they are probably brought from the eastward round the Cape of
Good Hope by sea currents. I have not met with an instance
of their having germinated at St..Helena.—Hab. India, &c.
Parkinsonia, Linn.
2 1 9 . P . a c u l e a t a , Linn.—A tree bearing thorns and orange-
coloured blossoms, said by Roxburgh to grow in the Island.—Hab.
W. Indies.
Poineiana, Linn.
220. P . p u l c h e r r im a , Linn.—Barbadoes P rid e ; one or two
plants grow in the garden of the Old Jail at Rupert’s. C. Alt. '6.
Flowers and seeds. Bot. Mag. 995.—Hab. E. and W. Indies.
Schotia, Jacq.
221. S. t am a r i n d i f o l i a , Afz.—Coral Tree; only one plant in
the Island, about seven feet in height, growing at Francis P la in ;
blossoms well and bears seed. M. Alt. 2'6. Bot. Mag. 11 !■_}
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.
Tamarindus, Linn.
222. T . in d i c a , Linn.—There are but four or five Tamarind trees,
which grow in James Valley. They attain.a height of thirty feet,
flower well, and fruit fairly. C.—Hab. India.
SUB-OKD. M IMOSE/E .
Piptadenia, Benth.
223. P . p e r e g r i n e , Bth. — The Seed Work Acacia of. the
Islanders attains to a tall shrub of eight feet, and is rather common
and uncultivated, chiefly in Jamestown, but also at C. and M.
Alts. 3. The seeds are gathered, dyed black, and strung together to 1
form bracelets, brooches, and other ornaments.%r-Hab. Brazil.
Acacia, Willd.
224. A . d e a lb a t a , Link.—Fine-leaved Acacia; with blue-green
foliage and yellow blossoms, rather common, and growing wild at
Plantation, Rosemary Hall, Prospect, &c., to a shrubby tree,
twenty feet in height.—Hab. Australia.
225. A . d e c u r r e n s , Willd.—Fine-leaved Acacia, with bright-green
foliage and clusters of small, round, yellow blossoms emitting a delightful
perfume, growing wild, and is common at Sydenham, Oak- -
bank, &c., to an upright tree about twenty feet high.—Hab. Hew
South Wales, Port Jackson.
226. A . im p l e x a , Bth.—A tree very like the Port Jackson Willow
Acacia, but having globular flowers, growing uncultivated, and is
rather rare, in the valley above the Jos House at Plantation.—Hab.
Australia.
227. A . lo n g i f o l ia , Willd.—The Port Jackson Willow is one
of the most abundant plants, and at the same time one of the most
beautiful in the Island ; it varies in? size from a large bush to a tree •
thirty feet high, and in the spring months of September and October,
when it is covered with a mass of bright gamboge-yellow flowers, the
contrast it forms with the dark green foliage of the firs and light
green oaks is very striking and beautiful. I t grows wild and is
common at all heights, but apparently best at mid altitudes, where
in some places small forests of it exist. The timber is very beautiful,
in appearance something between Walnut and Satin wood; it
is close-grained and hard, and takes a fine polish ; it may be abundantly
obtained in planks as wide as twelve or fifteen inches. The
bark of the tree, which contains a large quantity of tannin, might
be collected and used in thé preparation of leather; but up to the
present time little use has been made of either timber or bark beyond
that of firewood. Bot. Mag. 2166.-fikHab. New South Wales.
228. A . v e r t i c i l l a t a latifolia, Willd.—Acacia ; with pale-yellow
blossoms, very like those of A. longifolia, but with short, stiff, prickly,
dark green leaves. Grows uncultivated, but is rare, to a good-sized
tree at Plantation, &c. Bot. Mag. 110.—Hab. New Holland.
229. A . s p e c t a b i l i s , Cunn.—Large round yellow-flowered Acacia;
bearing very long thorns or spikes ; is common and grows wild to a
bushy tree, about ten feet high, on the low land, at The Briars, Ladder
Hill, &c.
230. A . s u a v e o l e n s , Willd.—A small plant about four feet high,
with yellow Acacia-like flowers ; grows at Fairyland. Seeds, but is '
rare.—r-Hab. New South Wales.
231. A . m e l a n o x y lo n , R. Br.—A tree recently introduced, and
appears to thrive well. Two or three specimens of it, about twenty
feet in height, grow in a field at the back of Scotland. Alt. 3‘8.
TheTeaves of this tree resemble those of A. longifolia, but the flowers
are globular.—Hab. Australia, Van Diemen’s Land.
232. A . a r a b i c a , Willd.-—Gum Arabic tree. Roxburgh men