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lobes subequal, the lower one larger and glanduloso- 

 dentate in the manner of a comb. Petals 5, with the 

 upper one larger. Stamens 10; filaments free, 

 slightly bearded at the base. A nectariferous glan- 

 dule at the upper side of the ovary. Style short : 

 stigma glanduloso-subciliated. Legumes compresso- 

 plane, spongy, scarcely dehiscent : seeds 4-6. De 

 Cand. 



American trees "or shrubs, with axillary spines; leaves 

 abruptly pinnated ; flowers racemose, yellow. 



1. Coulteria tinctoria. Dibi-Deri. 



Leaflets glabrous ovali-oblong, petioles unarmed 

 subpuberulous, calyx glabrous, legumes glabrous ses- 

 sile obtuse. 



Caesalpinia pectinata, De Cand. Cat. H. Monsp. 84. Poin- 

 ciana Tara, Ruiz, et Pav. Coulteria tinctoria, H. B. et Kunth, 

 VI. t. 569. 



HAS. Cultivated. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



This valuable shrub has been lately introduced into the 

 Island by Henry Bright, Esq., and promises to be a great ac- 

 quisition. The pods abound in the tannin principle, and in 

 Gallic acid, so that it is adapted to the purposes of tanning, and 

 may also serve as a substitute for nut-galls in dyeing and ink 

 making. It has been found to thrive in every situation, even 

 where the soil is light and gravelly, and where it has been ex- 

 posed to the extreme of dry weather. It comes into bearing 

 in a year, and continues to flower and to bear fruit in constant 

 succession. About two crops may be annually obtained ; that, 

 towards the end of the year, being the most abundant. I am 

 confident that it will, in course of time, be extensively cultivated. 



XLV. CAESALPINIA. 



Calycine sepals 5, concrete at the base into a sub- 

 persistent cupula j the lowest larger than the rest, sub- 

 fornicated. Petals 5, unequal, clawed ; the upper one 

 shorter than the rest. Stamens 10 ; filaments villous 

 at the base, ascending : all the anthers fertile. Style 

 filiform. Legume unarmed, compressed, 2-valved. 

 Seeds ovali-oblong, compressed : plumule elongated. 



Trees or shrubs, prickly or unarmed ; leaves abruptly pin- 



