Sindora.] L. ieguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 260 



2, S. velutlna, Baker ; branchlets and leaves below densely tomentose; 

 leaflets 10-12, bracts caducous, calyx not prickly, 



Malacca, Dr, Maivgay. 



Leaves ^-| ft. Pubescence of branchlets calyx and underside of leaves much 

 longer and more dense than in the last, bright brown. Leaflets 3-3-J in. long, oblong, 

 subacute, very thick and rigid. Pedicels very short. Buds ^ in. long. Omry and 

 lower part of filaments more densely pubescent than in the last. Pod not seen. 



100. DIAX.ZUXII, Linn. 



Erect unarmed trees. Leaves odd-pinnate, with alternate leaflets. Floicet's 

 copious, small, obsciu*e, in ample terminal panicles. Calyx-tube very short ; 

 ^pals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, subequal, much imbricated. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 2, erect, included ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally, attached near the 

 pa^e. ^ Ova7'y sessile, 2-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma terminal. Pod linn, dry, 

 nidehiseent, oblong, 1-seeded ; endocarp pulpy. Seed albuminous. — Disxrib. 

 Species about 10, cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



Sepals ohlony-lanceolatej not more than 'j^ in, broad, 



1. I>. ovoideum, Thivaites Enum, d7 \ leaflets 3-5 the end one cuneate 

 at the base, branches of the panicle ascending, pedicels nearly as long as the 

 ^lyx, pod brown-velvety. Bedd, Ft, Sylv, t, 181. 



Ceylon, districts north of Kandy, Thwaites, 

 " fir ^^ ^'^^^^ Leaflets conspicuously alternate, rigidly subcoriaceous, thinner than 

 ^^^^^*^^lowing, glabrous on both sides, strongly veined, not glossy above, 2-4 in. long, 

 ^ibobtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends ; petiolules ^-\ in. 

 ^i^fe ample, with slender finely grey-downy branches. Bud lanceolate, I in, long. 



y^f'^ subpetaloid, lanceolate, under ^^ in 

 yearly as long as the anther in the developed 



. braad; thinly grey-downy. FUa7ne7it 



8b 



mning, yellow or reddish-brown.— Closely allied to the Javan B. i7idum, Linn. 



iL kf *^ ^^' ^^^' ■^^^'' ^' ^^)' ^*'*^^^^^ ^® ^^^ known within our limits, and differs by 

 *>t>long buds and shorter filaments and petiolules. 



th ^* ^' ^'^^^g'S^yif Saher] leaflets 9 rounded at the base, branches of 

 e pamcle ascending, pedicels short, pod brown-velvety, 



^i>-CAPofiE, Dr. Maingay, 

 eaHwT laore crowded on the rachis than in the last, distinctly alternate, oblong- 

 spidate, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glossy above, dull and paler 

 brln\' Petiolules ^-^ in. Panicle ample, close, with rigidly crecto-patent main 

 ^^nches, the lowest springing from the axils of the upper leaf; pedicels ascending, 

 coatT^^ *^b^n lialf as long as the calyx. Sfpals ^ in., oblong-lanceolite, thmly 

 ^jjjj^^ ^^ ^he back with grey-brown pubescence. Ftlaments much shorter than the 

 ^^s. Pod obovoid, 1 in. long, firm, persistently brown-velvety. 



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*^ ^^^ ascending, pedicels short, pod not velvety. 



^AUccA, Br. Maingay. 

 4 57"-^*'* oblong, broadly rounded at the base, narrowed suddenly to a subobtuse point, 

 Petiol 1 ^^' '^'gidly coriaceous, glossy above, glabrous, opaque, strongly veined beneath ; 

 JJw ""^?,i-i in. Panicles axillary and terminal; pedicels very short, ascending, 

 back ^°J,.;°^iong, i in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, densely grey-downy on the 

 With'e- . 7"*"^« very short. Pod roundish, 1 in. deep, fragile, black, thinly coated 

 greyish-brown down. Seed as large as a bean. 



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