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272 L. LEGUMiNOS^, (J. G. Baker.) [Saraca. 



the sepals. Pod 4-10 in. by 1^-2 in., like that of o. Millet Ha, 4-8-se8ded. Seeds 

 oblong, compressed, 1^ in. long, 



2. S. caullflora, Baker x leaflets 10-12, petiolules long, hracteoles 0, 

 corymbs dense from thick old brandies, sepals half as long as the calyx-tube, 

 stamens about 7. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay, 



Petiolules ^ in. long ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, strongly reined ; upper 

 oblanceolate-oblong, acute, a foot or more long ; lower shorter, more oblong. 

 Corymbs solitary or geminate, nearly sessile, ample, dense, 4-6 in. broad ; main 

 branches stout, woody ; pedicels of lower flowers disarticulated at the base before the 

 upper expand; bracteoles none to be seen in the specimens. Flowers the same size 

 as in the last, but the tube aiid pedicels more slender. — Closely approaches the 

 Malayan 5. decUnata, Miquel, in habit, foliage and inflorescence, but that has only 4 

 stamens. t 



3. S. ZiObbiana, Bakei-, leaflets 10-12, petiolules short, bracteoles 

 large caducous, corymbs sparse from young slender branches, sepals half as long 

 as the calyx-tube, stamens 7-8. 



Martabax; foot of Mount Kola, Moulmein, Lobb, 



A tree 40 feet high. Petiolules \ in. ; leaflets thinner than in the two last, 

 oblanceolate-oblong, subacute, ^1 ft. long. Corymbs solitary from leafless slender 

 branches, with only a few erecto-patent branches ; bracteoles f-^ in., oblong-spathu- 

 late, navicular, amplexicaul, falling before the flowers expand. Sepals oblong, ^ u^- 

 deep. Stamens twice as long as the sepals. Flowers yellow, turning to reddish. 



4. S.triandra, Bahei-^ leaflets 4-8, petiolules short, bracteoles spre^mg 

 persistent, stamens 3-4. Jonesia triandra, Roxb, FL hid. ii. 220. J. scandens, 

 Hoxb, loc, cit, f 



Tenasserim, Malacca. — Distrib, Siam, Sumatra. , 



Petiolides ^\ in. ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, subobtuse or sub- 

 te ; upper |-l ft. long. Corymbs sessile from the side of slender branches, round, 



acute 



v^ry dense, sometimes 6-8 in. broad; bracts persistent, spreading or reflexed; brac- 

 teoles obovate, under ^ in. long, not boat-shaped or amplexicaul, bright-coloured. 

 Sepals under ^ in. long. Filaments 3-4 times as long as the sepals. Pod ohlong, 

 5-6 in. by 1^-2 in. — Very near the Malay S. macroptera SLud palembanicaj Miq^ieh 



110. AMKERSTZA, Wall. 



An erect tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Floivers racemed. Calyx "With a 

 long cylindrical disciferous tube; sepals 4, oblong, the two lowest <^^f^°^^ 

 Petals only 3 developed, the upper very broad, with a long claw, the two ^^^ 



as long, but narrower, oblong-spathulate, the two lowest rudimentary. '^'"'TJ 

 diadelphous, 9 lower having the filaments connate in a long tube, alternate j 



smaller, 

 longitudinally. Ovary stalked 

 filiform, stigma capitate. Pod 

 large, round-oblong, compressed 

 species. 



1. A. nobUis, Wall. PL 



G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 437. 



Martaban, Tknasserim and Malacca, often planted. 

 An erect unarmed 



Seeds 



Wall 



acuminate, ^-1 ft., opposite, glabrous, subcoriaceous. 



Leaves very large, abruptly pinnate ; leaflets ^ ,^^g 

 glabrous, subcoriaceous. Flowers in ample pen 



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