436 LEGUMINOSiE. CCLXIV. Jonesia. CCLXV, Taciiigalia. CCLXVL Baryxylum. CCLXVTL Moldenhawera, &c. 



ovate, semi-cordate, 3-nerved. Tj . S. Native of Coromandel, 

 on the mountains. Flowers dirty yellow. The wood is excellent* 

 BinateAeaved Hardwickia. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 



Tj . S. Native along with the preceding, of which it is perhaps 

 only a variety. Cubae^a trigona, Willd. 



Trigonal-^eduncled Tachigalia. Tree 60 feet. 



3 T. BWUGA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 487.) leaves with 2 pairs of 



2 H. piNKA^TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.) leaves with 3 pairs 

 of alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated leaflets, which are 1- opposite, coriaceous, shining leaflets, which are glaucous beneath. 

 nerved in the middle, the ultimate one almost terminal. Pj . S. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Cubae'a bijuga, Spreng. neue entd. 



Native of the East Indies. Flowers dirty yellow. 



Pmwa/^-leaved Hardwickia. Clt. 1818. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. The species of Hardwickia grow freely in a light loamy 

 soil, and large cuttings root readily if planted in sand, with a 

 hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



CCLXIV. JONFSIA (in honour of the celebrated Sir 

 William Jones, whose knowledge of botany, independent of his 

 other incomparable qualifications, entitles him to this mark of dis- 

 tinction). Roxb. in asiat. res. 4. p. 355. D. C. prod. 2. p. 487. 



Saraca, Burm. ind. 



Lin. SYST. Heplo-OciandriayMonogynia* Calyx with 2 ovate- 

 roundish opposite bracteas at the base, coloured and funnel- 

 shaped, with a long closed fleshy tube, and a 4-lobed spreading 

 limb, the lobes ovate. Petals none. Stamens 8 (sometimes 



1, p. 290. Cassia tetraphylla, Desv. 



TrvO'pairedAeadetted Tachigalia. Clt. 1822, Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 



4 T. emargina'ta ; leaves with usually 4 pairs of elliptic, 

 emarginate, coriaceous leaflets, which are discoloured beneath ; 

 racemes compound, pubescent. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Sello. Cubse a emargin^ta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 345. 



E7narginate'\eViRetted Tachygalia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hardwickia^ p. 436. 



CCLXVI. BARY'XYLUM (from fiapvc, barys, heavy, and 

 4vXov, xylon, wood ; the wood of the tree is very heavy). Lour. 



coch. p. 266. 

 Lin. 



7-9), rising from the throat of the calyx, much exserted beyond ^^^^s. Stamens 10, free, unequal, hypogynous? 



D. C. prod. 2, p. 487. 

 SYST. Decdndriay Monogynia. Calyx of 5, ovate- 

 oblong, reflexed, equal, deciduous sepals, which are hardly con- 

 Petals 5, roundish, nearly equal, on short 



Anthers 4- 



crete at the base. 



pitate, with the lower part of the stipe adnate to the tube of the 



the calyx, free, or sometimes connected at the base. Ovary stY- ^^1'^^^- ^^y^^ filiform. Legume thick, obtuse, nearly terete, a 



little curved, many-seeded. Seeds roundish, angular.— A tree, 

 with brownish -red, heavy wood, abruptly pinnate, glabro«» 

 leaves, with few pairs of leaflets, and loose racemes of yellow 

 flowers. _ 



fj. G. 



Style filiform. 



Legume 



calyx, but free in the upper part 



4-8-seeded, compressed, flat, acinaciform, with callous sutures, 

 Asiatic unarmed trees, with 



somewhat fasciculate racemes 



abruptly-pinnate 

 of flowers. The 



leaves, and 



more recent 



name of Roxburgh has been preferred to the more ancient one of 

 Burman, and Linnaeus Saraca, to prevent its being confounded 

 with Saracha, 



1 J. AsocA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 26.) stem arboreous. 



1 B. Ru FUM (Lour. 1. c) leaflets oblong, obtuse. 

 Native of Cochin-china, on the mountains. Wood iron-coloured, 



very heavy and very hard. 



^roww-wooded Baryxylum. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Ceraibnia^ p. 435. 



T2 . S. Native of Malabar, Java, and Bengal. Hook, bot. mag. CCLXVII, MOLDENHAWE^RA (in honour of John James 



t. 3018. — Rheed. mal. 5. t. 59. Jonesia pinnata, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 287. Saraca arborescens, Burm. fl. ind. 85. t. 25. i.2. Sa- 



raca I'ndica, Lin. mant. 98. 



Leaves with 2-3 pairs of oblong, 



Ushoka is the 



Clt. 1796, Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 



2 J. sca'ndens (Roxb. hort. beng. 



shining, firm leaflets, and orange-red flowers. 

 Bengal name of the tree. 



Asoca Jonesia. Fl. June, Jul. 



^- p. 26.) stem climbing. 

 Tj. S. Native of Sumatra. The rest unknown. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation, see Hardwickia. 



CCLXV. TACHIGALIA (Tassi or Tachigali is the name 

 of T. paniculdta in Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 372. exclusive 

 of the fruit. Lam. ill. 889. D. C. prod. 2. p. 487. — Cubae^a, 

 Schreb. gen. no. 702. — Valentinia, Neck. elem. no. 1283. but 

 not of Swartz. — T^ssia, Rich. ined. — Tachia, Pers. ench. no. 

 1077. but not of Aublet. 



LiN. SYST. Decdndriaj Monogynia. Sepals 5, joined toge- 

 ther into an obconical striated tube^with the free parts rather 

 unequal and obtuse. Petals 5, inserted in the throat of the 

 calyx, unequal. Stamens 10, exserted, with the filaments villous 

 at the base, the 8 shortest ones erect. Ovary somewhat stipi- 



Moldenhawer, author of Tentamen inhistoriam plantarum Theo- 

 phrasti, 1 vol. 8vo. Hamburgh, 1791.). Schrad. in Gott. anz. 

 1821. p. 718. D. C. prod. 2. p. 488,— Dolichonema, Neuw. 



reis. vol. 2. with a figure ex flora, 1821. p. 303. and 3%9. 



Calyx of 5 sepals, 



Lin. 



Decdndria, Monogynia. 



Petals 5, nearly equal 



Sta- 



SYST. 



which are concrete at the base. , „ ., 



mens 10, free, glabrous, 9 of which are fertile and shorter than 

 the claws of the petals, the other one 3-times longer than the 

 rest, sterile, and bearing a pilose anther, which is dissimilar 

 those on the 9 fertile filaments. Style 1. Legume hnear- 

 oblong. — A tree, with simply or doubly pinnate leaves and yellow 

 flowers. This genus is allied to Cdssia and Tachigalia, ac- 

 cording to the author. _ •■ 

 1 M. floribu'nda (Schrad. 1. c). fj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Cubae'a speciosa, Spreng. syst, append. 170. 



Bundle-iflowered Moldenhawera. Tree. ^ . 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hardwickia, p- 43b. 



CCLXVIII. HUMBO'LDTIA (in honour of Alexander 

 Baron de Humboldt, the celebrated American traveller and na- 



, .„ J ^.. turalist). Vahl. %ymh. 3. p. 106. but not of Ruiz, et Pav. V. ^j 



tate. Style filiform, acute. Legume compressed, flat, mem- prod. 2. p. 488, — Batschia, Vahl. symb. 3, p. 39. t- 56. but n 



branous, indehiscent, 1 -seeded, oblong, nearly as in Dalbergia. 

 Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, with the petioles as well 

 as the peduncles trigonal, and panicles of yellow flowers, which 



of Walt. Moench. nor Thunb. , . 



Lin. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a ^™^ 



tube, 4-cleft; segments oblonff, nearly equal. Petals 5, neary 



^ ^ ■ Stamens 5, glabrous. 



are bractless, and crowded in a spicate manner along the branches equal, inserted in the mouth of the calyx, 

 of the panicle. 



1 T. paniculaVa (Aubl. 1. c. t. 143. f. 1.) leaves with 6 pairs 



S. 



^v|uai, macitcu 111 Lilt; iiiuuiiJ oi tiie caiyx. »^i*ii"v," — ^ C7 i 



Ovary pedicellate. Style filiform. Legume oblong, ^^"^P^f^^ ' 



of opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminated leaflets. T2 . S. Native 

 of Guiana, on the banks of rivers, where it is called Tassi or 



Tachigali. 



Fanicled'Qowered Tachigalia. Tree 60 feet. 



2 T. TRIGONA (Aubl. 1. c. f. 2.) leaves with 6 alternate leaflets. 



An unarmed tree, with flexuous branches, abruptly PI"" ^ 

 leaves, bearing about 4-6 pairs of ovate-oblong, ^"""'"j^j^, 

 leaflets, the lower pair situated at the very base of the P€ ^ 

 and appearing like stipulas. Stipulas truly transversely "'V^j^ 

 oblong. Racemes axillary, with a solitary bractea under ea 

 pedicel, but with 2 bracteoles at the top of each pedicel. 



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