LEGUMINOSiE. 301 
mini Brownei, Jucq. Amer. 199. t. 180. f. 58 .—Swartz, FI. 
lnd. Occ. 1234. 
HAB. Ihickets, St Thomas in the East. 
FL. May. 
A shrubby tree, about 10 feet in height: brandies long, 
smooth. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, subcordate or em- 
arginate at the base, shining, 2-3 inches long. Racemes axil- 
lary and lateral. Flowers numerous, pedicelled, white, fragrant. 
Upper lip ot the calyx bifid, with the lobes indistinct ; lower 3- 
teethed, with the middle tooth longer than the rest and subu- 
late. Standard obcordate, at first patent, afterwards erect ; 
wings oblong, denticulated at the base ; keel \ the length of 
the wings. Ovary pedicelled : style subulate: stigma obtuse. 
Legume oblong, subacuminate at both ends, glabrous, 1 -celled, 
2-valved, 1-3-seeded: seeds oblong, compressed. 
The white fragrant flowers of this lowly tree, come out in 
great profusion after the rains in spring, and have been compared 
to those of the Hawthorn, which blossom about the same period 
of the year. 
XXXIII. Brya. 
The flowers of Amerimnum, but the stamens are 
monadelphous, with the 10th concrete to the rest as 
far as the middle. Legume biarticulate, with the 
joints 1 -seeded, dehiscent, compressed, with the up- 
per suture straight, and the inferior convex ; the up- 
per joint sometimes awanting . — De Cand. 
American trees, spiny with leaves simple, congested, sub- 
sessile. — Name, given by Browne, from fig-j'jj to bloom, on account 
of the profusion of flowers which cover the branches. 
1. Brya Ebenus. TJ^est- India Ebony. 
Spines distinct, leaves aggregate obovato-oblong, 
peduncles 2-3 axillary 1-2-flowered shorter than the 
leaf . — De Cand. 
Aspalathus arboreus s. pseudo-ebenus buxi folio, flore luteo 
patulo, siliqua lata brevi chartacea, Sloane, II. 30. t. 175. f. 1. 
— Brya arborescens, Browne, 299. t. 31. f. 2. — Amerimnum 
ebenus, Swartz, Prod. 104 — Brya ebenus, De Cand. Prod. 
421. 
HAB. Common, especially in dry savannahs, on the South 
side of the Island. 
FL. During the warmer months, after rains. 
A shrub, or tree 15-20 feet in height, with erect fastigiate 
