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Read about Brownea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Brownea (Patrick Browne wrote a history of Jamaica). Sometimes written Brownaea. (Hermesias, Loefl.). Leguminosae. A group of 10 small evergreen trees of Trop. Amer., allied to Amherstia and Bauhinia but little known in the American trade. Lvs. alternate and pinnate: fls. showy, red, in dense terminal or axillary clusters. Cult, in hothouses. B. Ariza, Benth. (B. princeps, Lind.) has drooping heads of scarlet fls. I.H. 42:38. B. grandiceps, Jacq. Fig. 670. Fls. red, in capitate spikes: lftsabout 12 pairs, lance-oblong. S.Amer. B.M.4859. G.M. 31:115. B.Rosa-de-Monte, Berger. Fls. scarlet, in dense heads: lfts. 2-3 pairs, oval, acuminate. S. Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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+Brownea (Patrick Browne wrote a history of Jamaica). Sometimes written Brownaea. (Hermesias, Loefl.). Leguminosae. A group of 10 small evergreen trees of Trop. Amer., allied to Amherstia and Bauhinia but little known in the American trade. Lvs. alternate and pinnate: fls. showy, red, in dense terminal or axillary clusters. Cult, in hothouses. B. Ariza, Benth. (B. princeps, Lind.) has drooping heads of scarlet fls. I.H. 42:38. B. grandiceps, Jacq. Fig. 670. Fls. red, in capitate spikes: lftsabout 12 pairs, lance-oblong. S.Amer. B.M.4859. G.M. 31:115. B.Rosa-de-Monte, Berger. Fls. scarlet, in dense heads: lfts. 2-3 pairs, oval, acuminate. S. Amer.
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