 the corolla as well as the legume are irregular). Lour. coch. 

 p. 279. Juss. in ann. mus. 9. p. 327. D. C. prod. 2. p. 480. 



LIN. SYST. Dccandria, Mtmogynia, Calyx of 5, nearly 

 equal sepals, which are concrete at the base. Petals 5, oblong, 

 nearly equal. Stamens 10, ascending, the 5 alternate ones ste- 

 rile. Legume oblong, thick, 1-eelled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 

 A small tree, with opposite, bipinnate leaves, according to 

 Loureiro, but perhaps they are alternate and tripinnate, some- 

 what ovate, tomentose leaflets, and panicles of white flowers. 



1 A. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Lour. 1. c.). ^. G. Native of Co- 

 chin-china, in woods. Hyperanthera Cochinchinensis, Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 537. Hypelate Cochinchinensis, Smith, in Rees" cycl. 

 vol. 19. 



Cochin-china Anoma. Tree. 



Cult. See Ccesalplnia for culture and propagation, p. 432. 



CCXLVII. GUILANm'NA (in honour of Melchior Gui- 

 landinus, or \Vieland, of Prussia, a great traveller, he succeeded 

 Anquillara at Padua in 1561, and Tallopius in 1564 ; lie died 

 in 1589. His publications are, De Stirpibus, 1558, and De 

 Papyro, in 1572). Lin. gen. no. 517. Juss. gen. 350. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 2. t. 148. Lam. ill. t. 336. D. C. prod. 2. p. 480. 

 Boncluc, Plum. gen. 25. Guilandina species of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Dccandria, Alonugynia. Calyx of 5 nearly 

 equal sepals, joined together into a short tube at the base. Pe- 

 tals 5, sessile, nearly equal. Stamens 10, with the filaments 

 villous at the base. Style short. Legume ovate, compressed, 

 rather ventricose, echinated with prickles on the outside, 2- 

 valved, 1-2-seeded. Seeds bony, shining, nearly globose, exal- 

 buminous. Trees and shrubs, furnished with hooked prickles 

 both on the stems and petioles. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. 

 Flowers yellow, disposed in racemose spikes. Bracteas elon- 

 gated. 



1 G. BO'NDUC (Lin. spec. 545.) leaves pubescent, velvety ; 

 leaflets ovate ; prickles solitary ; seeds yellow. Ij . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, Africa, Arabia, and South America, on the 

 sea-shore. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 48. G. Bonduc, var. a, majus, 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 480. Flowers yellow. Seeds large, yellowish. 

 Leaves with 7 pairs of pinnae each, bearing as many pairs of 

 leaflets. Btmdoq, a necklace in Arabic ; use of seeds. 



Bonduc or Nicker-tree. Clt. 1640. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



2 G. BONDUCE'LLA (Lin. spec. 545.) leaves pubescent ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong ; prickles twin ; seeds grey. I? . S. Native of 

 the East Indies, Africa, and South America. Schrank, hort. 

 mon. t. 68. Glycyrhiza aculeata, Forsk. desc. 135. Rumph. 

 amb. t. 49. f. 1. This plant differs from the last in having 

 much smaller leaves set closer together, and below each pair of 

 leaflets are two short, stiff, crooked spines, which are opposite, 

 not solitary, as in the last species. The seeds of this plant are 



usually used by boys instead of marbles, they being about the 

 same size and shape. In Egypt the seeds of both this and the pre- 

 ceding are used by women, strung in necklaces, and hung about 

 thc'ir children by way of amulet, to guard them from sorcery. 

 They are often thrown on shore on the coast of Scotland and Ire- 

 land, and are called by the inhabitants of the former Molucca 

 beans. The bark and seeds are bitter and tonic. 



Small Bonduc or Nicker-tree. Clt. 1700. Sh. 6 to 8 feet. 



3 G. CILIA TA (Berg. herb. Wicks, obs. fl. St. Barth. p. 411.) 

 branches clothed with rusty tomentum ; leaves pubescent, with 

 3-6 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets nearly orbicular, oblique at the 

 base, emarginate at the apex, pilose beneatli at the base on the 

 middle nerve, fj . S. Native of the island of St. Bartholomew. 

 Flowers in terminal, spicate racemes. Peduncles and pedicels 

 clothed witli rusty tomentum. 



Ciliated Nicker-tree. Shrub. 



4 G. MICROPHY'LLA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 114.) leaves 

 smooth, with 3-4 pairs of opposite pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 6-8 pairs of oval obtuse leaflets. f; . S. Native country, 

 flowers, and fruit unknown. Perhaps this species is referable 

 to the figure in Rumph. amb. 5. t. 49. f. 2. 



Small-leaved Nicker-tree. Shrub. 



5 G. GLA'BRA (Mill. diet. no. 3.) leaves glabrous, with 4 pairs 

 of alternate pinnae, pinna bearing oval, acute, opposite leaflets, 

 fj . S. Native about Campeachy. 



Glabrous Nicker-tree. Tree. 



6 G. ? GE'MINA (Lour. coch. 265.) leaves glabrous, simply 

 pinnate ; legumes 2 from the same flower. fy . S. Native of 

 Cochin-china, in woods. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Flowers 

 yellow, disposed in terminal, branched racemes. 



TWw-fruited Nicker-tree. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Cult. See Cizsalpinia, p. 432. for culture and propagation. 

 The species require a considerable degree of heat to make them 

 thrive. 



CCXLVIII. COULTE'RIA (in honour of Thomas Coulter, 

 M. D. author of a monograph on the natural order Dipsacece), 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 328. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 480. Adenocalyx, Bertero, ined. Tara, Mol. chil. ed. 2. gall. 

 p. 283. Schult. syst. 978. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx turbinate at the 

 base, 5-cleft, the 4 upper lobes nearly equal, the lower one is 

 larger and pectinately toothed, with glands. Petals 5, the 

 upper one the largest. Stamens 10, with the filaments free and 

 somewhat bearded at the base, and with a nectariferous gland on 

 the upper side of the ovary. Style short. Stigma glandularly 

 ciliated. Legume compressed, flat, spongy, hardly dehiscent 

 but usually divided transversely into cells inside, 4-6-seeded. 

 Embryo straight. Shrubs or trees, native of South America, 

 with spines in the axils of the leaves. Leaves abruptly bipin- 

 nate. Flowers yellow, disposed in racemes. Pedicels articu- 

 lated, under the flower. 



1 C. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 328. in a 

 note,) leaves, calyxes, and fruit clothed with velvety pubes- 

 cence ; leaflets oval-oblong, retuse ; petioles unarmed ; legumes 

 stipitate, obtuse. Jj . S. Native of St. Martha. Adenocalyx 

 remotus, Bert. ined. Caesalpinia mollis, Spreng. syst. append. 169. 



Sof: Coulteria. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



2 C. HORRIDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 330. 

 t. 568.) leaflets glabrous, oblong ; petioles prickly ; calyxes 

 hairy ; legumes glabrous, sessile, obliquely oblong. f? . S. 

 Native of the province of Popayan, near Carthagena. 



Horrid Coulteria. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



3 C. TINCTORIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 330.) 

 t. 569.) leaflets glabrous, oval, emarginate ; petioles armed, some- 

 times somewhat puberulous ; calyxes smoothish ; legumes gla- 



