300 CALYCIFLOR;E. 



and <pvh\ov a leaf, in allusion to the leaves of the species, on 

 which Browne founded the genus, being simple. 



1. Ecastaphyllum Brownei. Sea-side May-flower. 



Leaves 1 -foliate, leaflet solitary terminal ovate 

 subrotund and subcordate at the base acuminate at 

 the apex pubescent beneath. 



Ptcrocarpusecastaphyllum, Swartz, Obs. 275 Ecastaphyllum 

 frutescens, Browne, 299. t. 32. f. 1. E. Brownei, De Cand. 

 Prod. II. 420. 



HAB. Common in thickets near the sea-shore. 



FL. April June. 



A shrubby tree, about 10 feet in height: branchlets spread- 

 ing, flexuose, striated, sometimes pubescent, usually 'glabrous. 

 Leaves of one leaflet, alternate, ovate, rounded and subcordate 

 at the base, acuminate, subglabrous above, appresso-pubescent 

 and glaucescent beneath : petiole ^ of an inch in length, arti- 

 culated above the middle, terete, ferrugineo-tomentulose or pu- 

 bescent. Panicle axillary, scarcely longer than the petiole, 

 divided into 34 simple branches : flowers numerous, white, 

 shortly pedicelled, subsecund. Calyx tubulated, externally 

 puberulotis, sub-bilabiate ; upper lip emarginato-bifid ; lower 

 3-fid, with the divisions acute. Standard clawed, obovate, 

 rounded at the apex : wings falcate : keel concave, cleft at the 

 base, emarginate at the apex. Stamens 10, equally diadel- 

 phous : anthers minute. Ovary pedicelled, terete, elongated : 

 style incurved : stigma sub-capitate. Legume suborbiculate, 

 compresso-foliaceous, dehiscent, 1 -seeded : seeds compressed. 



XXXII. Amerimnum. 



Sepals 5, concrete into a sub-bilabiate 5-dentate 

 calyx. Petals 5, papilionaceous. Stamens 10, mona- 

 delphous, with the sheath cleft above. Legume 

 compressed, 2-valved, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded ; upper 

 suture straight, partially winged j inferior strongly 

 connected. De Cand. 



Name, derived from a privative, and fj,igi/j,va care, because the 

 species are hardy and require, in their native regions, no culti- 

 vation. 



1. Amerimnum Brownei. Meadow May-flower. 

 Leaves ovate subcordate acute glabrous. 

 Ainerimnon fruticosum, Browne, 288. t. 31. f. 3 Amerim- 



