208 LEGUMINOS^. 



long, rounded or emargirude on. the top: petiole eglandular : stipules setaceons; corymb) 

 axillary, peduncled, exceeded by the leaves ; legume coriaceous, linear, straigia, glMram, 

 tumid on the margins, mucronate, subsessile.— S/. t. 180./. 1-4.-C. clirysophylla, mch.- 

 10'-15' high; leaflets 2"-!", sepals 2"'-3"', petals 5'('-6"', legume 5"--3" long-— Hab. 

 Jamaica 1, Maef., I'd., common in dry savannahs ; S. Vincent 1, Guild. ; [Haiti]. 



155*. C. fiorida, V. Arboreous; leaflets 6-5(" 14-4")-.;«S'«Z, oval-ohlong, rounded 

 or emargmate at the top, glabrous : petiole eglandular ; corymbs pubemlous, arranged m a 

 large panicle : bracts lanceolate, persistent ; legume coriaceous, paterulous, linear, slightly 

 arcuate at length straight and drooping, tumid on the margins, acuminate, shortly stipitate. 

 — C. gigantea, Berter. C. arhorea* Mac/.— S0'-50' high; leaflets 2"-l", sepals 3'"-4"', 

 petals 6'"-8"', legume 8"-4" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils., March ; [intro- 

 duced from the East Indies]. 



156. O. spectabilis, DC. Arboreous ; leaflets Vi-\'3r-jugal, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 aeuminate,hispidulous beneath: petiole eglandular; corymbs ^xHaepaiaw; arranged m a fojy?, 

 oblong, spreading panicle: bracts minute, ovate, deciduous; ovary glabrous; legume .... 

 — Oollad. Cass. t. 7- — C. trinitatis, Echi. ex diag. — 30' high; leaflets ZV-IV, sepals 

 3H'_4m petals 8"'-10"' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, March; Trinidad! {,Sieb.); [Guiana!, 

 Venezuela, Para!], 



tt Petiolar glands between the leaflets. 



157. C. glauca, Lam. Arboreous or shrubby; leaflets ^-i^jugal, oval-ohlong or 

 oval, with a bluntish point, glacuous and puberulous or glabrescent beneath : petiole bearing 

 ovoid glands between each of the lower pairs : stipules falcate, linear ; racemes axillary, 

 corymbiform, peduncled : pedicels bracteate ; flowers large ; legume membranaceous, oblong- 

 linear, straight, glabrous, transversely impressed along the dissepiments, abruptly stipitate : 

 seeds oblong. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 77. -^C. Plumieri, DC. C. planisiliqua. Lam. C. ar- 

 borescens, K. C. sulfurea, DC. C. discolor, Desv. ? — Leaflets 3''-l", sepals 3'"— 4'", petals 

 12"'-15"', legume 5", its stalk l"-li" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., March; S. Kitts!, 

 Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guadeloupe!, Baat Indies!]. 



158. C. biflora, L. Shrubby, puberulous or glabrescent; leaflets 8-4(-10)-y!ij'«/, 

 obovate-oblong or oblong, mucrouulate-blunt : petiole bearing a cylindrical gland between 

 the lowest pair; peduncles Z-i{-S)-flowered ; legume membranaceous, oblong-linear or 

 Unear, slightly arcuate, somewhat hairy, blunt, rounded at the stipitate base. — C. fulgeus, 

 Mi^. C. loDgisiliqua, L.fll. .''—Leaflets 8"'-4"', sepals 2"'-3"', petaU 6"'-8"', legume 

 3"-li" long. 



a. Legume 4"'-3"' broad. 



;8. angustisiligua. Lam. Legume linear, 2'" broad. — C. obcordata, Ste. ! : a form with 

 emarginate leaflets, 



Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., common, Trinidad I Loc&h. (fi) ; [Florida !, Haiti !, S. Barthe- 

 lemy ! (j3) ; IVlexico ! to Panama! and Venezuela]. 



159. C. muUijuga, Rich. Arboreous, glabrescent; leaflets M-W(-SO).jugal, oblong, 

 muorouulate-bluut, glaucescent beneath : petiole bearing a cylindrical gland between the 

 lowest pair ; racemes arranged in a terminal corymbiform panicle ; legume membranaceous, 

 broadly oblong-linear, straight, glabrous, slightly impressed with transverse lines, rounded 

 at the stipitate base : seeds oblong. — C. eaUiantha, Mey. ! C. Selloi, Don. C. magnifica, 

 MaH.l C. ampUflora, Steud.l C. fulgens. Wall. I—Lea&tte 12"'-6"', sepals S""-!'", 

 petals 8"'-12"', legume 4" long, the latter 10'" broad.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Guiana I 

 to Tucuman!]. 



ttt Petiolar glands above the base of the petiole. 



y 160. C. ligustrina, L. Shrubby, glabrescent; leaflets 5~S-jugal, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, unequal-sided, usually eiliate : petiole bearing an oblong gland 

 above its base; racemes arranged in a terminal corymb; legume membranaceous, linear, 



slightly arcuate, glabrous, subsessile. — Desc. Fl. 2. t. 134. — C. bahamensis Mill Leaflets 



2i"-l», sepals 3'"-4"', petals 6"'-8"', legume 6"-4" long.-HAB. Bahaias (Dill.); Ja- 

 maica!, ilforcA; [Cuba! to Guiana]. 



