Leguminosae. 77 
Dalbergia sissou Roxb., a handsome tree of which a single specimen 
occurs in Honolulu on King Street in the Government Nursery. 
Clitorea ternatea Lam. a scandent vine with blue flowers is not un- 
common. Gliricidia sepium (Jacq. ) Steud. was first introduced by 
Air. and Airs. F. M. Swanzy from the Philippines and may still be 
seen growing on their premises facing Alanoa Valley Road. In the 
Philippines it is a very handsome shrub or small tree, but it has 
not become acclimated in Hawaii. Alention may be made of two 
handsome trees ; the one with yellow flowers and flat papery pod with 
one seed is Platymiscium ft 'o rib nudum, a native of South America, 
the other with purplish red flowers arranged in dense axillary 
racemes, belongs to the genus Lonchocnrpus and is probably a native 
of Africa. Both these species, of each of which there is only a single 
tree, have been introduced by Dr. William Hillebrand and can be 
found in his old premises now belonging to Airs. Alary E. Foster, 
on Nuuanu Avenue. 
A number of Leguminous trees have been imported by the writer 
lately and especial mention may be made of the king of flowering 
trees, Amherstia nobilis, which he brought from Java, as well as 
species of Brownea (grandiceps and hybrida) Saraca declinata, sev- 
eral species of Bnuhinin, Schizolobium excelsum, Parkin Timoriana 
and Pahudia rhomboidea the latter two from the Philippines. Seeds 
of numerous leguminous trees were also imported which have germi- 
nated and may be expected to become established. 
Key to the Subfamilies 
Flowers regular, petals valvate ; stamens definite or indefinite, 
I. Mimosoideae. 
Flowers irregular, upper petal innermost, petals imbricate, some- 
times reduced to one or three; stamens definite II. Caesalpinioideae. 
Petals very irregular, butterfly-like, upper petal outermost, sta- 
mens definite, their filaments variously united III. Papilionatae. 
Enterolobium cyclocarpum Grieseb. 
Elephant's Ear. 
Plate XXXI. 
Enterolobium cyclocarpum Grieseb. is a lofty spreading tree, 
glabrous throughout. The leaves are pinnate and each pinna consists 
of twenty to thirty pairs of leaflets which are unequal-sided, oblong, 
pointed and glaucous beneath. The leafstalk bears glands between 
