604 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Class XVII. 
DECANDRIA. 
W. 
1512. NISSO'LIA 
10018 fruticosa W. 
10019 retusa W.en. 
10020 glabrata Link. 
1513. DALBER'GIA 
10021 latifolia W. 
10022 rubiginosa W. 
10023 paniculata W. 
1514. PONGA'MIA. 
10024 glabra P. S. 
NiSSOLlA. 
shrubby J_ O or 15 
blunt i. □ or 6 
polished J_ O or 12 
TV. Dalbergia. 
broad-leaved t O or 30 
climbing !L dl or 10 
panicled y 1 I or 30 
Fent. PONGAMIA. 
smooth-leaved i □ or 30 
1515. PTEROCAR'PUS. JV. Pterocarpus. 
10025 Marsupium W. emarginate-lvd.^ □ or 40 
10026 hmatus JV. crescent-podded « □ or 6 
10027 santalinus TV. Red Saunders Wood$ □ ec 60 
1516. ECASTAPHYL'LUM. Rich. Ecastaphyllum, 
10028 Brow'nei Mich. oval-leaved J_ □ or 10 
1517. GEOFFRO'YA. 
10029 inermis W. 
LeeuminosiB. 
jl.n Y 
'.*.*. w' 
Lesuminosec. 
... W 
... w 
... w 
Lesuminosce. 
... W 
LecuminoscB. 
... W 
... w 
... Y 
Sp. 3—6. 
S. Amer. 
S. Amer. 
1766. 
1819. 
,1823. 
Sp. 4—9. 
E. Indies 1811. 
E.Indies 1811. 
E. Indies 1811. 
Sp. 1—3. 
E. Indies 1699. 
Sp. 3—9. 
E. Indies 1811. 
S. Amer. 1792. 
E. Indies 1800. 
W. Bastard Cabbage-Tree. 
smooth i □ or 8 
Leguminosce. Sp. 1 — 4. 
... W W. Indies 1733. 
Leguminosce. Sp. 1 — 5. 
Jamaica 1778. 
1518. DIP'TERIX. W. Tonquin Beav. Leguminosce. 
10030 odorata IV. sweet-scented i □ ec 60 ... Pu 
1519. PARIVO'A. Aubl. Parivoa, Leguminosce. 
10031 grandiflora Aubl. large-flowered t □ or 30 ... Pu 
JV. Amerimnum. Leguminosce. 
Browne's «t □ or 10 ... W 
broad-leaved O or 12 ... Y 
Jamaica Ebony * □ or 12 jLau Y 
1520. AMERIM'NUM. 
10032 Brownei JV. 
10033 latifolium JV. 
10034 E'benus JV. 
1521. ERYTHRl'NA. JV. Coral Tree. 
10035 herbacea JV. herbaceous 
10036 carnea JV. flesh-colored ± 
10037 Corallodendrum JV. smooth-leaved f_ 
10038 indica H^". 
10039 fusca JV. 
10040 caflTra JV. 
10041 p'lcta JV. 
10012 speciosa H. K. 
10018 
Indian ^ 
brown-flowered { 
Cape « 
prickly-leaved 
large-flowered ^ 
1 I or 
I I or 
I I or 
□ or 
I I or 
I I or 
I I or 
I I or 
Leguminosce. 
jn.s S 
iv. my 
20 my.jn 
20 ... 
20 ... 
6 
6 
10 au.o 
Pk 
S 
s 
s 
s 
s 
Sp. 1—2, 
Guiana 1793. 
Sp. 1. 
Guiana 1821. 
Sp. 3—5. 
W. Indies 1793. 
S. Amer. 1814. 
W. Indies 1713. 
Sp. 10—21. 
Carolina 1724. 
Vera Cruz 1733. 
W. Indies 1690. 
E. Indies 1814. 
E. Indies 1800. 
C. G. H. 1816. 
E. Indies 1696. 
W. Indies 1805. 
10025 
S p.l Jac. vind.2. t.l67 
C s.l 
C s.l 
C s.l Rox. cor.2. t.ll3 
C s.l Rox. cor.2. t.ll5 
C s.l Rox. cor.2. t.ll4 
C s.l Ventmalm. t.2S 
C s.l Rox. cor.2. t.ll6 
C S.1 Lam.ill. t.602.f.5 
C s.l 
C r.m Br. jam. t.32. f.l 
C p.l Ph.tran.l777.t.lO 
C l.p 'Aub. gui.2. t.296 
C r.m Aub. gui. t. 303 
C r.m Ja.am.t.l80.f.58 
C l.p Ja.ara. t.l77. f.50 
C r.m Br. jam. t. 31. f.2 
C l.p Bot. mag. 877 
S r.m Trew. ehret. t. 8 
S r.m Com.hor.l. t.l08 
S r.m Rheed.mal.6. t.7 
C l.p Rutn.amb.2. t.78 
C l.p Bot. reg. 736 
S r.m Rum.amb.2. t.77 
S r.m Bot. rep. 443 
10029 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
1512. Nissolia. In honor of William Nissole, an industrious French botanist. He was a member of the 
academy of Montpellier, and author of some papers in its Transactions. He was born in 1647, and died in 1735. 
Cuttings root in sand, but not very readily. 
1513. Dalbergia. Nicholas Dalberg was surgeon in ordinary to the king of Sweden, and published in 1755 
a work upon the Metamorphoses of Plants. Another Dalberg, a pupil of Linna;us, travelled in Dutch Guiana, 
whence he communicated specimens to his preceptor. Ripened cuttings root m sand. 
1514. Poni^amia. An alteration of the vernacular name of the plant in India. 
1515. Pterocarpus. From frrsfav, a wing, and xoc^-rog, fruit. Its pods have membranous wings. P. santalinus 
is a lofty tree, with alternate branches, and a bark resembling that of the common alder ; it yields the true 
officinal red saunders wood, first detected by Koenig in India. It is brought home in billets, which are very 
heavy, and sink in water. Red saunders wood has an aromatic odor, and is nearly insipid. It is extremely 
hard, of a fine grain, takes a high polish, and a bright garnet red color, which deepens on exposure to the air. 
It yields its coloring matter, which appears to be of a resinous nature, to ether and alcohol, but not to water. 
(^Thomson's London Dispensatory, 458.) 
The sap yields one sort of Sanguis draconis. Many of the red Indian woods trasude a blood red juice 
through the clefts of the bark, which hardens uito a red resin, not differing from Sanguis draconis, which, 
therefore, is collected from several trees, and from this among others. {Linn. Suppl.) This drug, however, is 
chiefly obtained from the P. Draco, and the fruit of Calamus Rotang. 
In our stoves these plants thrive in light loamy soil; and cuttings, with their leaves untouched, will root in 
sand under a common hand-glass. 
1516. Ecastaphyllum. From ty,a,s-6s, every one, and ^vXXev, a leaf ; that is to say, a leaf which is always 
simple, and not compounded of several others, as those of neighbouring genera. 
1517. Geoffroya. In honor of Etienne Francois Geoffroi, Memb. Acad. Par., Professor of botany at the Jardin 
du Roi, and a foreign member of the Royal Society of London. He was the author of several medical botanical 
works, especially of a Materia Medica. He was born in 1672, and died in 1731. A tree, branchy at top, with a 
smooth grey bark and pinnate leaves ; and, what is remarkable in papilionaceous plants, a drupe for a fruit. 
