, 
CASSALPI'NIA PULCHER'RIMA. 
~  BARBADOES CESALPINIA. 
EXOGENZ, oR DICOTYLEDONE. 
‘a 
t aoe ia division 
. which es \ i) 
U apn belongs. ) = QF 
NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOS#. 
CALYCIFLORE, etl: ; lems ins DECA 
OF Fors y ok min darian 
DECANDOLLE. ; this di pele OF LINNEUS, 
No. 151. 
US. ora Linwzvs. Carrs profunde 5- partitus tubo brevi 
turbinatov ela u 
quin nto infimo coneavo. carina o majore, estivatione imbricativa. ‘Coro oLLa 
petala quatuor parum in sehatids obovata vel spathulata , ri ter prmsr ‘ulata, 
Er — ies minus, si i te ee Rhea Stamina libera 
ia 
incu vill sing: "Ota M 
sessile val breviter_ stipitatum, pluriovulatum. Styxvs filiformis. Srrema 
obtusum, tenue. Lrcumen sessile vel breviter stipitatum, oblongum, plano- 
compressum, exalatum, sutura seminifera prope basim, inferiori prope apicem, 
CONYEXS. Sex INA oblonga ovata pes orbicularia, compressa, estrophiolata. 
A scandentes. Foxia abrupte bipinnata, pinnis 
foliisque oppositis. Fores racemosi. 
PEC 
TES. CxsaLpiniA PULCHERRIMA. (Swartz) Cavte fruticoso pinnis 
5-10-jugis, foliolis 8-12-jugis obovato-oblongis retusis, petalis margine crispis, 
staminibus corolla plus duplo longioribus, ovario glabro. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, C#SALPINIA. Caxryx deeply five- 
cleft, the te sho: pa der at the apex; four divisions ovate oblong 
te, and nearly equal to each other, the fifth lower one 
larger, concave, ‘and overlapping ‘the others. Prrats four, nearly 
equal, obovate or spathulate, with short claws, the fifth upper one 
_ much smaller, with a long claw. STamENs ten, free, curved, some- 
what unequal in length, all bearat anthers; filaments hairy at the 
base. Ovary sessile or borne on a short stalk, with many ovules. 
Sry te filiform.’ Stiama obtuse, thin. Legume sessile, or borne on 
a short stalk, oblong, flat, without wings, the upper edge convex near 
the base, the lower one néar the apex. SEEDs oblong, yp a or round, 
flattened, without any SLOpMtOIas” me 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, cathe og ere: Saace 
of about twelve feet high, with a smooth greyish bark, and ‘usually 
furnished with a short hooked spine at each ramification. ‘Leaves 
alternate, a foot to two feet long, consisting of from five to ten pairs of 
opposite pinne, each pinna composed of from eight to twelve pairs of 
opposite leaflets, each leaflet oblong or obovate, retuse, of a pale 
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