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outside of certain oracle boxes. These boxes, of which Wilkes has given fair illustrations in his ‘ Narrative 
of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, have a more or less pyramidal shape, and are kept in the temples, as 
the supposed abode of the spirit consulted through the priests. Toys, consisting of cocoa-nut shells, and 
covered with these materials, are occasionally seen in the hands of native children, and they have rather a 
pretty effect. 
XVIII. Pterocarpus, Linn. Gen. 854; Endl. Gen. n. 6705. Calyx turbinato-subincurvus, 
2-labiatim breviter 5-dentatus. Vexillum orbiculare, basi angustatum, alas obovatas obliquas su- 
perans, carina obovato-oblonga, petalis liberis, stipite incurvo, lamina alis subsimili minore. Sta- 
mina 10, varie connexa, antheris ovatis. Ovarium stipitatum, pauciovulatum. Stylus vix incurvus, 
glaber, stigmate tenui terminali. Legumen suborbiculare, compressum, coriaceum, sublignosum, 
indehiscens, ala membranaceo-coriacea undique cinctum, axi valde incurvo mucrone styli basim indi- 
cante laterali, 1-spermum, v. transversim in loculos 2-3 monospermos divisum. Semina oblonga v. 
subreniformia, compressa, radicula brevi, parum incurva.—Arbores v. frutices; foliis imparipinnatis ; 
stipulis deciduis; foliolis alternis; inflorescentia paniculatim ramosa, axillari v. terminali; bracteis 
bracteolisque deciduis szepius minutis. 
1. P. Indicus, Willd. Spec. vol. iii. p. 904; arboreus; foliolis 5—9 alternis ovatis acutis glabris ; 
racemis axillaribus simplicibus ramosisque; staminibus inzqualiter diadelphis (nempe 1 et 9) ; legu- 
minibus suborbiculatis acutis mucronatis 2—9-spermis.—Rumph. Amb. vol. ii. t. 70; Roxb. Cat. 
p.93. P. Draco, Lam. Ill. t. 602. f. 2. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, ** Cibicibi."—Vanua Levu (See- 
mann! n. 129). Common in the East Indies and the Archipelago. 
This tree, of which I collected merely the foliage, yields a hard, durable timber, which has fine red 
stripes. It is the Lingo or Lingo-achera tree of the Indian Archipelago, and also produces a kind of 
dragon's-blood. The juice expressed from the fresh leaves is used by the Malays for a certain skin disease 
(Lappar Garain), and the young leaves are applied by them to ulcers. The tree is often planted in the 
East Indies on account of its fine foliage and flowers. 
XIX. Dalbergia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 52. excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. n. 6717 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. 
p.270. Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, lobis brevibus, inferioribus longioribus. Vexillum obovatum 
v. orbiculatum. Carina obtusa. Stamina 8-10, monadelpha, vagina postice fissa, v. equaliter 2- 
adelpha, antheris didymis minutis erectis, apice dehiscentibus. Ovarium stipitatum, lineare, com- 
pressum, 1-4-ovulatum. Stylus brevis, incurvus; stigma terminale. Legumen stipitatum, membra- 
naceum, compresso-planiusculum, reticulato-venosum, oblongum lineare v. rarius falcatum, valvis 
inter semina concretis, indehiscens, 1-4-spermum. Semina distantia, compressa, reniformia, em- 
bryonis radicula inflexa.— Arbores v. frutices, sepe scandentes; foliis pinnatis exstipellatis; foliolis 
plerumque alternis; floribus racemosis cymosis v. irregulariter paniculatis; pedicellis articulatis; - 
bracteis bracteolisque minutis. 
1, D. monosperma, Dalzel in Kew Misc. vol. ii. p. 36; fruticosa, volubilis; stipulis linearibus 
ferrugineo-tomentosis ; foliolis 5 alternis obovatis v. cuneato-ovalibus apice mucronulatis supra gla- 
berrimis subtus glaucescentibus minute puberulis, petiolis pedunculisque pubescentibus; racemis 
axillaribus solitariis v. geminis simplicibus paucifloris, folio multo brevioribus; calycis glabri laciniis 
rotundatis parvis; corolla (alba) calyce subduplo longiore; staminibus 10 in vaginam* supra fissam 
coalitis; antheris transverse dehiscentibus; ovario glabro l-ovulato; legumine pollicari obscure reti- 
culato lunulato l-spermo, semine compresso reniformi.— D. torta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. n. 5879; 
Benth. in Plant. Jungh. p. 256.—Common on the seaside all over Viti (Seemann! n. 128; U. S. 
Expl. Exped.). Widely diffused over the East Indies, Penang, Singapore, and China. 
XX. Derris, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 525; Endl. Gen. n. 6732; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 272. 
Calyx truncatus v. brevi et lato dentatus. Vexillum obovatum v. orbiculatum, carina subincurva. 
