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270 Ti. LEGUMiNOS^'. (J. G. Baker.) [Bialiunu 



4. D- patens, SaJceri leaflets 3-5 rounded at the hase^ branches of the 



panicle spreading^ pedicels as long as the calyx, pod not velvety. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay, 



Leaflets opposite or subopposite, oblong, rigidly coriaceous or subcoriaeeous, 

 glabrous, 3-5 in. long, obtusely pointed, finely veined, rather glosyy ; petiolules 

 i-J in. Fanicles both axillary and terminal, ample, flexnose "with the distant iiiiun 

 branches spreading or even sometimes decurved ; pedicels ascending, spreading op 

 cernuous. Bud ^ in., ovoid-oblong. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subpetaloid, thinly 

 grey-downy. Filarncnts very short. Fod 1 in. long, round-oblong, firm, black, 

 thinly coated with grey-brown down; seed oblong, |— |^ in. long. 



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Sepals ovate-lanceolate |~^ in. broad. 



5. D> platysepalum, Baker. 



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Maijicca, Griffith, Maiiigay. 



Leaflets 5-7, distiint, conspicuously alternate, oblong, pointed, 4-6 in. long, 

 rounded or the end one subcuneate at the base, rigidly coriaceous, rather glossy 

 above, finely veined beneath, with a persistent coating of bright yellowish-biown 

 silky pubescence; petiolules \ in. Panicles ample, deltoid, moderately close, ter- 

 minal and axillary, the branches clothed with fine brown silky pubescence, the 

 main ones erecto-patent; pedicels ascending or cernuous, much shorter than the 

 calyx. Bud ovoid, under \ in. long. Sepals leathery, densely brown-velvety on 

 the back, reflexed when the flower is fully expanded. Filaments thick and^ fleshy, 

 nearly as long as the anthers. Tod round-oblong, \~\ in. long, hard, persistently 

 brown-A'elvety. Seeds oblong, compressed, glossy, chestnut-brown. 



Vah. fFa'/Z/e/^n', Baker; leaflets 9-11 closer smaller oblong-lanceolate acumi^nate, 



the upper 2-2-^ in. long, petiolules shorter. '*Connaracea? " Wall, Cat, 8oo4,— 

 Sincapore, Wallich. Malacca, Maingay, 



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107. KARSWICKIA, Eoxb. 



Unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, -with few leaflets. Flowers very 

 abundant, minute, panicled. Calyx with scarcely any tube and a subbasal 

 disk ; sepals usually 5, rarely 4, oblong, imbricated, subpetaloid, persistent. 

 Corolla 0. Stameyis twice the sepals in number, included or exserted; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary ^ sessile, 

 2-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod subindehiscent, dry, with only 

 the upper ovule perfected ; seeds exalbuminous. — Distrib. One other species 

 Trop. African. 



1. K.binata, lioxb. Cor. FL iii. 6, t. 209; leaflets 2 sessile oblique 

 flabellately veined, stamens included, stigma large peltate, racemes ft^' 

 flowered, pod strap-shaped thin T^-ith the seed at the tip. Jtoxb. Ft. I^^' ^^' 

 423 ; DC. Prodr, ii. 487 ; Wall Cat. 5808 ; TV. ^ A. Frodr. 284 ; i)^^- ^ 

 Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 83 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t 20. 



Bkhak and \Vkstern PKNiNstrLA, ascending to 3500 ft, ^ „ 



A tree 100 feet high, with slender glabrous branches. Leaflets like *^l^*^^^/^.^g 



Bauhinia, oblique, ovate-trapezoid, 1-3 in. long, obtuse or subacute, with 4-*^ ri 



radiating from the base. Panicles axillary and terminal; pedicels as long as . 



calyx, not brixcteolate. Sepals oblong, obtuse, under ^ in. long. Pod like tlw 



Spatkolobus, tliin, flexible, 2-3 in. long. 



2. B. pinnata, liovb. FL Ind. ii. 425 ; leaflets 4-6 alternate petiolulate 



not oblique, stamens exserted, stigma minute, racemes dense ^^^^^^'^0^7. 

 ohovoid or oblong nearly or quite filled up by the seed. Wall* Cat. oo ? 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 487 ; W. & A. Prodr. 284 : BeM Fl. Sylv. t. 266. 



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