220 HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Jouesia. 



thers reniforra, 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. Style 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 

 of a pistilium. 



When this tree is in full blossom, I do not think the 

 whole vegetable kingdom, affords a more beautiful object. 



2. J. scandens. R. 



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 blossomed 

 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. 



