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Caesalpinia (This genus comprises about)

This genus comprises about thirty-eight species, distributed over the warmer regions of the globe. To those described on p. 232, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

C. crista (crest). A synonym of C. japonica.

C. japonica (Japanese). fl. whitish, terminal, racemose, drooping; peduncles alternate, filiform, horizontal, one-flowered. May and June. l. pinnate; leaflets sub-sessile, oblong, very obtuse, entire, equilateral, glabrous. Stem 6ft. high, arborescent. Japan. (G. M. 21st July, 1888, p. 445.) SYN. C. crista.