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Ovarium breviter stipitato-biovulatum. Legumen 13 v. rarius 2 poll. 
diametro. 
Hab. East Indian Peninsula, apparently frequent, occurring in most 
collections (Wall. Cat. n. 5842); also in Ceylon, Walker, Thwaites, 
C. P. n. 1495; and in Central India, on the Waree Hills below 
Munghyr, Madden (a variety with less obtuse leaves and a broader 
pod), approaching the P. indicus. 
7. P. inpicus (Willd. DC. Prod. i. p. 419), foliolis 7-9 (rarius 
plurimis) ovatis acuminatis, racemis subramosis summis paniculatis, 
staminibus monadelphis demum isadelphis (vexillari rarius soluto) 
legumine stipitato oblique suborbiculato tomentello medio incrassato 
venoso inermi margine late attenuato stylo laterali.—P. dalbergioides, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 236; Р. Wallichii, W. et Arn. Prod. Fl. Pen. 
і. p. 267; P. santalinus, Blanco Fl. Filip. p. 561 non Linn.; P. 
Zollingeri, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. p. 136 ex char.—Foliola 2-3 polli- 
caria minus coriacea et venis magis reticulatis quam in P. Marsupio, 
pariter glabra v. subtus minute puberula. Racemi laxiores pedicellis 
2-3 lin. longis. Legumen sepius fere 2 poll. diametto, czterum ei 
P. Marsupii simile. 
Hab. Southern India and the Archipelago (Wall. Cat. n. 5845). In 
the Peninsula, G. Thomson, Law; Martaban, Wallich; Moolmyne, 
MacLelland; Mergui and Malacca, Grifith; Penang, Wallich; 
Andaman Islands (Wall. Cat. n. 5843) ; Sumatra, Zollinger, n. 3055 ; 
Java, Perrottet, Junghuhn; Philippine Islands, Cuming, n. 1227; 
South China, Millett, Beechey. 
The P. flavus, Lour., and P.obtusatus, Miq., both from the Archipelago, 
and described by Miquel (F7. Ned. Ind. i. p. 136) from very insufficient 
materials, have nothing in the characters given to distinguish them from 
the common Р. indicus. 
8. P. Draco (Linn. ex parte, DC. Prod. ii. p. 418), glaberrimus, foliolis 
5-9 ovatis oblongisve acuminatis nitidis, racemis paniculatis, stamini- 
bus monadelphis v. demum isadelphis, legumine stipitato valde obliquo 
suberoso-incrassato venoso margine presertim exteriore attenuato 
stylo laterali.—P. officinalis, Jacq. Pl. Amer. t. 183. f. 92? (ex icone 
vix recognoscendo); Moutouchi suberosa, Aubl. Pl. Gui. ii. p. 748. 
t. 299; P. suberosus, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 277; P. crispatus, Fl. Mex. 
in DC. Prod. ii. p. 418?— Species glabritie inflorescentize leguminis 
et omnium partium a ceteris omnibus distinguitur. Foliola 2—4- 
pollicaria, coriacea, venis primariis subdistantibus retique venularum 
utrinque conspicuis. Panicule laxe, breves. Calyx nigrescens, valde 
obliquus. Legumen 14 poll. diametro. 
Hab. Tropical America, Nicaragua in Central America, Girsted; 
Guadaloupe, Duchassaing ; Cayenne, Martin; Surinam, Hostmann, 
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