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vel lineare, suturis incrassatis ante turgescentia fere in alam dorso productis, 
6-14 em. longum, 2—3 em. latum, dense velutinum, tarde uno latere dehiscens: 
valvæ erasse coriaceæ, teretæ. Semina 1—4, oblonga, apicibus truncata, 
. 
43 em. longa, 174 em. crassa, testa fusca. 
Flowers and fruits nearly all the year round. 
Maray PENINS. : Penang, Curtis, 844, 2967, Phillips ; Perak, Scortechini, 
1797 (Kwala Dipong), Wray, 2178 (Batu Togoh), 3164 (Simpang), King’s 
Collector, 10479 (Ulu Bubong), 401 (Kota Bahru); Larut, King’s Collector, 
9179, 3960, 4042, 5804, 6844, 7019, 7299, 7366, 7493, Wray, 2264 ; Malacca. 
Goodenough, Holmberg, 888 ; Singapore, Lobb, 310. 
SUMATRA, Junghuhn, 72, Herb. Blume (Palembang), Diepenhorst, 695 
(Priaman), Teysmann, Forbes, 3103 А, Korthals, 873. 
Java, Junghuhn, 45, 223 (8. Hoehankola, Waldregion), Hasskarl, 3997 
(Batu Dodol), Zollinger, Horsfield, 23. 
New GUINEA, Zerb. Blume? 
Var. MALACCENSIS, Prain in Journ. As. Soc, Deng. lxvi. п. (1897) 88. 
Legumen suturis haud incrassatis, utrinque dehiscens. 
Maray PEkxiNs.: Malacca, Maingay, 1184, Kew Dist. 518, 518/2, and 
1182, Kew Dist., Goodenough, 1706, Holmberg, 834, Hervey, Griffith, 1164. 
If these fruiting characters are substantiated when the Malacea plant is 
better known a distinct species will probably be separable. The pods in a 
young state bear a remarkable resemblance to those of M. albiflora. 
Miquel has established several varieties and species upon forms which the 
abundant material now before me shows to be well within the variation of 
this one species, and no useful purpose would be served by any attempt to 
segregate it into them or any other groups bosides the variety mentioned 
above. Certain tendencies in extreme parts of the geographical area may be, 
however, indicated. In the extreme north about Penang the leaflets are 
inclined to become smaller and the leaves to invade the panicle. In the 
south, Java and Sumatra, the flowers are "rely panieulate, in the north 
usually so. 
The species was discovered in Java by the gardener accompanying the 
* La Pérouse’ expedition, and specimens were sent to Ventenat, who mentioned 
them in his * Malmaison’ under Pongamia. Tt was next received by Bentham 
from Sumatra. It thus happened that the species was described from forms 
with axillary inflorescences. 
Blume gave names to forms (1) from Java with obtuse leaflets CM. obtusa, 
Blume ex Miquel, l e.), (2) from New Guinea with subcordate leaflets 
(M. subcordata, Blume ex Miquel, /. ¢.), (3) from Sumatra with short pods 
(M. heterophylla, Blume ex Miquel, l. e. ; M. sericea forma brachycarpa, Miq.). 
Miquel named a Sumatran plant, which does not seem to differ at all from the 
type, M. turgida. 
