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2. Caesalpinia bonduc I Roxb. 

 I rban, 



Prickly trailing shrubs; leaves paripinnate; Btipules aone; primary and secondary 

 petioles puberulous, bearing recurved prickles; leaflets 5 to 8-jugate; ovate or ellip- 

 tical) shortly acuminate, subcoriaceous, I to s cm. long, 2.5 to 1.5 cm. wide; flowers 

 yellow; bracts beneath the buds erect; legume broadlj ovate-oblong, convex- 

 compressed, prickly; Beeds yellow. 



Near [sabela. Florida Keys, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Cockerel] . Eaiti Plu- 

 mier), Florida, Mexico, Java, Sumatra, AmboirfS, East Indies Baker). 



Local names, matos dt play a. Cuba, guacaloU amarillo (Sagra & Sauv. ; Jamaica, 

 nicker tr<< (Sloane). 



:'>. Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb. 



(Urban, 279.) 



Shrul) diffuse or trailing, 2 to 3 meters high, prickly, puberulous above; pinnae 

 6 to L0- (rarely 4-) jugate; leaflets8to L2-jugate, oblong, rounded, or subtruncate, 1 to 

 1.7 cm. long, 5 to 6 nun. wide, pale and puberulous or glabrescenl beneath; Btipules 

 semisagittate, deciduous; petals L.5 cm. long, slightly exceeding the calyx; filaments 

 shortly exserted, villous below; legume flat-compressed, at length tumid, 6 to 6.25 cm. 

 long, L.5 cm. wide 



Cultivated and seemingly spontaneous near Bayamon; near Pepino, along roadsides; 

 around Enea; between San German and Lajas Arriba, along roadsides; near Maricao 

 on declivities. Cuba, Jamaica, Eaiti, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vin- 

 cent, Barbados, Grenada. Introduced from the East Indies, bul naturalized in all of 

 the Antilles. 



Caesalpinia sepiaria is useful for making hedges. 



Local name, zarza; Guadeloupe and Martinique, croc a chien, arrite-bceufs, /'< n- 

 ambouc, gendarme, arrlte-nbgre. 



4. Caesalpinia g-illiesii Wall. 

 Urban, 279.) 



Tree. 1 to A meters high, unarmed; branches al first glandular; leaves Lmparipin- 

 nate; pinnae LO to 20-jugate; leaflets 8 to 15-jugate, petioles glandular, subsessile, 

 oblong, obtuse, -1 to * mm. long, 2 to 3 mm. wide, membranous; racemes L5 to 30 cm. 

 long, simple; pedicels 2 to 3 cm. l"iiu r . glandular-viscous; calyx lobes oblong, 2 to 2.5 

 cm. long; petals broadly obovate, 2.75 to 3.5 cm. long, yellow; legume oblique, 

 slightly falcate, compressed, glandular, 7.5 cm. long; seeds ovate. 



Cultivated near Guanica. Native country, Argentina. 



Local name, espiga de amor. 



5. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. 



i Urban, 279. i 



Tree, snudl. glabrous, 3 to 5 meters high; branches unarmed, often with a glaucous 

 bloom; leaves bipinnate, 12 to 2 I cm. long; pinnae l to 9-jugate; leaflets 5 to L2-jugate, 

 obovate or oblanceolate-oblong, L.5 to 2 cm. long, 8 to 9 mm. wide; racemes terminal 

 and from upper axils, hearing many showy, variegated, yellow and carmine, or rarely 

 pale yellow, flowers on Long pedicels 1 5 to 7.5 cm. i; calyx lobes glabrous, aboul 9 mm. 

 long; petals usually 1 to 2.5 cm. long; legume coriaceous, flat, 5 to 9 cm. long, L.5 cm. 

 broad above, glabrous; Beeds obovate-quadrate, compressed. 



