174 CAESALPINIACEAE. 



Gleditsia aquatica Marsh [G. monosperma Walt.], Swamp Locust, North 

 American, a large very thorny tree with bipinnate leaves of many oval to 

 lanceolate leaflets, small spicate greenish flowers, the 1-seetled or 2-seeded oval 

 oblique j)ods about 2' long, is recorded by Reade as grown near Spanish Point 

 prior to 1883, and also mentioned by H. B, Small. 



Gleditsia tricanthos L., Honey or Sweet Locust, also North American, 

 with foliage and flowers similar to the preceding species, but the thin pods 

 l°-li° long, I'-li' wide, the upper margin crenate, grew in a Smith's Parish 

 Garden in 1913. 



Delonix regia (Bojer) Raf. [Poindana regia Bojer], Eoyal Poixciaxa, 

 Flamboyant, from Madagascar, one of the most elegant of all trees, is ex- 

 tensively planted for shade and ornament and grows luxuriantly, attaining 

 a height of 40° or more, with widely spreading branches and dark green bipin- 

 nate leaves l°-li° long, composed of many oblong leaflets. Its crimson 

 flowers are about 3' wide, borne in large axillary racemes and are abundantly 

 produced in the autumn, succeeded by long pendulous woody pods, up to 18' 

 long and 2' wide, containing several or many seeds. 



Parkinsonia aculeata L., Parkinsonia, tropical American, a small tree, 

 sometimes prickly, with elongated bipinnate leaves of 1 or 2 pairs of narrow 

 pinnae bearing many oblong obtuse leaflets i'-2' long, the large yellow flowers 

 racemose, the long, linear, 2-valved pod constricted between the seeds, is occa- 

 sionally planted for ornament. 



Cercis Siliquastrum L., Judas Tree, of southern Europe and western 

 Asia, was shown as a young plant at Wood Haven in 1914. It becomes, under 

 favorable conditions, a tree up to about 40° high ; its thin, orbicular, rounded, 

 cordate, glabrous leaves are slender-petioled, 2^'-4' broad, its purplish flowers 

 about 8" long, borne in lateral clusters on the twigs on slender pedicels, 



Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schlecht., Divi-Dm, of tropical America, 

 shown in 1914 by a fine old tree about 30° high with widely spreading branches, 

 has bipinnate leaves of several pairs of pinnae, each with numerous pairs of 

 linear leaflets about 4" long, black-dotted beneath; the flowers are white, in 

 compound racemes, the spatulate petals about 2" long, the fleshy, laterally 

 incurved, glabrous pod about IV long. [Poinciana coriaria Jacq.] 



Poinciana pulcherrima L. [Caesalpinia pulcherrima Sw.], Barbadoes 

 Pride, a prickly shrub, sometimes 10° high, with bipinnate leaves, of many 

 small, thin, oval leaflets, the orange or yellow flowers about 2' wide, long- 

 pedicelled in loose racemes or panicles, with long-exserted stamens, the thin 

 pods 4' long or less, is planted for ornament; it is widely distributed through 

 cultivation in tropical regions, its original home unknown. 



Caesalpinia elata ,Sw., Indian, is said by Lefroy to have been raised 

 from seed brought from Turk's Island in 1872, and flowered the third year; 

 it is an unarmed tree, with bipinnate leaves and racemose flowers, the petals 

 crisped, the filaments red. 



Caesalpinia Gilliesii Wall., South American, a climbing or straggling 

 shrub, with bipinnate leaves, the numerous small oblong leaflets black-punctate, 

 the inflorescence densely glandular, the large yellow flowers with long exserted 

 stamens, is grown in gardens for ornament and interest. 



Tamarindus indica L., Tamarind, probably native of tropical Africa, 

 although its home is not certainly known, is commonly planted and grows 

 luxuriantly, the tree becoming 50° high or more. Its leaves are pinnate, with 

 about 30 oblong leaflets, slightly sour to the taste ; its 3-petaled rather small 

 flowers are racemose, the petals yellow with reddish veins; its pods about 3' 

 long, round, fleshy and very sour, are used for preserves. 



