so called in honour of the English botanist Parkinson: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the decandra class of plants; and in the natural method it ranks under the 33rd order, Lomentaceae. The calyx is quinquefied; there are five petals, all of them oval except the lowest, which is reniform; there is no style; the legumen moniliform, or like string beads. We know but one species of this plant, which is very common in the Spanish West Indies, but has of late years been introduced into the English settlements, for the beauty and sweetness of its flowers. In the countries where it grows naturally, it rises to be a tree of 20 or more feet high, and bears long slender bunches of yellow flowers; which have a most agreeable sweet scent.