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live of Caraecas. B. aculeata, Jacq. amer. 119. t. 177. f. 2. 

 Flowers white. 



C7?)'/-petalled Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1817. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



25 B. UNGULA'TA (Lin. spec. 535.) leaves ovate at the base ; 

 leaflets connected to the middle, oval-oblong, parallel, with the 

 inner side straight; petals subulate; stamens 10, alternate 5 

 short. H . S. Native of South America. Flowers white. 



Ungulated--petal\ed Mountain-ebony. Clt.? Tr. 18 to 20 ft. 



26 B. VARIEGA'TA (Lin. spec. 535.) leaves cordate at the base, 

 glabrous ; leaflets broadly-ovate, obtuse, 5-nerved, connected 

 beyond the middle; petals ovate, nearly sessile ; stamens 10, 

 the 5 longest fertile. fj . S. Native of Malabar. Rheed. nial. 

 1. t. 34. Calyx bursting lengthwise. Flowers in loose, ter- 

 minal racemes. Petals red marked with white, and yellow at 

 the base. 



t'nr. ft, Chinensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 514.) leaves rounded at 

 the base ; petals acute, lilac, with 1 purple spot at the base of 

 each. Tj . S. Native of China. Braam. icon. chin. t. 26. 



/ / <mV ) < ) >'flr/<:</-flowered Mountain-ebony. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1090. Tree 20 feet. 



27 B. CUCULLA'TA (Desv. jonrn. hot. 1814. 1. p. 74.) leaves 

 roundish, pubescent on the nerves ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 4- 

 nerved, rather ascending ; flowers axillary. t? . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Nearly allied to B. variegata, but the flowers 

 are said to be smaller. Calyx bursting lengthwise. 



Cuciillate-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



28 B. TOMENTOSA (Lin. spec. 536.) leaves ovate or roundish 

 at the base, under surface villous as well as the petioles, branches, 

 stipulas, peduncles, bracteas, and calyxes ; leaflets connected 

 beyond the middle, oval, obtuse, 3-4-nerved ; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered ; petals obovate, obtu-e ; stamens 10, fertile, unequal, 

 fj . S. Native of Ceylon. Burm. zeyl. p. 44. t. 18. Petals 



pale yellow, with a red spot at the claw. The native practi- 

 tioners of India prescribe the dried leaves and young flowers of 

 this plant in certain dysenteric affections. 



Tomentosi" Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1808. Shrub 6 to 12 ft. 



29 B. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. legum. mem. xiii.) leaves rather 

 cordate at the base, pubescent beneath and on the petioles ; 

 leaflets connected beyond the middle, oval, obtuse, 4-ncrved, 

 nearly parallel ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; calyx glabrous, spa- 

 thaceous ; petals obovate ; stamens 10, fertile. Tj . S. Native 

 of Jamaica. Flowers large, white, much crowded. 



Pubescent Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



30 B. PI'CTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 515.) leaves roundish-elliptic, 

 membranous, glabrous ; leaflets connected, semi-ovate, acutish, 

 spreading, 5-nerved ; racemes terminal, solitary ; calyx clothed 

 with rusty tomentum ; petals oblong. Tj . S. Native of South 

 America, on the banks of the river Magdalena. Paulfetia picta, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. Flowers white, 

 spotted with red. 



Painted-]en\ed Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



31 B. MULTINE'RVIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 515.) leaves elliptic, 

 rounded at the base, membranous, shining above, but rather 

 pilose beneath, the nerves ferruginous ; leaflets semi-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, approximate, 5-nerved : flowers racemose ; calyx clothed 

 with rusty tomentum ; petals linear. J? . S. Native of Ca- 

 raecas and on Montana de Capaya. Pauletiamultinervia, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. Flowers snow white. 

 Legume 8-12 inches long. Perhaps the stem is unarmed. 



J\Iany-nerved-\eaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1817. Tr. 20 ft. 



32 B. GLAUCE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) leaves reniform, profoundly 

 cordate, membranous, glaucescent beneath, scattered with minute 

 hairs ; leaflets roundish, spreading, 4-nerved. Tj . S. Native 

 of Cumana, on mountains near Caripe. Pauletia ? glaucescens, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. Perhaps a separate 

 section, and unarmed. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Glaucescent Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1817. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 



33 B. RETICULA'TA (D. C. legum. mem. xiii.) leaves coria- 

 ceous, cordate at the base, glabrous, minutely reticulated be- 

 tween the nerves ; leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, connected 

 beyond the middle, diverging at the apex ; flowers disposed in 

 nearly sessile fascicles in the axils of the leaves ; calyxes and 

 ovaries tomentose ; legumes broad, linear, glabrous. fj . S. 

 Native of Senegal and of Arabia, if B. inermis of Forsk. descrip. 

 p. 85. be the same asB. plath'iitcjua, Perr. in litt. Stamens 10, 

 free, 8 of which are antheriferous. Petals nearly equal. Ovary 

 stipitate. Legume twice the breadth of that of B. purpiirea. 



Reticulatcd-\csvc& Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



34 B. ODORATI'SSIMA (Newm. mss. in herb. Lamb.) leaves 

 broad, cordate ; leaflets connected to the middle, 4-nerved, acu- 

 minated, coriaceous ; racemes long, terminal. Jj.S. Native of 

 Maranham. Flowers large, very sweet-scented. 



rery-sweet-scented Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



SECT. III. SYMPIIYOPODA (from <ruu^>uw, sympliyo, to glue 

 together, and TTOUC TTOCOC, potts podos, a foot ; in reference to the 

 foot or stipe of the ovary). D. C. lejium. mem. xiii. prod. 2. 

 p. 515. Stamens monadelphous at the base, 3 fertile ones very 

 long, the rest small, sterile, or almost abortive. Ovary stipitate, 

 the stipe adhering to the tube of the calyx. Branches terete. 



35 B. RACEMOSA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 56. t. 62.) branches te- 

 rete ; leaves cordate at the base, clothed with silky villi beneath 

 as well as on the peduncles, petioles, branches, calyxes, and 

 petals ; leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, connected to the middle, 

 5-nerved, rather diverging at the apex ; racemes somewhat 

 corymbose ; petals obovate, obtuse ; flowers triandrous. fj . 

 w . S. Native of the East Indies. 



-/?rtcei<we-flowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 



36 B. TRIA'NDRA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 31.) leaves roundish, 

 glabrous ; leaflets joined to the middle, 4-nerved ; racemes ax- 

 illary and terminal ; legume stipitate, pubescent. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Flowers white. Stamens 3, antheri- 

 ferous. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Triandrous Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



37 B. PURPU'REA (Lin. spec. 536.) branches terete ; leaves 

 cordate at the base, coriaceous, when young they are clothed 

 with rufous tomentum, but at length becoming glabrous ; leaflets 

 connected much above the middle, broadly ovate, obtuse, 4- 

 nerved ; petals lanceolate, acute. ^ . S. Native of the East 

 Indies and the island of Timor. Rheed. mal. 1 . t. 33. Petals 

 red, one of them streaked with white on the claw. Legume 

 linear, straight, a foot long, apiculated at one end by the style 

 and at the other by the stipe. 



Pwrpfe-flowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1778. Tree. 



38 B. HETU'SA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 31. but not of Poir.) 

 branches terete ; leaves cordate at the base, and emarginately 

 retuse at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous ; leaflets connected 

 nearly to the apex, 5-nerved, broadly semi-ovate ; panicle loose, 

 terminal ; stamens 3, antheriferous, the rest wanting. Tj . S. 

 Native of Bengal. Flowers white. Petals ovate, unguiculate, 

 3-4 lines long. 



7?etae-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



39 B. COROMANDELIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 515.) branches 

 terete ; leaves glabrous, cordate at the base ; leaflets semi-oval, 

 obtuse, parallel, connected to the middle, 4-nerved ; raceme 

 pubescent ; petals ovate-lanceolate, acute ; stamens 3, very long 

 and antheriferous, the rest short and bristle-formed. Jj . S. 

 Native of India, near Pondicherry. 



Coromandel Mountain-ebony. Tree. 



40 B. CORYMBOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 31.) branches terete, 

 cirrhiferous ; leaflets cordate at the base, the nerves on the under ' 

 surface as well as the petioles, branches, and calyxes clothed 



