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XXIV. 

 1 A DESCRIPTION OF THE JONESIA. 



By Doctor Roxburgh. 

 67. Heptandria Monogynia. 



essential character. 



C1ALYX, two-leaved, Corol, one-petaled, Pistil- 

 J bearing; base of the Tube impervious; Sta- 

 mens long, ascending, inserted into the margin of, a 

 glandulous neclarial ring, which crowns the mouth 

 of the tube, the uppermost two of which more dis- 

 tant; Style declining. Legume turgid. 



Consecrated to the remembrance of our late 

 President, the most justly celebrated Sir William 

 Jones, whose great knowledge of this science, inde- 

 pendent of his other incomparable qualifications, 



■tly entitles his memory to this mark of regard. 

 Jonesia As'o'ca. 

 As jog am. Hort. Mat. 5, P. 117, Tab. 59. 

 As'o'ca, is the Sanscrit name. 

 V a n jula, a s y n oni me . 

 R ussuk oft he Bengalese. 



Found in gardens about Calcutta, where it grows 

 to be a very handsome middling sized ramous tree; 

 flowering time the beginning of the hot season ; Seeds 

 ripen during the rains. The plants and seeds were, 

 I am informed, originally brought from the interior 

 parts of the country, where it is indigenous. 



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