220 HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA., Jonesia.. 
thers reniform, small, incumbent. Germ oblong, pedi- 
celled ; pedicel inserted into the inside of the nectary, 
immediately below the vacant space already mentioned, 
one-celled, from eight to twelve-seeded, attached to the 
upper margin of the cell. Sty/e nearly as long as the 
stamens, declining. Stigma simple. Legume scimi- 
tar-shaped, turgid, on the outside reticulated, otherwise 
pretty smooth, from six to ten inches long, and about 
two broad. Seeds generally from four to eight, smooth, 
gray, the size of a large chesnut. 
Note. Many of the flowers have only the rudiment A | 
of a pistilium. . 
When this tree is in full blossom, I do not think the ; 
whole vegetable kingdom, affords a more beautiful object. ae: 
2. J. scandens. R. es 
Shrubby scandent, or twining. Leaflets two or three 
pairs. | 
A native of Sumatra, and has been received into the - : 
Botanic garden at Calcutta, but has not yet ploddomieee ao 
there. Sir William Jones, whose name this genus bears, 
mentions (Asiat. Res. 4. 275.) a twining species, to 
which Jayadeva gave the epithet voluble which : is pro- 
bably a fourth species, if not this. ; 
3. J. triandra. R. 
Leaflets two pair, oval. Flowers triandrous. 
_A native of the Malay Archipelago. 
