observations, the first of which is adopted in the “ Obser- 
vationes” of Swartz, without notice of the real author. 
Sempervirens is a smaller plant than Azedarach, and 
often flowers the second year from. seed, as in the present 
instance; the leaflets of the foliage are of lighter green, 
seldom more than seven, somewhat wrinkled, with deeper 
and more irregular incisions, and a longer taper-pointed 
termination. 
Azedarach has leaves of a heavier green, with from nine 
to ten leaflets, which are even, shining, and ferruginously 
speckled underneath ; the petioles are also longer and more 
rounded at the base. It is known by the name of the 
* Bead-tree,” its yellow fruit, about the size of a cherry, 
containing a stone which is strung into Rosaries for the 
use of the Catholics, and is curiously adapted to the pur- 
pose by a natural perforation in the direction of its axis. 
This species has been thence denominated by the Spaniards 
the “ Tree of Paradise" (Arbol de Parayso). 
We have compared the present plant with native 
specimens from the West Indies in the Banksian and Lam- 
bertian Herbariums, and have no doubt of the specific 
identity of the two. 
Dr. Solander observes that sempervirens is an improper 
name, for, though the foliage is of longer endurance than 
in Azedarach, it is still deciduous, and not evergreen. 
Swartz says, in Jamaica the species varies interme- 
diately from a tree to a small bush. It is also native of 
the island of St. Vincent. 
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