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JoNESIA AsocA. FRAGRANT JONESIA. 
KEKE KEE EEE EERE ER 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriA OcTAnpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminosm. Div. Cassiex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Bracteole 2, opposite ad basin calycis. Cal. coloratus, 
infundibuliformis, tubo longo clauso carnoso, limbo pa- 
tente 4-lobo, lobis ovatis. Pet. o. Stam. 8 (interdum 6, 
7—9) ex fauce calycina orta, longe exserta, libera aut ima, 
basi nonnulla subconereta. Ovarium stipitatum, stipite in 
parte infer. calycis tubo adnato superne libero. Stylus 
filiformis. Legumen 4—8-spermum, compresso-planum, 
acinaciforme, suturis callosis. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Jonesta* Asoca; caule arboreo. D C. 
Jonesta Asoca. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. v. 4. p. 853. Hort. 
Beng. p. 27. De Cand. Prodr. ». 2. p. 487. 
Jonesta pinnata. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 287. 
Saraca indica. Linn. Mant. p. 98. 
Saraca arborescens. Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 85. t. 25. f. 2. 
Assocam. Hort. Mal. v. 5. p. 117. t. 59. 
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Descr. A tree of middling height, much branched, with 
an erect trunk and a spreading head. Leaves alternate, 
abruptly pinnate, with generally five pairs of opposite, 
Ovato-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, acuminated leaflets, short- 
ly petioled, four to six inches long, entire, quite glabrous, 
me somewhat 
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* So named in honour of the late Sir Witt1am Jongs, a zealous cultivator 
ik patron of Botany, as well as of other branches of Science and of general 
iterature, 
