480 
BÜTAMOUK. TLaMES VASCULAIBILS. 
piTssnni, oblon^nm, angustum, apice aciiminatum , piu-r. 
rilociilare, bivalve. Semina compressa, lenlicularia , soîira- 
ria in singuîis loculamentis. 
Fruiices aiu arbusculæ, sæpius aculeis armati. Folia bi- 
[îinnata. Flores lu(ei, pediinculati, in racemum terminalem 
(lispositi. 
POINCIANA PULCHERRIMA. 
Poinciana pidcherrima, L., sp., 554. DC., Prodr., II, 
p. 484. 
Cæsalpinid piilcIicrrima^Swariz, Obs., 166. 
P. aculeata : foliolis 8-i 0-jiigis, elliplids, obfusissimis aul obo- 
'.alibus, apice mucronulalis, f^Iabris ; calyce glabro ; potalis longe 
unguiculalis, fimbriatis ; floribus aurantiacis longe pedunculalis. 
Crescit in iasulæ Cnbæ locis inaritimis. 
Nomcn vornacubim : Guacamaija. 
HÆMATOXYLUM. 
Mæmaioxjhim, L., gm., n, 525. Lamk., ///., t. 340. DC., 
Prodr,, II, p. ^i85. 
Calyx 5-partiuis, pelaloideiis, basi persisiens : laciniis 
inæquaiibns, decidnis, siibconcavis, inferiore paiilo ma- 
jore. Pelala 5, æqiialia, oblonga , perigyna, basi angiis- 
(ata et quasi iinguiciilata, calyci subæqualia. Starnina 10, 
fVrtilia, perigyna, longitudine corollæ. Filameiita siibulala, 
libéra , inferne villosa : antberœ ovatæ, oblongæ, introrsæ, 
dorso alîixæ. Ovarium basi breviier slipitatiim, unilociilare, 
])auciovulatiim : oviilis sæpius 3, cornpressis , subrenifor- 
îuibus. Stylus gracilis , teres , subulatus, slamina æquans, 
stigmate siibconcavo ferminafus. Leguraen compressum , 
lenui-membranaceum , apice basique acutum, uniloculare, 
1-2-3-spermum , in media utriusque valvæ, suturis arcte- 
