$60 Mr. Jackson’s Account of Ormosia. 
lace; their beautiful seeds, and particularly those of O. dasycarpa, 
commonly called in the West Indies the bead-tree, being worn as 
necklaces by the ladies. 
The natural place of ‘the genus appears to be in the vicinity 
of Virgilia and Podalyria ; but the affinities are far from strong, 
and leave abundant room for intermediates on all sides; and 
from the unexplored tropical parts of America, many conter- 
minal plants of the order are probably yet to be expected. 
ORMOSIA. 
Decandria Monogynia, Linn. 
Leguminosae, Juss. 
Character Genericus. Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bilobo, 
inferiore tripartito. Corolla papilionacea. "Vexillum subro- 
tundum, emarginatum, alis vix longius. Carina longitudine 
alarum, dipetala. Filamenta libera, basin versus dilatata. Sty- 
lus incurvus. Stigmata duo, unum supra alterum. Germen 
subovatum, 5-6-spermum. Legumen lignosum, compressum, 
bivalve, 1—3-spermum. 
Habitus. Arbores. Rami ferrugineo-villosi. Folia stipulata, 
impari-pinnata. Stipule à petiolis distincte. Foliola ner- 
vosa, integerrima, 4—6-juga. Flores terminales, paniculati, | 
cerulei vel purpurascentes. Legumina lata, lignosa. Semina 
pauca, colorata, magna. 2 ee 
je c OrMOSIA coccinea. 
TAB. AA V, | es 
O. foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis crassis subovatis, marginibus re- 
volutis, utrinque nudis, ree leguminibus glabris, nitidis. 
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