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LEGUM1NOS/E. CCLXXXII. COPAIFERA. CCLXXXIII. CYXOMETRA. CCLXXXIV. INTSIA. 



of pellucid dots ; petioles glabrous, f? . S. Native of Peru. 

 Hayne, pi. offic. t. 17. f. 



Jussit'u's Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



8 C. NITIDA (Mart. mss. Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 2-4 pairs 

 of incurved, unequal-sided, obtusely-acuminated leaflets, with 

 hardly any pellucid dots, lower ones broad-ovate, upper ones 

 oblong-ovate ; petioles and peduncles glabrous, fj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Heyne, pi. offic. t. 17. a. 



Shming-le&ved Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



9 C. LA'XA (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of equal-sided, 

 somewhat incurved, .emarginate leaflets, lower ones ovate-cor- 

 date, upper ones ovate-oblong, all full of pellucid dots ; petioles 

 pubescent ; peduncles villously tomentose. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 18. 



Loose Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 40 feet. 



10 C. LANGSDORFII (Desf. mem. mus. 7. p. 376. Hayne,!. c.) 

 leaves with 3-5 pairs of equal-sided, obtuse leaflets, lower ones 

 ovate, upper ones ovate-elliptic, all full of pellucid dots ; petioles 

 and peduncles pubescent. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Hayne, 

 pi. offic. t. 19. 



Langsdorf's Bidsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



11C. CORIA'CEA (Mart. mss. Hayne, 1. c. p. 427.) leaves with 

 2-3 pairs of elliptic, equal-sided, emarginate dotless leaflets ; 

 petioles and peduncles nearly glabrous. fj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 20. 



Coriaceous-leaved Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 40 feet. 



12 C. CORDIFOLIA (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with usually 5 pairs 

 of nearly equal-sided, emarginate, dotless leaflets, lower ones 

 ovate-cordate, upper ones elliptic-obovate ; petioles and pedun- 

 cles clothed with pubescent tomentum. Tj.S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 21. 



Heart-leaflelted Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



13 C. SELLOI (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of some- 

 what unequal-sided, hardly dotted leaflets, lower ones ovate, 

 upper ones lanceolate ; petioles and peduncles tomentose. J? . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 22. 



Sello's Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



14 C. OBLONGIFOLIA (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 6-8 pairs of 

 elliptic-oblong, nearly equal-sided, emarginate leaflets, full of 

 pellucid dots ; petioles and peduncles pubescent. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. Hayne, pi. offic. t. 23. a. 



Oblong-leafletted Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



15 C. TRAPEZIEOLIA (Hayne, 1. c.) leaves with 4-7 pairs of 

 ovate-trapeziform leaflets, which are for the most part emar- 

 ginate, full of pellucid dots ; petioles pubescent. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



Var. a, crassiucula (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets for the most part 

 alternate, thicker, full of pellucid dots. Hayne, 1. c. t. 23. b. 



Var. ft, tenella (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets for the most part oppo- 

 site, thinner, and very full of pellucid dots. Hayne, 1. c. t. 23. 



Trapezium-leaved Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



f A species not sufficiently known. 



16 C. DISPE'RMA (Willem. herb. maur. p. 34.) fruit 2-seeded. 

 ^ . S. Native of the Mauritius. 



Two-seeded Balsam of Capevi tree. Tree. 

 Cult. Sandy loam is the best soil for the species of Copai- 

 fera. Ripened cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand 

 plunged in heat, under a hand-glass. 



CCLXXXIII. CYNOME'TRA (from KVOIV, kyon, a dog, and 

 p.nrpa, metra, a matrix ; shape and consistence of pods). Lin. 

 gen. 519. Lam. ill. t. 331. D. C. prod. 2. p. 509. Cynomo- 

 riuin. Rumph. amb. 1. p. 163. but not of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx bractless, deci- 

 duous, with a very short tube, and a 4-parted limb ; the lobes 



reflexed and pencilled at the apex. Petals 5, oblong, equal. 

 Stamens 10, distinct ; anthers bifid at the apex. Legumes half 

 round, fleshy, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1 -seeded, tubercled on the 

 outside. Seed filling the cell, and fixed to the middle of the 

 suture. Embryo straight, with thickish, roundish cordate coty- 

 ledons. Trees, with bifoliate leaves and red flowers rising 

 from the main trunk of the trees. Legumes brown, edible. 



1. Genmnae (genuinus, genuine ; this division contains the 

 genuine species). Leaves with one pair of leaflets. 



1 C. CAULIFLORA (Lin. spec. 517.) trunk floriferous ; leaflets 

 emarginate at the apex. fj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Lam. ill. t. 331. f. 1. Rumph. amb. 1. t. 62. Peduncles rising 

 in fascicles from the trunk, bracteolate, with many pedicels rising 

 in racemes from the roundish bracteas, sometimes short and few- 

 flowered, sometimes elongated and many-flowered. Perhaps 

 two species are confused under C. caulifibra. Flowers white. 



Stem-flonered Cynometra. Clt. 1804. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



2 C. RAMIFLORA (Lin. spec. 547.) branches floriferous ; leaf- 

 lets acuminated at the apex, fj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Lam. ill. t. 331. f. 2. Rumph. amb. 1. t. 63. Rheed. mal. 4. 

 t. 31. Flowers white. Seed compact, whitish, covered with a 

 thin pellicle, having an astringent taste, but without any smell. 



Branch-flowered Cynometra. Tree 60 feet. 



2. Dubi<e (from dubius, doubtful, this division contains 

 doubtful species of the genus). Leaves with many pairs of 

 leaflets. 



3 C. POLYA'NDRA (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 286.) branches floriferous ; 

 peduncles axillary, short, many-flow r ered ; leaves abruptly pin- 

 nate, with 2-3 pairs of leaflets. f? . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, on the mountains of Silhet. Flowers w'hite, polyandrous. 

 Legume fleshy, not tubercled on the outside. This tree is per- 

 haps generically distinct from Cynometra, from the stamens 

 being 40-50 in number in each flower, and probably hypogynous, 

 and therefore it comes near to Sndrtzia. 



Polyandrous Cynometra. Tree 40 feet. 



4 C. PINNA'TA (Lour. coch. p. 268.) racemes terminal ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate. ij . G. Native of Cochin-china. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous. Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 10. Legume 

 very thick, yellow, not tubercled on the outside. Perhaps a 

 distinct genus. 



Pinnate-leaved Cynometra. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copmfera. 



CCLXXXIV. IN'TSIA (Intsi is the name of /. Madagas- 

 cariensis in Madagascar). Pet. Th. gen. nov. mad. p. 22. no. 75. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 509. 



LIN. SYST. Enneandria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate at 

 the base, 5-parted. Petal one, unguiculate, opposite the ovary. 

 Stamens 9, 3 of which are fertile, longer, and declinate. Legume 

 oblong, compressed, 3-4-seeded. Seeds oblong, with the inter- 

 vals between the seeds filled with medulla. Tall trees, with pin- 

 nate leaves. 



1 I. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 509.) leaves with 

 2 pairs of leaflets, and an odd one ; flowers corymbose ; stamens 



9, 6 of which are sterile, fj . S. Native of Madagascar, where 

 it is called Intsi, 



Madagascar Intsia. Tree 60 feet. 



2 I. ? AMBOINE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 509.) leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets ; flowers somewhat panicled ; 

 sterile filaments 3. 17 . S. Native of the Moluccas. Caju- 

 Bessi or Metrosideros Amboinensis, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 21. t. 



10. This tree is placed in the present genus by M. Du Petit 



