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and axillary; pedicels slender, 5-8 cm. long; sepals unequal, the larger about 

 1.0 cm. long; petals orange or yellow, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; 5?tamens .5-6 em. long; 

 pod flat, broadly linear, 12 em. long or less, 14-18 mm. wide, somewhat oblique, 

 pointed at both ends, its valves subcoriaceous, glabrous, twisting after dehis- 

 cence; seeds compressed. 



Spontaneous in waste places, and in coppices, Andres, New Providence and 

 Inagua : — Cuba to St. Tliomas and to Trinidad ; continental tropical America ; Old 

 World tropics. Baeb.xdoes I'iude. 



9. DELONIX Kaf. Fl. Tell. 2: 92. 1836. 



Unarmed trees, with evenly bipinnate, estipulate leaves of numerous small 

 leaflets, and large, showy, orange to scarlet flowers in terminal or axillary 

 corymbose racemes. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, the nearly equal lobes valvate. 

 Petals 5, long-clawed, the Dlade nearly orbicular. Stamens 10, declined; fila- 

 ments distinct; anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled; 

 style slender or short; stigma truncate, ciliolate. Pod broadly linear, flat, 

 woody, 2-valved, nearly solid between the oblong transverse seeds. Endo- 

 sperm present; cotyledons thick. [Greek, referring to the long-clawed petals.] 

 About 3 species, natives of Africa, the following typical. 



1. Delonix regia (Bojer) Eaf. Fl. Tell. 2: 92. 1836. 



Poinciana regia Bojer; Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 2884:. 1829. 



A widely branched tree, reaching a maximum height of about 12 m., with 

 a trunk up to 9 dm. in diameter, the thin bark gray-brown, the twigs somewhat 

 pubescent. Leaves 3-5 dm. long; petiole stout, reddish or yellow, 7-12 cm. 

 long ; pinnae 10-25 pairs, short-stalked, 8-15 cm. long, the rachis pubescent ; 

 leaflets 20-40 pairs, oblong, puberulent on both sides, 4-10 mm. long, inequi- 

 lateral, rounded at both ends ; pedicels stout, 4-8 cm. long ; calyx about 2 cm. 

 long; petals spreading and reflexed, 5-7 cm. long, orange to scarlet and 

 mottled; stamens shorter than the petals; pod 4-6 dm. long, 5-7 cm. wide, 

 dark brown. 



Spontaneous after cultivation, New Trovidence. near Nassau : — Widely culti- 

 vated and spontaneous after cultivation througliout the West Indies and in soutli- 

 ern Florida. Native of Madagascar. Royal Poinciana. Flamdoyant. 



10. PELTOPHORUM Yogel; Walp. Eep. 1: 811. 1S42. 



Unarmed trees, with bipinnate leaves of numerous small leaflets, the small 

 stipules caducous, and yellow flowers in panicled racemes. Calyx-tube short, 

 its 5 segments nearly equal or the lower one somewhat larger than the others. 

 Petals 5, orbicular, spreading, imbricated, slightly unequal. Stamens 10, dis- 

 tinct, declined; filaments pilose below; anthers all alike. Ovary sessile, few- 

 many-ovuled; style filiform; stigma peltate. Pod oblong, flat, indehiscent, 

 narrowed at both ends. Seeds 1-4, flat, transverse ; endosperm none. [Greek, 

 shield-bearing; from the peltate stigma.] About 7 species, of tropical dis- 

 tribution. Type species: Pcltophorum Vogclianum Walp. 



1. Peltophorum adnatum Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 206. 1860. 



A tree, in the Bahamas up to about 12 m. high, in the Cuban forests reach- 

 ing a height of 50 m., the twigs, petioles, rachis, inflorescence, calyx, and lower 

 leaf-surfaces densely brown-tomentose or villous. Leaves petioled, 1-3 dm. 



