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CALYCI FLORAE. 
and <pu\\ov a leaf, in allusion to the leaves of the species, on 
which Browne founded the genus, being simple. 
1. Ecastapliyllum Brownei. Seaside May-flower . 
Leaves 1 -foliate, leaflet solitary terminal ovate 
subrotund and subcordate at the base acuminate at 
the apex pubescent beneath. 
Pterocarpus ecastapliyllum, Swartz, Obs. 275 — Ecastapliyllum 
frutescens, Browne, 299. t. 32. f. 1. — E. Brownei, De Cand. 
Prod. 1 1. 420. 
HAB. Common in thickets near the sea-sliore. 
PL. April — June. 
A shrubby tree, about 10 feet in height: branchlets spread- 
ing, flexuose, striated, sometimes pubescent, usually 'glabrous. 
Leaves of one leaflet, alternate, ovate, rounded and subcordate 
at the base, acuminate, subglabrous above, appresso-pubescent 
and glaucescent beneath : petiole ^ of an inch in length, arti- 
culated above the middle, terete, ferrugineo-tomentulose or pu- 
bescent. Panicle axillary, scarcely longer than the petiole, 
divided into 3-4 simple branches : flowers numerous, white, 
shortly pedicelled, subsecund. Calyx tubulated, externally 
puberulous, sub-bilabiate ; upper lip einarginato-bifid ; lower 
3-tid, with the divisions acute. Standard clawed, obovate, 
rounded at the apex : wings falcate : keel concave, cleft at the 
base, emarginate at the apex. Stamens 10, equally diadel- 
phous : anthers minute. Ovary pedicelled, terete, elongated : 
style incurved : stigma sub-capitate. Legume suborbiculate, 
compresso-foliaceous, dehiscent, 1-seeded : seeds compressed. 
XXXII. Amerimnum. 
Sepals 5, concrete into a sub-bilabiate 5-dentate 
calyx. Petals 5, papilionaceous. Stamens 10, mona- 
delphous, with the sheath cleft above. Legume 
compressed, 2-valved, 1 -celled, 1-seeded ; upper 
suture straight, partially winged ; inferior strongly 
connected De Cand. 
Name , derived from a privative, and /nip/u va care, because the 
species are hardy and require, in their native regions, no culti- 
vation. 
1. Amerimnum Brownei. Meadow Mayflower. 
Leaves ovate subcordate acute glabrous. 
Amerimnon fruticosuin, Browne, 288. t. 31. f. 3 Amerim- 
