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outside of certain oratle boxes. These boxes, of which Wilkes has given fair illustrations in his ‘ Narrative 
of the U, 8S. 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 éffect. 
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- 
peraus, carina obovato-oblonga, petalis liberis, stipite incurvo, lamina alis subsimili minore. Sta- 
mina 10, varie connexa, antheris oyatis. Ovarium stipitatum, pauciovulatum, Stylus vix incurvus, 
glaber, stigmate tenui terminali. Legumen suborbiculare, compressum, coriaceum, sublignosum, 
indehiscens, ala membranacco-coriacea undique cinctum, axi valde incurvo mucrone styli basim indi- 
cante laterali, 1-spermum, v. transversim in loculos 2-3 monospermos divisum, Semina oblonga y, 
subreniformia, compressa, radicula brevi, parum incurva,—Arbores vy. frutices; foliis imparipinnatis ; 
stipulis deciduis; foliolis alternis; inflorescentia paniculatim ramosa, axillari y. terminali; bracteis 
bracteolisque deciduis seepius minutis. 
1, P. Indieus, Willd. Spee. vol, iii. p. $04; arboreus; foliolis 5—9 alternis ovatis acutis glabris ; 
racemis axillaribus simplicibus ramosisque; staminibus inequaliter diadelphis (nempe 1 et 9) ; legu- 
minibus suborbiculatis acutis mucronatis 2—3-spermis.—Rumph. Amb. vol. ii. t. 70; Roxb. Cat. 
p. 58, P. Draco, Lam. Ill. t, 602. f. 2. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Cibicibi.”"—Vanua Levu (See- 
maun! 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 Lingsa 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 Garam), and the young leaves are applied by them to ulcers, The tree is often planted in the 
East Indies on account of its fine folinge 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 
y. orbiculatum. Carina obtusa. Stamina 8-10, monadelpha, vagina postice fissa, y, wequaliter 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 faleatum, valyis 
inter semina concretis, indehiscens, 1-4-spermum. Semina distantia, compressa, reniformia, em- 
bryonis radicula inflexa—Arbores y. frutices, seepe scandentes; foliis pinnatis exstipellatis ; foliolis 
plerumque alternis; floribus racemosis cymosis vy. irregulariter paniculatis; pedicellis articulatis ; 
bracteis bracteolisque minutis. 
1, D. monosperma, Dalzel in Kew Mise, vol. ii. p. 86; fruticosa, volubilis ; stipulis linearibus 
ierrugineo-tomentosis ; foliolis 5 alternis obovatis v. cuneato-ovalibus apice mucronulatis supra gla- 
bervimis subtus glaucescentibus minute pubcrulis, petiolis peduneulisque pubescentibus; racemis 
axillaribus solitariis Vv. geminis simplicibus paucifloris, folio multo brevioribus; calycis glabri laciniis 
rotundatis parvis; corolla (alba) calyce subduplo longiore; staminibus 10 in yaginam supra fissam 
eoalitis; antheris transverse dehiscentibus; ovario glabro 1-ovulato; legumine pollicari obscure reti- 
culato lunulato 1-spermo, semine compresso reniformi—D. forta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. n. 5879 ; 
Benth, in Plant. Jungh. p. 256.—Common on the seaside all over Viti (Seemann! n, 128; U.S. 
Kixpl. Exped.). Widely diffused oyer the East Indies, Penang, Singapore, and China. 
a 
XX. Derris, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 525; Endl, Gen. n. 6732; Benth. Fl, Austr, vol. ii. p. 272. 
Calyx truncatus vy, brevi et lato deutatus. Vexillum obovatum v. orbiculatum, carina subineurva, 
