Ccesalpinia.] l. lbguminos^. ' (J. G. Baker.) 255 



2. C. nonduc, Jto.vb. Jlort. Seng. S2 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 362; leaves -without 

 stipules,- leaflets larger, bracts ascending. Guilandina Bonduc, Linn. ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii.4&0; Wall. Cat. 5806; W. 8^ A. Prodr. 29,0, ex parte. G. glabra, 

 Mill. Die fNo. S. ^ ' 



KiSTEEN and Westeen Peninsulas. Cetion. — Disteib. Malay isles, Polynesia, 

 West Indies. 



Very near C. Bonducella, from -which it differs by its more robust habit, less 

 do-wny branches, larger leaflets (of fen 2-3 in. long), the absence of the reduced sti- 

 pulax pinnae, by its smaller not squarrose bracts, and more tropical dispersion. 



Sttbgen. 2. Eucaesalpinia. Pod dry, naked on the valves, indehiscent or 

 finally dehiscing, the sutures thin except in C. sepiaria. Petals broad. 



3. C. Nug'a, Ait. Sort. Kew, iii. 32 ; glabrous, pinnse 4-6, leaflets 4-6 

 large ovate, stamens little exserted, pod woody broad-oblong l-seeded. Gui- 

 landina Niiga, Linn. Sp. PI. 646. 0. paniculata, Soxb. Sort. Beng. 32 ; Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 364; DC. Prodr. ii. 481; W. 8; A. Prodr. 281; Wight let. m-, 

 Dah. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 79. 0. sumatrana, Wall. Cat. 5831 B, 6, non Boxb. 

 0. bijuga, Wall. Cat. 5833, non Sw. 0. scandens, Koenig; DC. Prodr. ii. 482 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 5829. 



Chittasong, Si-lhbt, Easteein arid Western Peninsulas, and Ceylon. — Disteib. 

 Malay isles, Philippines, China, N". Australia, Polynesia. 



Branches slender, very flexuose. Prickles copious, dark-coloured, hooked, iea/- 

 fefc distinctly petiolided, l|-2 in. long, obtuse, glossy. Bacemes axillary and terminal, 

 copiously panided, -with spreading branches ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 glabrous, |-J in. Petals scarcely exserted. Filaments densely -woolly in the lo-wer 

 half. Pod 2 in. long, broad, oblong, beaked, hard, glabrous, indehiscent, rather 

 tm-gid. 



4. C. Sappan, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 482; subglabrous, pinnee 20-24, 

 leaflets 20-30 moderately small oblong very oblique, stamens little exserted, pod 

 oblique oblong -woody 3-4-seeded. Boxb. Cor. PI. i. 17, t. 16 ; Sort. Beng. 32 ; 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 357 ; Wall. Cat. 5838 ; W. Sr A. Prodr. 281 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 90 ; 

 Anal. Qen. t. xiii. fig. 1. Biancssa Sappan, Todaro Sort. Bot. Panorm. 3. 



Eastern and Western Peninsulas and Peou. — Disteib. Malay isles. 



A small tree. Prickles small and fe-w. isaZ-rachis ^1 ft. long ; leaflets close, 

 sessile, subcoriaceous, ^— J in. long, attached at the lo-west corner. Panicles often as 

 long as the leaves, the young branches slightly ferrugineo-pubescent ; bracts large, 

 lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels ^-^ in. Calyx f in., glabrous. FUamenis densely 

 -woolly in the lo-wer half. Ovary grey- velvety. Pod 3-4 in. by 1 J in., subcompressed, 

 polished, indehiscent, with a hard recurved beak at the upper angle. 



5. C. pulcberrixna, Swurtz, Obs. 166 ; glabrous, pinnse 12-18, leaflets 

 20-24 small oblique-oblong, stamens much exserted, pod thin ligulate flat gla- 

 brous 6-8-seeded. Poinciana pulcherrima, Idnn. ; Bot. Mag. t. 995 ; Boxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 355 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 484; Wall. Cat. 5813; W. |- A. Prodr. 282.— 

 Bheede Sort. Mai. vi. t. 1. 



Universally cultivated through India and else-where in the tropics ; the native 

 country not clearly kno-wn. . •• ' 



A shrub or small tree. Prickles ie-w and scattered on the branches. Leaflets sessile, 

 close, membranous, J-| in. long, not so oblique as in the last, very obtuse. Bacemes. 

 very broad, the lo-wpr pedicels 3-4 in. long. Calyx ^— | in., glabrous. Petals round, 

 crisped, reddish-yellow, -mth a very distinct claw, the largest and most sho-wy of all the 

 species. Filaments bright red, 3-4 times the length of the corolla. Pod nearly straight, 

 2-3 in. long, the narrowest and thinnest of that of any of the species, 



