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canescent and furfuraceo-tomentose with stellated hairs beneath : 
petiole terete. Stipules lanceolato-subulate, externally velu- 
tine, deciduous : stipels oblong, green, glandular. Racemes 
axillary, longer than the leaf, 8-10 inches in length : common 
peduncle terete, velutino-tomentose : flowers in threes, on velu- 
tino-tomentose inch-long pedicels, showy, vermilion scarlet. 
Calyx spathaceous, cleft on one side, 5-den ticulated with the 
teeth blunt, externally velutino-tomentose. Standard large, 
broad elliptic, emarginate, reflected: wings and keel, each of 
two pieces, subequal, not longer than the calyx, veined, tinged 
with purple. Stamens 10, diadelplious, with the tenth stamen 
adhering to the rest for a short distance, but readily separable, 
alternately short and long, longer than the standard ; filaments 
scarlet : anthers purple. Ovary stipitate, (?) cylindrical, niveo- 
tomentose : style glabrous, subterete, angulose, scarlet : stigma 
subcapitate, greenish. Legume 2-4-seeded, torulose, velutine : 
seeds oval, usually with a depression at one end, scarlet with a 
small roundish black spot at one end of the hilum. 
This species is very common in the neighbourhood of King- 
ston. It thrives in the mountains, but does not perfect, in such 
situations, the seed. The leaves are deciduous about Christmas, 
and the branches remain bare for several weeks, the new foli- 
age being preceded by the flowers. I have no doubt but that 
it has been introduced. According to Kunth, it is a native of 
the Caraccas. It is employed in making fences ; but it does not 
appear to be well adapted for the purpose. The above descrip- 
tion was drawn out, previous to seeing that by the Rev. INI r 
Lowe in the Botanic Magazine, and with which it will be found 
to agree. 
Tribe VI. Dalbergiecr. 
Legume 1 -2-seeded, indehiscent. Leaves not 
cirrhose. 
XXXI. Ecastaphyllum. 
Sepals 5, concrete into a campanulate sub-bilabiate 
calyx ; upper lip emarginate ; lower 3-fid. Corolla 
papilionaceous. Stamens 8-10, equally diadelplious, 
or 9 of which 8 are equally diadelplious and the 
ninth free. Legume suborbiculate, membranaceous, 
valveless, bi-ovulate, 1 -seeded : seeds reniform ; ra- 
dicle uncinato-indected. — JDe Cand. 
Subscandent shrubs : panicles axillary, subcorymbose ; leaves 
impari-pinnate, or simulating a simple leaf from the terminal 
leaflet alone being present. Name, from r/.aaroz every one, 
