404 LEGUMINOS#. [ Poinciana. 
axils of the leaves; calyx glabrous; pods 14-4 in. long, linear, acu- 
minate at both ends, slightly moniliform, glabrous, longitudinally 
nerved, 
Has.—Frequently cultivated in Ava and the Prome district, and sometimes 
apie eeae in neglected village-woods, etc.—Fl. Fr. nearly o, especially 
C. and H.S.—SS.=CaS. Ca, All. 
POINCIANA, L. 
Calyx-tube short-turbinate, persistent ; segments 5, nearly equal 
valvate in bud, deciduous. Petals 6, nearly equal, clawed, imbri- 
cate. Stamens 10, free, declinate; anthers conform. Ovary sessile 
or narrowed at the base, with many ovules; style filiform with a 
terminal somewhat dilated stigma; pods flat, 2-valved, several- to 
many-seeded. Albumen thin.— Unarmed trees, with abruptly bipin- 
nate leaves. Stipulets none. Flowers showy, in terminal corymb- 
like racemes, 
eri S., the 
leaves abruptly bipinnate, 4-1 ft. long or somewhat longer, with 8 
oblong, blunt, 3-3 in. long, when full grown glabrous, membran- 
ous ; flowers large, crimson to scarlet, on 1-24 in. long pedicels, 
Has. 
of R.S.; Fr. CS. 
: Remarks.—Wood white, light, soft and loose-grained, takes a fine polish ; 
exudes plenty gum. . 
CSALPINIA, L. 
Calyx-lobes 5, imbricate in the bud, the lowermost often larger. 
Petals 5, nearly equal or the upper one smaller. Stamens 10, free; 
_ anthers uniform. sessile or nearly so, inserted at the base 
__ O£ the short calyx-tube often few-ovuled ; style usually filiform 
With a terminal stigma. 
_ Valved or slowly dehiscent or indehiscent. Aree | 
rated by cellular partitions, without or (in C. pulcherrima) with 
various, more or less compressed, 2-— 
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