LEGUMINOS^E. CCL. POINCIANA. CCLI. MEZONEURUM. CCLII. REICHARDIA. CCLIII. LABICHEA, &c. 433 



ending in a small acumen ; calyx clothed with velvety tomentum ; 

 petals fringed, on long stipes. Ij . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies and Abyssinia. Cassalpinia elata, Swartz, obs. 16C. Leaves 

 with 5-6 pairs of pinna, each pinna bearing many pairs of small 

 leaflets, which are clothed with white tomentum beneath. Flowers 

 with yellow petals, and dark purple filaments. Buds and pods 

 silky. 



Tall Flower-fence. Clt. 1778. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



4 P. ROXBU'RGHII ; unarmed ; branches and panicle clothed 

 with rusty down; leaves with 11 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 18-20 pairs of trapezoid-oblong, retuse leaflets ; calyx 

 and legumes woolly ; petals fringed, stipitate. J? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Csesalpinia inermis, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90. 

 but not of Lin. Flowers with yellow petals, and purple filaments. 



Roxburgh's Flower-fence. Tree. 



5 P. COMPRE'SSA (Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) unarmed ; 

 leaves with 3 pairs of pinnas, each pinna bearing 4-5 pairs of 

 elliptic, obtuse, emarginate, glaucous leaflets ; petals entire, 

 about twice the length of the calyx, on short stipes ; stamens 

 much exserted. fj . S. Native of Mexico and Peru. Racemes 

 terminal, simple. Pedicels an inch long. Flowers with yellow 

 petals and purplish stamens. 



Compressed Flower-fence. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



6 P. HI'SFIDA ; branches beset wiih stiff curved bristles ; 

 leaves with 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-11 pairs of 

 obovate emarginate leaflets, with a bristle in the notch at the end ; 

 petals crenated, on short stipes. J? . S. Native of Mexico, 

 Pavon. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Pedicels 2 inches 

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



Hispid Flower-fence. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



7 P. GILLIE'SII (Hook. bot. misc. 1. p. 129. t. 34.) unarmed; 

 leaves bipinnate ; leaflets oblong ; petals glandular, denticulate- 

 ly-ciliated at the apex; legume acinaciform, glandular, 1 -celled, 

 dry. T; . S. Native of Chili, about Mendosa. Flowers sul- 

 phur-coloured ; they have a sickly disagreeable smell, and are 

 considered by the common people in Chili to be injurious to the 

 sight ; hence the vernacular name mal de ozos. The shrub will 

 not grow unless in irrigated places. 



Gillics's Flower-fence. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. Beautiful shrubs, with very showy flowers, and are 

 therefore worth cultivating in every collection of stove plants. 

 They require to be kept in a strong heat to have them to flower 

 freely. A mixture of loam and peat is the best soil for them. 

 Young cuttings may be rooted if planted in a pot of sand, with 

 a hand-glass placed over them, in a moist heat ; but the plants 

 are usually raised from seeds received from abroad. 



CCLI. MEZONEITRUM (from piaoc , mesos, the middle, and 

 rcvpot', neuron, a nerve ; in reference to the seminiferous suture 

 of the pod being expanded into a wing). Desf. mem. mus. 4. p. 

 245. D. C. prod. 2. p. 484. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, which 

 are concrete at the base ; the lower one arched, involving the 

 others, which are orbicular before expansion. Petals 5, ungui- 

 culate, upper one the smallest. Stamens 1 0, declinate, villous at 

 the base. Style incurved. Legume foliaceous, flat, ovate-ob- 

 long, indehiscent, 1 -celled, many-seeded, having the seminiferous 

 suture expanded into a wing. Trees, with abruptly and oppo- 

 sitely bipinnate leaves, having twin hooked prickles at the base 

 of each pair of pinnae. Racemes simple, bractless. This genus 

 is nearly allied to Ccesalp'mia, but it is distinguished from it by 

 the winged legume. 



1 M. GLA'BRUM (Desf. 1. c. t. 10.) leaves glabrous ; legume 

 very flat. Tj . S. Native of the Island of Timor. 



Glabrous Mezoneurum. Tree 20 feet. 



VOL. II. 



2 M. PUBE'SCENS (Desf. 1. c. t. 11.) leaves pubescent ; legume 

 inflated and reticulated in the middle part. fj . S. Native of 

 Java. 



Pubescent Mezoneurum. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Poinciana 1'or culture and propagation. 



CCLII. REICHA'RDIA (in honour of John James Reichard, 

 author of a Systema Plantarum, 4 vol. 8vo. Frankfort, 1779 and 

 1780., and other botanical works). Roth, nov. spec. 210. but not 

 of his bot. abhandl. nor of his cat. bot. D. C. prod. 2. p. 484. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, joined into a cam- 

 panulate crenulated calyx. Petals 6-10, unequal, disposed in a 

 somewhat papilionaceous manner. Stamens 10, declinate, dis- 

 tinct, cohering together beneath the middle by a beard. Ovary 

 somewhat pedicellate. Style filiform. Stigma dilated. Legume 

 samaroid, ending in an oblong wing. This genus is not suffi- 

 ciently known. 



1 R. HEXAPE'TALA (Roth. 1. c.) corolla 6-petalled ; leaves 

 abruptly bipinnate, and are, as well as the stems, prickly. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Csesalpinia ligulata, Heyne ex Roth. 

 Flowers about the size of those of E'rvum. 



Six-petalled Reichardia. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 feet. 



2 R. ? DECAPE'TALA (Roth, 1. c.) corolla 10-petalled; leaves 

 abruptly and simply pinnate ; stem prickly. I? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Csesalpinia, spec. nov. Heyne ex Roth. Le- 

 gume unknown. 



Ten-petalled Reichardia. Tree. 



Cult. See Poinciana for culture and propagation. 



CCLIII. LABI'CHEA (in memory of M. Labiche, an officer 

 of the French ship Uranie, who accompanied Freycenet in his 

 voyage round the world ; he died on his passage to the Moluc- 

 cas). Gaud, in Freycenet, voy. part. bot. p. 486. t. 16. 



LIN. SYST. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, nearly 

 regular, deciduous. Petals 5, roundish-obovate, rather orbi- 

 cular, nearly equal, spreading, exceeding the calyx. Stamens 2, 

 hypogynous ; filaments very short ; anthers 2-celled, thick, 

 arched, unequal, opening by a suboperculate pore. Ovary on a 

 short stipe, obliquely ovate-oblong, compressed, ending in a su- 

 bulate style, containing 2 ovula. Stigma simple. Fruit un- 

 known. An unarmed shrub, with alternate, sessile, impari- 

 pinnate leaves, bearing 1-5 pairs of opposite, lanceolate, 

 mucronate, coriaceous leaflets. Stipulas petiolar, minute. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, many-flowered. Flowers alternate, pedicellate, 

 yellow. Pedicels bracteate at the base. 



1 L. CASSIOIDES (Gaud. 1. c.) 1? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the western coast, at a place called in French Baie des 

 chiens marins, and in English Shark's Bay. 



Cassia-like Labichea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will grow well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and cuttings will probably root if planted in a pot of sand, 

 with a bell-glass placed over them. 



CCLIV. HOFFMANSE'GGIA (in honour of John C. Hoff- 

 mansegg, author of Flore Portugaise, in conjunction with Link 

 Berlin, 1806 and following years). Cav. icon. 4. p. 63. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 484. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, joined at the 

 base, permanent. Petals 5, unguiculate, spreading, glandular at 

 the base, the superior one the broadest. Stamens 10, with the 

 filaments beset with glandular pili, one of which is usually cas- 

 trated. Stigma clavate. Legume linear, compressed, dry, 

 many-seeded. Herbs or subshrubs, with bipinnate leaves, 

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