420 



MEXICO.— SUPPLEMENT. 



[Leguminosa. 



general aspect of the plant is different from that of the preceding- species ; the colour of the flowers is deeper 

 and redder, the claws of the petals are shorter and the stamens also. 



1. Haematoxylon Campecheanum ? L. — De Cand. Prod. 2. p. 485. 



Hab. Realejo. — A barren specimen of this, " the Nicaragua wood," is in the Herbarium. It has quite the 

 structure of foliage of Hmmatoxylon, and in the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, the " Bois de Nicaragua" 

 is referred to the Haematoxylon Campechianum. But our specimen has many points of difference from the 

 true H. Campecheanum. The branches are much stouter, the ultimate ones indeed cylindrical ; but, lower 

 down, where the thickness is equal to that of the little finger, the branches become compressed and as it were 

 deformed and more or less bluntly angular. The outer bark is much darker coloured, covered with little raised 

 points, so as to render the surface everywhere quite rough not only to the touch but to the eye. The leaves 

 are larger, always even in the young branches growing in clusters. With these differences before us, we dare 

 not venture to consider the tree as identical with the " Logwood," nor do we know whether in commerce 

 the two woods be considered the same. 



1. Cassia (§ Chamacfistula) bacillaris, L. fil. — De Cand. Prod. 2. p. 490. Vogel, Cass, 

 p. 14. n. 15. — Cathartocarpus Bacillus, Pers. — Bot. Reg. t. 881. 



Hab. Acapulco. 



2. C. (§ Chama?fistula) bicapsularis, L. — Vogel, Cass. p. 18. n. 28. De Cand. Prod. 2. 

 p. 494. 



Hab. Tepic. 



3. C. (§ Chamsesenna) biflora, L.— Vogel, Cass. p. 29. n. 67. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 810. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1310.— C. Acapulcensis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. 6. p. 353? 



Hab. Realejo and Acapulco. 



4. C. (§?) punctulata; pubescenti-glandulosa, ramis herbaceis elongatis, foliis remotis 

 foliolis bijugis ovato-lanceolatis breviter petiolulatis mucronatis subtus fusco-punctatis,- 

 glandula petiolari nulla, stipulis subulatis reflexis, corymbis paucifloris, calycibus hispidis. 



Hab. Tepic. — There is only one specimen of this plant, with imperfect flowers; but its foliage is very 

 peculiar. The petiole is about 2 inches long, bearing at the upper extremity two pairs of ovato-lanceolate 

 acute and mucronated leaflets, each about three quarters of an inch long, marked with brown (resinous ?) dots 

 on the underside : these leaves are very remote. The whole plant is clothed with a glandular pubescence. 

 The flowers are moderately large, deep orange colour. 



1. Bauhinia inermis, Pers. — De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 514 — Pauletia inermis, Cav. Ic. 

 t. 419. 



Hab. Acapulco. 



2. B. Lunaria, Cav. Ic. 5. t. 407. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 512. Hook, et Am. supra, p. 

 288. 



Hab. Acapulco. 



