DIADELPH1A. DECAND. 1354— 1356. 1137 



ixandent. Leaves pinnate; leafets oblong, pointed, glabrous: Item 

 ihrubby, climbing. 

 Caraccas. Willd. fp. pi. 3. ^.909, n. c„ 

 Leafets 7 — 1 1 : braftes O ; fovoers violet. 



J 354- DIPTERIX. Calyx with the 2 upper divi- 

 fions wing-fhaped: legume i -celled, i-feeded, 

 coriaceous, 2-valved. 



adorata. Leaves alternate : racemes terminal. 



Guiana. 4ubl. Gut. z. p. 740. t. 296. 



Tree 60 feet high : leaves pinnate, with oblong acute leafets; 

 common petiole lanceolate at top : legume flefhy, yellowifh : 

 feed highly fragrant, covered with a thin brittle fhell, and is 

 well known under the name of Tonca Bean. 



oppositifolia Leaves oppofite : flowers panided. 



Cayenne. Aubl. Gui. 2. p. 745. /. 298. 



Tree 60 feet high : leaves pinnate, with oblong pointed leafets l 

 legume coriaceous, greenifh, 



1355. ABRUS. Calyx obfoletely 4-lobed, the up- 

 per lobe broader: filaments 9, united into a 

 fheath at bottom, gaping at the back : fiigma 

 obtufe: feeds fpherical. 



prccatorhs, Abrus* Jamaica Wild Liquorice* 



Indies, Sloanejart. I. i.Wl.f 4, 5, 6. Rbeed. Mai. 3. t. 39. 

 Plant fhrubby, twining: leaves pinnate, with many oblong 

 leafets: flowers in axillary racemes, pale purple: legume ob- 

 long : feeds 5 or 6, fcarlet or white with a black eye, and are 

 commonly ftrung into necklaces or beads. 



1356. ERYTHRINA. Calyx 2-lipped, ;-. corol 

 with a very long lanceolate banner : legume 

 fwelling at the feeds. Coral-tree. 



bgrbacea. Leaves ternate, rhombic, glabrous: ftem herbaceous, un- 

 armed : calyx truncate. 

 Carolina. Catefiy Carol, t. 49. Dill. ehh. t.go,f.io6. 



carnea. Leaves ternate, glabrous: ftem arboreous, a little prickly: 

 calyx campanulate, truncate. 

 Vera Cruz. Trevj Ehret. t. 8. Alton Kew. 3./. 8. 



Coralloden- Leaves ternate, unarmed : ftem arboreous, prickly; calyx 

 ***• truncate, 5-toothed. 



Antiilys, Comm. bort. 1. p. fit, 1. 108. 



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