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after Linneus, to distinguish, under the name of Poinciana, those ee 
which differ from Cesalpinia by the great length of the stamens, and 
by the pod being filled with a cellular substance between the seeds; 
but amongst the number of species now known, there are so many 
different degrees of length in the stamens, that it is impossible to fix 
any precise dimensions for those of each genus, and the cellular sub- 
stance in the pod appears to exist in others besides the supposed 
Poincianas, and at any rate it is one of the characters of the least 
generic importance amongst those derived from the pod in Legumi- 
nose. Swartz, aware of the great affinity of Linneus’s Cesalpinia and 
Poinciana, united the latter genus to the former, first giving to the 
present species the name under which it is here figured. Since then 
- many other plants have been, by various authors, first referred to the 
one, then to the other group, the arrangement of which is at present 
in the greatest confusion. It is most probable that there are several 
distinct genera to be formed. Thus the Poinciana elata of Linneus, 
an East Indian plant, and the Arabian one, to which Forskahl gives 
the same name, although in fact a different species, form together a 
genus really characterized by the peculiar calyx, and other points, 
and these might retain the name of Poinciana. So the Cesalpinia 
Brasiliensis of Linneus, or Brasiletto of the West Indies (of which 
there appear to be two species) upon which De Candolle formed his 
section Brazilettia, has a pod too remarkable not to raise it to the rank 
of a genus, and perhaps the sections Nugaria and Libidibia of the same 
author might share the same fate. The remaining section Sapponia 
contains many plants very dissimilar from each other, but it would 
require a much more detailed examination of flower and fruit than we 
at this moment possess materials for, to settle finally the value of these 
differences. : 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTurRE. This elegant species 
is said to have been first introduced into our stoves towards the close 
of the seventeenth century, and well deserves a place in all good 
collections. For the loan of the plant from which our drawing was 
made we are greatly indebted to the polite attention of J. Jarrett, Esq. 
of Camerton Court, Somersetshire, whose liberality we have previously 
had occasion to acknowledge, and we do so under a deep sense of the 
obligation under which we are placed. The individual specimen with 
which we were so favoured was of extraordinary luxuriance, and 
reflects the highest credit on Mr. Robert Abbott, the gardener at 
Camerton Court, under whose skilful management it grew to such 
perfection. The Cesalpinia pulcherrima (Poinciana pulcherrima of 
Linneus) has been neglected hy some cultivators from its oftentimes 
failing to blossom in perfection. Some of our readers will be surprised 
when informed that the plant to which we have above alluded was 
upwards of eight feet high, with luxuriant racemes of flowers, and even 
then was but ten months old 
