136 LEGUMINOS.E. CCLXIV. JONESIA. CCLXV. TACHIOALIA. CCLXVI. BARYXYLUM. CCLXVTI. MOLDKNHAWERA, &c. 



ovate, semi-cordate, 3-nerved. Jj . S. Native of Coromandel, 

 on the mountains. Flowers dirty yellow. The wood is excellent. 



Binate-leaved Hardwickia. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 



2 H. PINNA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.) leaves with 3 pairs 

 of alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated leaflets, which are 1- 

 nerved in the middle, the ultimate one almost terminal. Pj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers dirty yellow. 



Pinnate-leaved Hardwickia. Clt. 1818. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. The species of Hardnickia grow freely in a light loamy 

 soil, and large cuttings root readily if planted in sand, with a 

 hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



CCLXIV. JONE'SIA (in honour of the celebrated Sir 

 William Jones, whose knowledge of botany, independent of his 

 other incomparable qualifications, entitles him to this mark of dis- 

 tinction). Roxb. in asiat. res. 4. p. 355. D. C. prod. 2. p. 487. 

 Saraca, Burm. ind. 



LIN. SYST. Hepto-Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with 2 ovate- 

 roundish opposite bracteas at the base, coloured and funnel- 

 shaped, with a long closed fleshy tube, and a 4-lobed spreading 

 limb, the lobes ovate. Petals none. Stamens 8 (sometimes 

 7-9), rising from the throat of the calyx, much exserted beyond 

 the calyx, free, or sometimes connected at the base. Ovary sti- 

 pitate, with the lower part of the stipe adnate to the tube of the 

 calyx, but free in the upper part. Style filiform. Legume 

 4-8-seeded, compressed, flat, acinaciform, with callous sutures. 

 Asiatic unarmed trees, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, and 

 somewhat fasciculate racemes of flowers. The more recent 

 name of Roxburgh has been preferred to the more ancient one of 

 Burman, and Linnaeus Saraca, to prevent its being confounded 

 with Saracha. 



1 J. ASO'CA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 26.) stem arboreous. 

 \ . S. Native of Malabar, Java, and Bengal. Hook, bot. mag. 

 t. 3018. Rheed. mal. 5. t. 59. Jonesia pinnata, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 287. Saraca arborescens, Burm. fl. ind. 85. t. 25. f. 2. Sa- 

 raca I'ndica, Lin. mant. 98. Leaves with 2-3 pairs of oblong, 

 shining, firm leaflets, and orange-red flowers. Ushoka is the 

 Bengal name of the tree. 



Asoca Jonesia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 179C. Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 



2 J. SCA'NDENS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 26.) stem climbing. 

 J? . S. Native of Sumatra. The rest unknown. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Hardwickia. 



CCLXV. TACHIGA'LIA (Tassi or Tachigali is the name 

 of T. paniculata in Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 372. exclusive 

 of the fruit. Lam. ill. 339. D. C. prod. 2. p. 487. Cubse a, 

 Schreb. gen. no. 702. Valentinia, Neck. elem. no. 1283. but 

 not of Swartz. Tassia, Rich. ined. Tachia, Pers. ench. no. 

 1077. but not of Aublet. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, joined toge- 

 ther into an obconical striated tube, with the free parts rather 

 unequal and obtuse. Petals 5, inserted in the throat of the 

 calyx, unequal. Stamens 10, exserted, with the filaments villous 

 at the base, the 3 shortest ones erect. Ovary somewhat stipi- 

 tate. Style filiform, acute. Legume compressed, flat, mem- 

 branous, indehiscent, 1 -seeded, oblong, nearly as in Dalbergia. 

 Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, with the petioles as well 

 as the peduncles trigonal, and panicles of yellow flowers, which 

 are bractless, and crowded in a spicate manner along the branches 

 of the panicle. 



1 T. VANICULA'TA (Aubl. 1. c. t. 143. f. 1.) leaves with 6 pairs 

 of opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminated leaflets. Tj . S. Native 

 of Guiana, on the banks of rivers, where it is called Tassi or 

 Tachigali. 



Panicled-fioweredi Tachigalia. Tree 60 feet. 



2 T. TRIGONA (Aubl. 1. c. f. 2.) leaves with 6 alternate leaflets. 



Jj . S. Native along with the preceding, of which it is perhaps 

 only a variety. Cubae a trigona, Willd. 



7V/',n-on/-peduncled Tachigalia. Tree 60 feet. 



3 T. BI'JUGA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 487.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 opposite, coriaceous, shining leaflets, which are glaucous beneath. 



J? . S. Native of Brazil. Cubac'a bijuga, Spreng. neue entd. 

 1. p. 290. Cassia tetraphylla, Desv. 



Tn'o-paired-\eafietted Tachigalia. Clt. 1822. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 



4 T. EMARGINA'TA ; leaves with usually 4 pairs of elliptic, 

 emarginate, coriaceous leaflets, which are discoloured beneath ; 

 racemes compound, pubescent. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Sello. Cubse' a emarginata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 345. 



Emarginate-leafietted Tachygalia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hardnickia, p. 436. 



CCLXVI. BARY'XYLUM (from /3api/ c , barys, heavy, and 

 v, xylon, wood ; the wood of the tree is very heavy). Lour, 

 coch. p. 266. D. C. prod. 2. p. 487. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5, ovate- 

 oblong, reflexed, equal, deciduous sepals, which are hardly con- 

 crete at the base. Petals 5, roundish, nearly equal, on short 

 claws. Stamens 10, free, unequal, hypogy nous ? Anthers 4- 

 celled. Style filiform. Legume thick, obtuse, nearly terete, a 

 little curved, many-seeded. Seeds roundish, angular. A tree, 

 with brownish-red, heavy wood, abruptly pinnate, glabrous 

 leaves, with few pairs of leaflets, and loose racemes of yellow 

 flowers. 



1 B. RU'FUM (Lour. 1. c.) leaflets oblong, obtuse. T? . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china, on the mountains. \Vood iron-coloured, 

 very heavy and very hard. 



.Crown-wooded Baryxylum. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Ceralonia, p. 435. 



CCLXVII. MOLDENHAWE-RA (in honour of John James 

 Moldenhawer, author of Tentamen in historian! plantarum Theo- 

 phrasti, 1 vol. 8vo. Hamburgh, 1791.). Schrad. in Gbtt. anz. 

 1821. p. 718. D. C. prod. 2. p. 488. Dolichonema, Neuw. 

 reis. vol. 2.. with a figure ex flora, 1821. p. 303. and 329. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 which are concrete at the base. Petals 5, nearly equal. Sta- 

 mens 10, free, glabrous, 9 of which are fertile and shorter than 

 the claws of the petals, the other one 3-times longer than the 

 rest, sterile, and bearing a pilose anther, which is dissimilar to 

 those on the 9 fertile filaments. Style 1. Legume linear- 

 oblong. A tree, with simply or doubly pinnate leaves and yellow 

 flowers. This genus is allied to Cdssia and Tachigalia, ac- 

 cording to the author. 



1 M. FLORIBU'NDA (Schrad. 1. c.). fj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Cubae'a speciosa, Spreng. syst. append. 170. 



Bundle-flowered Moldenhawera. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hardrvickia, p. 436. 



CCLXVIII. HUMBO'LDTIA (in honour of Alexander 

 Baron de Humboldt, the celebrated American traveller and na- 

 turalist). Vahl. symb. 3. p. 106. but not of Ruiz, et Pav. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 488. Batschia, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 39. t. 56. but not 

 of Walt. Mcench. nor Thunb. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a short 

 tube, 4-cleft ; segments oblong, nearly equal. Petals 5, nearly 

 equal, inserted in the mouth of the calyx. Stamens 5, glabrous. 

 Ovary pedicellate. Style filiform. Legume oblong, compressed. 

 An unarmed tree, with flexuous branches, abruptly pinnate 

 leaves, bearing about 4-6 pairs of ovate-oblong, acuminated 

 leaflets, the lower pair situated at the very base of the petioles 

 and appearing like stipulas. Stipulas truly transversely linear- 

 oblong. Racemes axillary, with a solitary bractea under each 

 pedicel, but with 2 bracteoles at the top of each pedicel. 



