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CJESALPINIA JAPONICA. 
The relatives of the Cmsalpinias form a very distinct division of the 
great family of Leguminous plants, and are mostly distinguished by the 
ing botanically or useful to some extent in their native lands, but 
seldom seen here except in botanic gardens. C. japonica, however, 
possesses more important claims to attention, as it would no doubt be 
m sp- 
Fig. 2.—CACSALPINIA JAPONICA 
comparative regularity of the flowers and the partial or entire absence 
of the Papilionaceous or pea-flowered characters so strongly marked in 
many other genera. Few Csesalpinias»are cultivated for their decora¬ 
tive value, and the majority are either tropical trees or shrubs, interest- 
found l ardy in many parts of southern England, and Messrs. J. Veitch 
and Sons have tried it satisfactorily in their Coombe Wood nursery. 
Specimens in flower shown at a recent meeting of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society showed the characteristics of this plant to the best ad- 
