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304 L, LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [PUhecolobmm . 



beneath, obovate-oblong, acute, the upper 4-6 in. long, the lower shorter, all distinctly 

 stalked. Heads few-flowered, irregular, in copious ample axillary and terminal 

 panicles. Calyx subsessile, ^g-^ in., densely brown-silky. Corolla silky, 2-3 times 

 the length of the"^calyx. Stamens |-^ in. Pod once or twice spiral, 3-6 in. by ^-f 

 in., the valves rigidly coriaceous, slightly downy, the lower suture not at all repand. 



5. P. affine, Baker : branchlets densely pubescent, pinnae 2, leaflets 6-8, 

 leaves with glands on the petiole and at the base of the pinnse and leaflets, 

 calyx funnel-shaped; pod not lobed. JBenth, in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 577. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Very near P. bigcminum. Branchlets clothed with dense spreading brown tomen- 

 tum. Leaflets 3-6 in. long, shortly-stalked, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous. Caly:^ 

 J in., densely brown-silky. Corolla twice the calyx, narrowly funnel-shaped, shortly 

 toothed, densely silky. Valves of the pod more rigid than in P. bigeminumy \ m. 

 broad. 



6. P. confertum, Benth. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 577 ; branchlet* 

 downy, pinnae 2, leaflets 4, leaves with glands only at the base of the pmnse. 



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calyx campanulate, pod xinknown. 



Malacca, Griffith. ' , . • 



Branchlets of the panicle clothed with brown pubescence. Leaflets rigidly cona- 

 ceous, shining, strongly veined, oblong, obtusely pointed, 3-4 in. long. Heads^ iQ 

 copious short axillary and terminal corymbs. Calyx -^^ in., glabrous. Corolh i iDm 

 cylindrical tube as long as lanceolate teeth. Stamens twice as long as the corolla. 



7. P. bubalinum, Bmth. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 576 ; branchlets 

 pubescent, pinnae 2, leaflets 2-4, leaves with glands only at the base of the PJ^^*' 

 calyx campanulate, pod large downy not lobed. Inga bubalina, Jack, in Mala}/ 

 Misc. ii. 77. 



Penang and Malacca. . ' 



A middle-sized tree. Branchlets clothed with pale brown pubescence. ^^^^ 

 coriaceous, oblong, glabrous, obtusely pointed, 3-4 in. long. Heads in ample ^^ '^J 

 and terminal cor^^mbose panicles. Calyx ^5 in., pubescent ; teeth deltoid. Coroi 

 ^ in., ^-\ as long as stamens. Pod oblong4igulate, sickle -shaped, 2-3 in. by l-U^^^ 

 very rigid, the valves persistently clothed with fine brown down. Seeds as large as 

 bean. 



8, P. mlcrocarpum, Benth. in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxx. 576 ; t^^^**^!^ 

 pubescent, pinnae 2-4, leaflets 4-8, leaves with glands only at the ^^^^^v^ 

 pinnae, calyx campaniilate, pod small glabrous spiral not lobed. Ingabubali j 

 Wall. Cat. 5272^ nan Jack. 



Penang and Malacca. 



and 



Closely allied to P. bubalinum, from which it differs by its more i^^^^.^^^l^g 

 less coriaceous leaflets and especially by its pod, which is lA in. by under ^ \^"' gjjg^ 

 a complete spiral, with thinner valves, which become much twisted when 1 F 

 and seeds not larger than a pea. 



9. P. fasciculatum, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. Hot. ^^^' £ ^jjj 

 "branchlets glabrous, glands present on the general petiole and at ^^^ , ^^ |^][^{1- 

 pinnae and upper leaflets, pinnre 4, leaflets 4-6, calyx campanulate, P^^^*^ -n 

 Inga Jiringa, Wall Cat. 5268, ncm Jack. I. Clypearia, Wall. Cat. 527Ui>. 



Penang, Singapore, Malacca. — Distrib. Malay isles. , T)resse3; 



A tall tree, with terete branchlets and leaf-rachises. Glands flat, ^^^^^^^^t^, 



general and partial petioles elongated; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse or s ^^ ^g 



distinctly stalked, rigidly subcoriaceous, quite glabrous on both sides, the ^^^^^ qx 

 in. long, the lower shorter and more ovate. Heads few-flowered, irregular, s ^, 





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