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Poinciana, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Calyx greyish, velvety ; petals crispate -fimbriate, yellow, .... P. elata. 



Calyx quite glabrous ; petals very large, waved, usually crimson or orange-crimson, 



. . P. regia, 

 •I. P. regia, Boj. in Bot. Mag. t. 2884. 



Hab. Frequently cidtivated in the European stations all over Pegu. 

 — Fl. H. and BS. ; Fr. E. and CS. 



Parkinsonia, L. 



1. P. actjleata, L. Hort. Cliff. 157. t. 13 ; WA. Prod. I. 283 ; 

 Griff. Not. Dicot. 447. 



Hab. Frequently planted in Ava and Prome, and in the last-named 

 district often like wild in woods and neglected lands. — Fl. nearly qo . 



Csesalpinia, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Subg. I. Ccesalpinaria. Albumen none. Pods coriaceous, 2-valved. 

 Filaments very long and slender, quite glabrous. Erect shrubs or trees, 

 unarmed. 

 A glabrous shrub, the branchlets more or less pruinous, , . . C. pulcherrima. 



Subg. II. Ku-Ccescdpinia. Seeds albuminous. Pods various. Fila- 

 ments as long as, or somewhat longer than, the petals. Usually scandent 

 shrubs more or less armed with prickles. 



A. Valves of pod dry, coriaceous or almost chartaceous. 



Trib. 1. Nugaria, DC. — Scandent thorny shrubs, rarely trees. Pods rigidly or 

 thinly coriaceous, 2-valved or indehiscent, smooth. Seeds compressed or not. Stamens 

 as long as, or a little longer than, the petals. 



* Seeds flat and compressed. Pods 2-valved. Leaflets large. 



All parts quite glabrous, C. nuga. 



* * Seeds hardly compressed. Pods 2-valved or indehiscent or nearly so, the 



sutures usually thickened. Leaflets small. 

 Small tree ; leaflets unequally oblong, retuse ; pods tardily dehiscing, ...... C. sappan. 



Scandent shrubs ; leaflets ovate, acute ; pods 2-valved, G. sepiaria. 



Trib. 2. Guilandina, L. — Scandent thorny shrubs. Pods coriaceous or thin coria- 

 ceous, 2-valved, the valves echinate or glandular-hirsute. Seeds not compressed. 

 Stamens as long as, or somewhat longer than, the petals. 



* Pods echinate. Seeds almost globose, 



Branchlets etc. more or less brown or tawny-pubescent ; stipules large, cut into large 



segments ; bracts at apex spreading or reflexed, B. Bonducella. 



As preceding, but leaves more glabrescent ; stipules none ; bracts straight and erect, 



. . G. Bondhuc, 



* * Pods glandular-hirsute when fully ripe. Seeds oblong. 



All parts more or less glandular-puberulous and prickly, . , , G. mimosoides. 



B. Pods fleshy-coriaceous, torose. 



