LEGUMINOS.E. CCLIX. CADIA. CCLX. ZUCCAGNIA. CCLXI. CERATONIA. CCLXII. CASTANOSI-ERMVM, Sec. 4.35 



South America and the West India Islands, and now cultivated 

 in most parts of the world within the tropics. Jacq. amer. 121. 

 t. 80. pict. 62. t. 119. D. C. legum. mem. xi. t. 21. f. 112. 

 germ. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented, disposed in pendulous 

 ran mes. In Jamaica the shrub is called Jerusalem-thorn, and 

 the French in the West Indies call it G< net i'/iincux. 



Prickly Parkinsonia. Clt. 173!). Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



Cult. This is a most elegant shrub in the West Indies 

 when in flower, but in our stoves it is seldom preserved 

 throughout the winter, although seeds of it are received an- 

 nually from the West Indies, and great numbers of plants raised 

 yearly. 



CCLIX. CA'DIA (Kadi is the Arabic name of the tree). 

 Forsk. descr. p. 90. D. C. prod. 2. p. 486. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynla. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 deft, glandular on the inside of the tube at the base. Petals 5, 

 equal, inserted in the calyx. Stamens 10, with the filaments 

 gibbously geniculated at the base ; anthers glandless. Ovary 

 pedicellate. Stigma sessile, acute. Legume linear, many seeded, 

 2-valved, on a short stipe. An unarmed shrub, with impari-pin- 

 nate leaves, linear, opposite or alternate leaflets, and pedicellate 

 solitary flowers. 



1 C. VA'RIA (Lher. diss. in mag. ency. 5. p. 29.) fj . G. Na- 

 tive of Arabia Felix. C. purpurea, Willd. spec. 548. Spaen- 

 doncea tamarindifolia, Desf. dec. phil. 7. p. 259. Panciatica 

 purpurea, Piccio, diss. Corolla at first white, but as it fades it 

 becomes rose-coloured. 



J'ariable Cadia. Clt. 1777. Shrub 5 to feet. 



Cult. See Ceratonia for culture and propagation. 



CCLX. ZUCCA'GNIA(in honour of Attilius Zuccagni, M.D. 

 once director of the botanic garden at Florence). Cav. icon. 5. 

 p. 2. t. 403. but not of Thunb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 486. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynla. Calyx 5-lobed, with a 

 turbinate tube, and oblong obtuse lobes, the lower one rather 

 the longest. Petals 5, ovate, the upper one broader and con- 

 cave. Stamens 10, nearly equal, pilose at the base. Style fili- 

 form. Stigma funnel-shaped. Legume nearly ovate, compres- 

 sed, 1-celled, 2-valved, 1-seedecl, hairy. Seed fixed to the top 

 of the suture. Clammy shrubs, with abruptly pinnate leaves, 

 and racemes of saffron-coloured flowers. 



1 Z. PUNCTA'TA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 2. t. 403.) clammy ; leaves 

 abruptly pinnate ; racemes terminal. Tj . G. Native of Chili, 

 on the mountains. Flowers saffron-coloured. 



Dotted Zuccagnia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



2 Z. ? ANGULA'TA (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 22.) stems gla- 

 brous, and branches angular ; leaves conjugately-pinnate and 

 sub-bipinnate ; leaflets minute, ovate-orbicular ; racemes termi- 

 nal, clothed with glandular pubescence. T? . G. Native of Chili, 

 about Coquimbo. 



Angular- branched Zuccagnia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Ceratonia for culture and propagation. 



CCLXI. CERATO'NIA (from Keparwvia of Theophrastus, 

 from Kipariov, keration, a horn or pod; shape of pods). Lin, 

 gen. 1167. Lam. ill. t. 859. Siliqua, Tourn. inst. 344. 



LIN. SYST. Folijgamia, Dicecia. Flowers polygamous or dioe- 

 cious. Calyx 5-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 5. Stigma 

 sessile, orbicular. Legume linear, coriaceous, indehiscent, many 

 seeded, many celled from the seeds being intercepted by a kind 

 of fleshy substance, and with the valves thick and pulpy on the 

 inside. Trees, with thick trunks, ever-green abruptly-pinnate, 

 coriaceous shining leaves, and racemes of small red flowers. Le- 

 gumes containing edible pulp. 



1 C. S!LIQUA (Lin. spec. 1513.) unarmed; leaflets oval, ob- 



tuse, flat, coriaceous, shining, dark green. ^ . G. Native of 

 the south of Europe, Mauritania, and the Levant. Cav. icon. 

 t. 113. Andr. bot. rep. 567. D. C. legum. xi. t. 23. f. 114. 

 germ. Tasano in act. nap. 1787. p. 248. t. 18. f. 2. Blackw. 

 herb. t. 209. The carob-tree is much cultivated in the south of 

 Europe for the sake of the pods, the pulp of which is eaten ; 

 they are 4 inches and more in length, of a dusky ferruginous 

 colour, as well as the seeds. Ignorance of eastern manners 

 and natural history induced some persons to fancy that the 

 locusts which John the Baptist fed on were the tender shoots of 

 this plant, and that the wild honey was the pulp in the pods of 

 the carob, whence it has the name of St. John's bread ; there is 

 better reason to suppose that the shells of (he carob-pod might 

 be the husks which the prodigal son desired to partake of with 

 the swine. 



SUique-poAAed Ceratonia or Carob-tree, or St. John's-bread. 

 Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1570. Tree 30 to 50 feet. 



2 C. ? CHILE'NSIS (Mol. chil. ed. gall. 338.) branches spiny ; 

 leaflets oval, keeled. J? . G. Native of Chili. Perhaps a species 

 of Prosbpis. 



Chili Ceratonia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Cult. Loam and sand is a good mixture for the carob-tree, 

 and ripened cuttings will strike root if planted in sand, with a 

 hand-glass placed over them.' 



CCLXII. CASTANOSPE'RMUM(from ua<r-a ror, kaslmwn, 

 a chestnut, and mrtpfia, sperma, a seed ; in reference to the 

 seeds, which taste like chestnuts). Cunningh. in Hook. bot. misc. 

 1. p. 241. t. 51 and t. 52. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynla. Calyx coloured, some- 

 what bilabiate, with a short tube, upper lip bifid, lower one tri- 

 fid. Petals 5, papilionaceous, with the wings and keel nearly 

 equal in length. Stamens 10, free. Ovary on a long stipe. 

 Legume stipitate, large, oblong-cylindrical, 2-valvcd, usually 4- 

 seeded ; valves coriaceous, spongy inside. A large tree, with 

 impari-pinnate leaves, and lateral rather compound racemes of 

 flowers. Leaflets broad, smooth, and entire. 



1 C. AUSTRA'LE (Cunningh. 1. c.) ^ G. Native of New 

 Holland, in Morton Bay. The legumes are produced from 2 

 years old wood, containing usually 4 seeds as large as Spanish 

 chestnuts, which are eaten by the natives about Morton Bay on 

 all occasions, and they have when roasted somewhat of the 

 flavour of Spanish chestnuts, and even Europeans who have sub- 

 sisted on them for 2 or 3 days together have found no bad effects 

 from them when roasted. 



Southern Morton Bay Chestnut. Clt. 1828. Tree 40 to 50 ft. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Ceratonia. 



CCLXIII. HARDWI'CKIA (in honour of Major General 

 Thomas Hardwicke, F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. of the East India Com- 

 pany's artillery). Roxb. cor. S. p. 6. hort. beng. p. 33. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 486. 



LIN. SYST. Octo- Decdndria, Monogynla. Sepals 4, but usually 

 5, ovate, equal, hardly cohering at the base. Corolla none. 

 Stamens 8, but usually 10, free, inserted in the bottom of the 

 calyx, or perhaps in the torus, the 5 which alternate with the 

 sepals are a little larger than the rest. Anthers ovate, some- 

 what apiculated. Style short. Stigma peltate. Legume lan- 

 ceolate, 1-celled, 1 -seeded, 2-valved, dehiscent at the apex. 

 Seed hanging from the apex of the legume, cuneated, mem- 

 branous on the posterior side. Smooth Indian trees, with 

 abruptly-pinnate leaves, bearing 1 or many pairs of leaflets. 

 Stipulas small, caducous. Panicles terminal and axillary. Flowers 

 of a dirty yellow colour. 



1 H. BINA'TA (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 209.) leaves with 1 pair of 

 leaflets ; petiole ending in a bristle ; leaflets opposite, obliquely 

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