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138. G. glabra, Mill. Leaflets fflairom, shining, elliptical or dliptical-oblong, equal 

 at the rounded base, pointed ; stipules abortive ; bracts as long as the pedicels ; seeds 

 "grey" (Duchass). — Leaflets papery, 3"-2" long, 14"-li" broad. — Hab. Jamaica I, Al., 

 March, WuUschl.; [Martinique!]. 



59. C^SALPINIA, L. 



Calyx-tuhe turbinate, persistent : limb coloured, 5-partite ; inferior segment larger, 

 vaulted. Petals 5, unequal. Stamens 10. Stigma concave, minutely ciliate. Legume 

 oblong, straightish, unarmed, wingless, sessile or shortly stipitate. — Stem woody ; leaves 

 abruptly bipinnate; flowers racemose: ^dicels jointed, destitute of bracts. 



Sect. 1. NiCAKAGTJA. — Legume baccate, indehiscent, tumid-compressed, few-seeded. — 

 iKowers in compound racemes, yellow. 



139. C. bijuga, Sw. Arboreous, prickly (or unarmed), glabrous; pinna %-%-jugal : 

 leaflets i{-l)-jugal, obversely deltoid-roundish or obliquely rhomboid, slightly retuse, 

 pellucid-dotted ; pedicels jointed below the top ; petals exceeding a little the shorter calyx- 

 segments, as long as the sexual organs ; filaments and ovary villous ; stigma thicMsh ; legume 

 i^Yj-seeded, succulent, black, straight, sessile. — SI. t. 181. f. 2, 3. — Poinciana, L. C. 



lA ^ntrioonn, L. C. glandulosa, 5erif. Acaeia Bancroftiana, ^ej'i. / — 15'-20'high; leaflets 

 13"'-9"' long, 10"'-8"' broad ; petals 4"'-5"' long; legume impressed transversely with 

 spurious dissepiments, tumid on the margins, bluntish at the top, 2"-l" long, 6'" broad, 

 2"'-3"' thick : seeds shining-brown, compressed-globose, 4'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Bancr., 

 Al., Wils., in dry savannahs and on limestone-rocks ; [Cuba I, Haiti !, Curasao]. 



Sect. 2. Sappania. — Legume dry, bivalved, many-seeded. — Mowers in simple racemes. 



140*. C. sepiaria, Soxb. Shrubby, prickly, puberulous above; pinnts &-W(,-4ij-jugal : 

 leaflets 8-12-jugal, oblong, rounded or subtruncate at the top, puberulous beneath or gla- 

 brescent : stipides semisagittate, deciduous ; pedicels long, jointed at the top ; petals 

 exceeding a little the calyx ; filaments shortly exserted, villous below ; stigma thickish ; 

 legume 6-8-seeded, glabrescent, obliquely long-cuspidate, sessile. — Wight, le. t. 37. — C. 

 horrida, ]Uch. Oub. {non ffassi.). — Diffuse or trailing ; leaflets 6"'-5"' long, 3'" broad, 

 pale beneath ; petals 6'" long ; legume flat-compressed, at length tumid, devoid of dissepi- 

 ments, rounded at both ends, 2^"-2" long, 10"'-8"' broad :• seeds ovoid, variegated-black, 

 4'" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba, Guade- 

 loupe ! ; introduced from the East Indies ! for growing fences]. 



141. C. pulcherrima, Ste. Shrubby, prickly, glabrous; pinna 9-3-jugal: leaflets 

 10-5-jugal, oblong or spathulate-oblong, rounded or subtruncate at the mucronulate top ; 

 racemes terminal, pyramidal : pedicels very long, jointed below the top ; petals exceeding 

 the calyx, often lacerate on the margin ; sexual organs thrice as long as the corolla ; fila- ( 

 ments slightly hairy below ; stigma minute ; legume 8-10-seeded, glabrous, shortly cuspidate, 

 and shortly stipitate. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 120. Desc. Fl. 1. t. 6. — Poinciana, L. — 10'- 



] 2' high ; leaflets 6'" long ; petals red-orange (rarely yellow), 1" long ; legume flat-com- 

 pressed, obliquely rounded at the top, intercepted with cellular tissue between the seeds, 

 4"-5" long, 8"'-10"' broad: stalk li"'-2"' long.— Hab. Jamaica (il/ag^.) ; S. Kitts !, ^/«. ,• 

 Antigua !, Wullschl. ; S. Vincent 1, Guild. ; Trinidad I, Sch. ; [Cuba I and Mexico ! to 

 Brazil I ; trop. Africa !, East Indies !, Pacific Islands !]. 



142. O. crista, L., Ste. Shrubby (or arboreous), prickly, glabrous ; pinna 4(-5-l)- 

 jugal: leaflets 5-3(-9)-jugal, obovate-oblong or oblong, retuse or rounded at the top; 

 racemes terminal: pedicels long, jointed below the top; petals shorter than the calyx; 

 sexual organs 2-3 times as long as the calyx ; filaments squamulose below ; stigma thickish ; 

 legume 10-7-seeded, glabrous, obliquely acuminate, shortly stipitate. — Catesb. Carol. 2. 

 t. 51. Besc. Fl. 7. t. 503,4 : bad.—C. bahamensis. Lam.- Leaflets variable, 12"'-5"' (-18'") 

 long, 5'"-3V" (-12'") broad ; flowers " whitish"; odd .calyx-segment twice as lone as the 

 rest, .reflexed, somewhat longer than its tube, which is 3'" long; sexual organs l"long; 

 legume flat-compressed, scimitar-shaped at the top, continuous inside, 3" long, 5'" broad: 

 st^k 2'" long : seeds subquadrate, compressed, V" diam. — Hab, Bahamas !, Swains, ; S. 

 Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba I] . 



