204 LEGUMINOS^. 



B5. MYKOSPEEMUM, Jacq. 



Calyx obaoletdy' 5-deiitate. Four inferior petals alike, distinct, vejdllar ronndisli. 

 Legume indehiacent, l-g-seeded, attached by means of an oblong, stipitate wing. Sadicle 

 inflexed. — Leaves impari-pmnate : leaflets alternate, pelludd-striate or dotted; flowers 

 racemose. 



133. K. firuteseens, Jacq. Leaflets 5-7-jogal, membranaceous, oblong or oval- 

 ronndish, retuse or blunt, glabrous, striate with pellucid lines ; legume as broad as the wing, 

 which tapers at the base into a short stalk. — Jacq. Amer. Piet. t. 118 : the wing is repre- 

 sented as sessile, perhaps erroneously. Kth. N. Oen. t. 570, 571. — M. emarginatnm, Kl. in 

 herb. Book. — A tree or shrub; leaflets 10"'-12"' long; corolla white, with a rosy tinge ; 

 legume (the wing included) 3"-3" long ; stalk 4'" long : the resiniferous legume-vessels of 

 the section Myroxylon are wanting. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Venezuela !, New Granada]. 



TiiiBE II. G^SJLPINIE^. — Flowers not papilionaceous. Carinal petals exterior in the 

 iud. Embryo mostly straight. 



56. H.a!MATOXYLON, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, nearly equal. Stamens 10. Ovary few-ovulate, shortly 

 stipitate. Legume compressed, membranaceous, bursting at the middle of the flat facets. — 

 A tree; leaves abruptly pitmate : lesietsf ew-jugal ; &owers racemose, yellow. 



134. H. campechianum, L.—Txss. Fl. 4. t. 36. Besc. Fl. 2. t. 73.— Branches 

 white-barked, often spiny ; leaflets 4-3-jugal, obovate, retuse, glabrous ; racemes axillary ; 

 legume oblong-lanceolate, tapering at both ends. — Hab. Naturalized and now common in 

 Jamaica I, JOis^, ji/., Wils. ; Antigua!, Wullschl.; S. Lucia!, Trinidad!; [Yucatan! to 

 Guiana ! ; cultivated in many tropical countries]. 



57. PARKINSONIA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, the vexDlar broader. Stamens 10. Ovary sessile. Legume 

 linear, compressed between the seeda^ many- or few-seeded, bivalved. — Spiny shrubs ; leaves 

 bipinnate with clustered pinna : primary petioles abortive, secondary elongated, abruptly 

 pinnate with minute leaflets ; flowers racemose, yellow. 



135. P. acnleata, L. Pinnae 1-2-jugal : secondary petioles winged, linear-acnminate ; 

 leaflets minutely oblong or obovate, blunt, uppermost (or many) abortive. — Jacq. Amer. 



' Pict. t. 119. Desc. Fl. ] . t. 12.— 12'-15' high ; leaflets 2"'-l"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 bAl.; Antigua!, Wullschl.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; Barbadoes !, Trinidad !, in fences ; [Cali- 

 fornia ! to Montevideo 1 ; cultivated in all tropical countries]. 



68. GUILANDINA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, nearly equal. Stamens 10 : filaments villous below. Legume 

 broadly ovate-oblong, convex-compressed, bivalved, few(-l)-seeded, prickly, shortly stipi- 

 tate : seeds large, bony, suboompressed-globose. — Prickly, trailing shrabs ; leaves abrwptly 

 bipinnate : primary and secondary petioles puberulous, bearing recurved prickles : leaflets 

 5-8pugal, pellucid-dotted, mucronate ; flowers racemose, rusty-yellow: bracts subulate, 



136. G. Bonduc, L. {ex syn. St.). Lec^ets puberulous or glabrescent, oval or ovate, 

 blunt, very unequal at the base: stipules abortive ; bracts as long as the pedicels ; seeds 

 yellow.— G. microphyUa, 2)G— Leaflets 8"'-12"' long, 6"'-8"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; 

 Antigua !, Wullschl., on the sandy seashore ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



137. G. Bonducella, L. Leaflets puberulous or glabrescent, oval-oblong, blunt, sat- 

 cordate at the nearly equal base : stipules cut into large segments ; bracts longer than the 



'' pedicels, recurved ; seeds lead-coloured. — Schranh, Fl. Monac. t. 68. Besc. Fl. 2. t. 90. 

 G. Bonduc, Auct. — Higher than the preceding ; leaflets 18'" long, 8"'-10"' broad.— Hab! 

 Jamaica {SI.) ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Florida to Brazil !, along the coast ; trop. Africa !, Mas- 

 cate I, East Indies !, Faciflc Islands !]. 



