212 LEGUMINOS^. 



coriaceous, glabrous, undulate : petiole short, subcylindrical : stipules setaeeous, persistent ; 

 corymbs 3-5-flowered; calyx irregularly bursting; jietal 1, cordate-orbicular, glabrous, 

 thrice as long as the calyx ; ovary glabrous : style filiform,, incurved. — YaM, Eclog. \. t. 

 9. DC. Leg. t. 58. — Eittera, F. K. simpler, V. Possira, Su). S. simplicifoKa, W., quoad 

 synon. S. ochnacea, DC. — Leaflets 5"-3" long; petal yellow, 12"'-14"' diam., either 

 broadly rounded or with a bluntly triangular summit ; " legume 2" long, oblong, tapering, 

 i-2-seeded : aril multipartite."^ — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; Dominica I, Imr. ; S. Vincent I, 

 Naders.; Trinidad!, Pd., Seh., Or.; [Acapuloo J, Panama I to Brazil]. 



179. S. pinnata, W. Leaflets 5, large, elliptical-oblong, pointed, glabrous : petiole 

 cylindrical ; racemes elongated, tomentose-pubescent : pedicels fascicled, longer than the ir- 

 regularly bursting calyx ; petal 1, roundish, glabrous, half as long again as the calyx ; 

 ovary sericeous; style uncinate-inflexed.—Ann. Mus. 9. t. 34.y. 2;. the legume. — Leaflets 

 1 2"-6" long ; calyx globose, 3'" diam., tomentose ; " legume 6" long, contracted betvireen the 

 seeds, 5-2-seeded; aril orbicular." — Hab. Trinidad!, Siei.'JVm. 93; [Guiana]. 



180. S. caribeea, Gr. («. *p.). Leaflets 5-3 (—1) lanceolate-oblong, pointleted with a 

 bluntish point, coriaceous, glabrous or glabrescent beneath, undulate: petiole striate-cyKn- 

 drical ; racemes elongated, puberulous : pedicels fascicled, nearly as long as the 4-8-valve4 

 calyx; petals none; ovary sericeous: style short, uncinate-inflexed. — It resembles Sw. 

 apetala, Eadd. (Salzm. Bah. !) ; but Eaddi states the ovary of bis species to be glabrous. — • 

 Leaflets opposite, shinin», reticulated-veiny both sides, tapering and Shortly petiolulate at the 

 base, 4"-3'' long, li"-!" broad : stipules deciduous ; racemes peduncled, nodding : fascicles 

 3-1-flowered : pedicels 3"'-4"' long ; calyx glabrescent, ovoid-globose ; ovary semi-ovoid, 

 3"'-3"'long, as long as the inflexed stalk : style V" long; legume hard, follicular, elliptical- 

 oblong, pointed at both ends, 2-1-seeded, 2" long, 10'" broad : style excrescent, deciduous : 

 carpophore 6"'-8"'long; seeds ovoid, black, 6'" long: aril pale, two-thirds as long, lacerate. 

 — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Lucia !j Anders. 



64. BKOWNEA, Jacq. 



Calyx 4-5 -fid, coloured, included within a bracteolar, usually bifid sheath. Petals 5, 

 egual. Stamens 11-10 (-15), inserted into the summit of the calyx-tube, usually monadel- 

 phous. Owrj' stipitate : gynophore adnate to the calyx-tube. ZsyBme "compressed, many- 

 seeded." — ^Woody plants ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; flowers large, ustially crimson, in clws-' 

 ters : exterior bracts large, caducous. 



181. B. Rosa, Berg. Leaflets 2-4-juga], elliptical-oblong, cuspidate, rounded at the 

 base; flowers fascicled; sheath vUlous, as long as the calyx-tube; calyx-lobes half as long 

 as the tube and as the petals ; stamens 11, shortly exserted, monadelphous. — Philos. Trans. 

 1773, t. 8, 9.— B. coccinea, Lafl. {non Jacq). — ^A low tree; leaflets 6"-3'', flowers 3", 

 pedicels 3'" long ; stamens 4'" longer than the petals. — Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild. ; [Ve- 

 nezuela]. 



182. B. latifolia, Jficj. Leaflets 6-2(-l)-jugal, elliptical or eUiptical-obloug, cuspidate, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, polished ; flowers fascicled ; sheath villous, as long as the 

 Calyx-tube ; calyx-lobes half as long as the tube and as the mucronate petals ; stamens 11, 

 subincluded, monadelphous.— Jacy. Iragm.t.ll. — B. Rosa q/' iTbrt. Kew. — Perhaps not 

 sufficiently distinct from B. Bosa, but the leaflets usually broader and more numerous, and 

 the flowers shorter.— Leaflets 4"-2", flowers 2", pedicels 3'" long ; stamens equalling the 

 petals, or l"'-2"' longer.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sch.,Pd., along S. Ann's river; [Venezuela]. 



183. B. speciosa, Rchb. Leaflets 4-3-jugal, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, 

 cuspidate, subacute at the base; fiowers fascicled; sheath villous, exceeding the calyx-tuhe ; 

 calyx-lobes 3-4 times shorter than the tube, and the petals ; stamens 10, nearly twice as 

 long as the petals, monadelphous.— iam. III. t. 575./. 3.— B. Rosa, iam.— Leaflets 4"-2", 

 flowers 2", pedicels 3'" long; longest stamens 10'" longer than the petals.— Hab. S.Vincent!, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad (Bchb.). 



65*. TAMARINDUS, L. 



Calyx 4-partite, bilabiate. Petals 3 : 1 superior, 2 inferior abortive. Stamens 3 (-2) 

 fertUe, monadelphous, the rest abortive. Ovary stipitate : gynophore adnate to the calyx- 



