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+|genus=Brownea
+|Temp Metric=°F
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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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