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CALYCI FLORAE. 
HAB. Jamaica? 
FL. ? 
4. Caesalpinia coriaria. Divi-divi, or Libi-dibi. 
Unarmed glabrous, pinnae 6-7-paired, leaflets 15- 
25-paired linear obtuse, racemes panicled, pedicels 
shorter than the flower, legume laterally incurved 
spongy submultilocular. 
Willd. Spec. II. 532. — Poinciana Coriaria, Jacq . Am. 123. 
t. 175. f. 36. — C. coriaria, Kunth , Mim. t. 45. 
HAB. The Spanish-Town road, near the 4 mile stone. 
Near Halfway Tree Court-House. 
FL. May aud September, after rains. 
A tree, 20-30 feet in height : branches spreading, at their 
extremities terete, glabrous. Leaves at the ends of the short 
branchlets, alternate, bipinnate ; pinnae 6-7-paired with an odd 
one : leaflets 20-24-paired, one-third of an inch in length, 
lineari-oblong, rounded at the apex, unequally cordate at the 
base, with a row of glandulose dots within the margin, entire, 
glabrous : common petiole subterete, as also the partial ones 
minutely puberulous. Stipules minute, deciduous. Raceme 
a panicled thyrse, axillary, and terminal, shorter than the leaf, 
composed of a number of pedicelled fragrant white flowers 
crowded together. Common peduncle divided : pedicels short, 
about a line in length. Sepals 5, subconcave, rounded at the 
apex, reflected ; the lowest one the largest, and subfornicated. 
Four of the petals equal, rounded, clawed ; the fifth and upper 
one lip-like, situated more interiorly, and shorter than the rest, 
somewhat recurved, boat-shaped. Stamens 10, distinct: fila- 
ments subulate, internally villous : anthers ovate. Ovary com- 
pressed, glabrous : style slightly curved, coloured : stigma ob- 
tuse. Legume oblong, laterally incurved, spongy, 8- seeded. 
In some of the flowers there are only 8 stamens, and 4 sepals 
and petals. 
This, like the Coultehia tinctokia, is a very valuable plant, 
and promises, were the cultivation more general, to be of great 
advantage to the Island. Like the Dibi-deri , it is very hardy, 
and thrives in the hottest and driest situations, where scarcely 
any other cultivation can be carried on. The pods are very rich 
in the tannin principle, and are imported in considerable quan- 
tities from Carthagena, to be employed in the tanning of leather. 
It is only of late that the plant has been discovered to be indi- 
genous to our own Island; but the number of trees are as yet 
too few to meet the demand. It might be planted with great 
advantage in our dry pastures, affording a fine shade, and pro- 
ducing its fruit frequently, and without any care being re- 
quired. 
