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S C. DI'GYNA (Rottl.ex Willd. nov. act.nat. cur. 1803. vol.4, 

 p. 198. t. 3.) prickly ; leaves with 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 10-12 pairs of oblong-linear, obtuse leaflets ; ra- 

 cemes simple ; flowers usually digynous. Fj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Ovary hairy. Stamens not exceeding the petals. 

 Legumes 1-2, glabrous, ovate, oblong, ending in an incurved 

 mucrone. Pedicels of flowers very long. Flowers yellow. 



Digynous-fiowered Brasiletto. Tree. 



9 C. MIMOSOIDES (Lam. diet. 1 . p. 462. ill. t. 335. f. 2.) prickly ; 

 leaves with 6-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8-12 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, obtuse leaflets ; racemes hispid ; calyxes gla- 

 brous. Pj . S. Native of Malabar. Rheed. mal. 6. t. 8. 

 Leaves sensible to the touch. Flowers yellow. Legume oval- 

 oblong, few-seeded, woolly. 



Mimosa-like Brasiletto. Clt. 1806. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



10 C. CUCULLA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 32.) prickly; prickles 

 hooked ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 4-5 

 pairs of elliptic, acuminated, glabrous leaflets ; racemes forming 

 terminal panicles ; flowers crowded ; upper segment of the calyx 

 long, cucullate, and arched. T; . w . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies. Flowers yellow. Legume unknown. 



Cctt//ate-sepalled Brasiletto. Shrub cl. 



11 C. TORTUOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 32.) prickly ; prickles 

 hooked ; young branches and rachis clothed with rusty down ; 

 leaves with about 15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 18-20 

 pairs of sessile, linear, oblong, retuse leaflets, which are glaucous 

 beneath ; flowers racemose ; stamens length of petals. I? . w . S. 

 Native of Sumatra. Flowers yellow. 



Twisted Brasiletto. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



12 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Martius, mss. in herb. Lamb.) unarmed ; 

 leaves with 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8-10 pairs 

 of small, oblong-roundish leaflets, which are pubescent and pale 

 beneath, but shining above ; rachis of leaves beset with pedi- 

 cellate glands and pubescence ; racemes terminal, simple ; legume 

 straight, acuminated, 3-4-seeded. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the desert of Bahia. Flowers yellow. 



Small-lecifletted Brasiletto. Shrub. 



13 C. DESERTO'RUM (Martius, mss. in herb. Lamb.) unarmed ; 

 leaves usually with 1-2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing usually 

 7 broad, alternate, ovate-elliptic, glabrous leaflets, which are 

 sessile and oblique at the base ; racemes crowded with flowers, 

 terminal, aggregate. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the desert of 

 Bahia. Flowers yellow. Legumes unknown. 



Desert Brasiletto. Tree. 



14 C. BI'JUGA (Swartz, obs. 166.) prickly, but glabrous in 

 every part ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2 

 pairs of obcordate leaflets ; flowers panicled, on short pedicels. 



F? . S. Native of Jamaica. Ponciana bijuga and Caesalpinia 

 vesicaria, Lin. spec. 545. Sloan, hist. 2. t. 181. f. 2, 3. 

 Flowers yellow. Stamens equal in length to the corolla. Le- 

 gume oval-oblong, few-seeded, black, furrowed. All parts of 

 the tree have a strong balsamic scent when bruised. The leaf- 

 lets are broad. 



TwJO-^atrecMeaved Brasiletto. Clt. 1770. Tree 15 to 20 ft. 



15 C. BAUAME'NSIS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 461.) prickly, but gla- 

 brous in every part ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 3 pairs of obovate, emarginate leaflets ; flowers panicled. 



Jj . S. Native of the Bahama islands. Catesb. car. 2. t. 51. 

 Flowers whitish. Legume somewhat stipitate, linear, acute. 

 The value of this wood for dyeing has occasioned a scarcity of it 

 in the Bahama islands. 



Bahama Brasiletto. Tree. 



16 C. CRI'STA (Lin. spec. 544.) prickly, but glabrous in every 

 part ; leaves with 1-3 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets obovate, nearly 

 obcordate ; racemes simple ; pedicels thrice the length of the 

 flowers ; petals shorter than the calyx. Jj . S. Native of Ja- 



maica. Plum. gen. 28. t. 9. Flowers yellow. Legume linear, 

 somewhat stipitate, acute, glabrous, 7-8-seeded. Leaflets broad. 

 Great quantities of the wood are sent yearly from the West 

 Indies to England for dyeing, under the name of Brazil-mood. 

 Crested Brasiletto. Clt? Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



17 C. GLANDULOSA (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 4S2.) prickly ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 5 pairs of oval, glabrous leaflets, with glandular margins ; ra- 

 cemes simple, and are as well as the calyxes pubescent. ^ . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Legume sessile, flat, oblong-linear, 

 apiculated by the style, beset with pubescence, and a few brown 

 glands, which are only seen under a lens. C. Berterii, Spreng. 

 in herb. Balb. 



Glandular Brasiletto. T.'ee. 



18 C. GLABRA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 326.) 

 unarmed, quite glabrous ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 4-5 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets, which are 

 rounded at both ends and coriaceous ; racemes numerous, 

 crowded at the tops of the branches ; stamens hardly exceeding 

 the corolla in length ; legumes oblong, rather torulose. J? . S. 

 Native of Peru, between Caxamarca and Magdalena. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Glabrous Brasiletto. Tree. 



19 C. CACALA'CO (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. equin. 2. t. 137.) 

 prickly, glabrous ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 3-4 pairs of obovate-roundish, emarginate, membranous, 

 shining leaflets ; racemes terminal, simple ; rachis and pedicels 

 rather hairy ; stamens hardly exceeding the corolla ; legumes 

 torulose. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, between Chilpancingo 

 and Zumpango. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 328. 

 Cacalaco is the vernacular name of the tree. 



Cacalaco Brasiletto. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



20 C. PAPA'I (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 375.) unarmed ; 

 leaves impari-bipinnate, with 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 6-7 pairs of small, obtuse leaflets ; racemes lateral ; 

 filaments filiform, hairy ; legumes straight, mucronate. Pj . S. 

 Native of Peru. Flowers small. 



Papai Brasiletto. Shrub. 



21 C. PR^COX (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 376.) leaves 

 abruptly bipinnate ; petiole ending in a spine ; pinnae 3 pairs, 

 each pinna bearing 5-7 pairs of small, emarginate leaflets ; sti- 

 pular spines strong, conical ; legumes straight. ^ . S. Native 

 of Peru. 



Early Brasiletto. Tree. 



22 C. EXOSTE'MMA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 483.) unarmed, glabrous ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 3-4 pairs of ovate, obtuse leaflets ; 

 racemes terminal, simple ; stamens twice the length of the co- 

 rolla. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Corolla yellow. Calyx and 

 stamens reddish. This species comes very near C. Cacalaco. 



E xserted-crowned Brasiletto. Tree 20 feet. 



23 C. PULCHE'RRIMA ; unarmed ; petioles, calyx, and rachis 

 of flowers clothed with rusty down ; leaves with numerous pairs 

 of pinnae and leaflets ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, oblique at the 

 base and mucronate at the apex, pubescent beneath, with revo- 

 lute edges ; calyx rusty ; racemes forming a terminal panicle 

 T? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, Martius. 

 (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Very-fair Brasiletto. Tree. 



24 C. SELLO'I ; unarmed ; young branches and rachis of 

 leaves beset with glandular bristles ; panicle, calyx, and under 

 side of leaves rusty ; leaves with numerous pairs of pinnae and 

 leaflets ; leaflets lanceolate, mucronate, shining above ; racemes 

 forming a terminal panicle. \i . S. Native of Brazil. Sello. 

 Flowers yellow, (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Bella's Brasiletto. Tree. 



