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L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J* G. Baker.) . [PithecoloUim. 



Tenasserim, Penang, iVTALACCA. — Distrib. Malay isles, China. _ 



Branches bro-wn-pubescent, -with raised lines decurrent from the branchlets. Leaf-- 

 rachises acutely angled, with a conspicuous raised gland on the petiole, and one? 

 between each pair of pinnse and leaflets; upper pinnae 5-6 in. long; lower much 

 shorter, with fewer leaflets; upper leaflets 1-2 in. long, with the lower and upper 

 margin nearly parallel, rigidly subcoriaceous, glossy above, densely downy below; 

 lower becoming gradually smaller. Pa7zicles axillary and terminal, -with densely 

 pubescent erecto-patent sulcate branchlets. Cali/x campanulate, minute, 3-4 times 

 shorter than the whitish corolla. Stamm^ |-J 'in. Pod like that of P. contortuw,^ 

 but rather smaller, ' 



14, P. montanum, Bentk, in Hook. Lmd Joiirn, 1844, 200 ; PI Jungk 

 269; branchlets acutely angular, pinnse 12-1 ft, leaflets 24-32 small acute or 

 subacute, calyx stalked, heads in ample panicles. P. falcifolium, Ham, rl* 

 Jav, Rar. 418, Inga subfalcata, Zoll. in Floruy 1847, 706. 



Khasta, Mtshmt. — DiSTRTB. Malay isles. 



Very near P. Clypearia, with which it quite agrees in vestiture, glands, inflores- 



<;ence, calyx and corolla. Leaflets close, regular, i-| in, long, with the "^^^^"-^^i" 

 P. Chjpeariay carried from the lowest posterior to 'the upper anterior corner. ^^"^ 

 pedicels 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Branchlets and leaves below clothed wit 

 dense short light brown silky pubescence. • 



15. P. an^ulatum, Benth. in Hook. Lmid. Journ. 1844, 208; branches 

 angular, pinnse 4r-6, leaflets 6-12 large acute, calyx stalked, heads in amp 

 panicles. Inga acutangula, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5271. Mimosa heterophyUa, 

 Boxh. Hart. Beng. 40; Fl. Ind. n. 645, : ^' 



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East Himalayas and down the gulf to Malacca. — Distrib. Malay isles. ^' ' , .* 

 A tall tree, with stout branchlets with a little flne brown pubescence. Lcaj-v^'^^^ 

 with a large gland at the base and one between each pair of pinnse and leaflets, 

 lower pinnse and leaflets much shorter than the upper ; leaflets rigidly subcoriiiceou* 

 oblong-trapezoid, slightly downy below, the upper 3-4 in. long. Panicles copiou-, 

 ample, axillary and terminal. Calyx ^ in., campanulate. Corolla white, ^^^^l 

 shaped, 3-4 times the calyx. Stamens ^ in. Pod just like those of P. contortnm&^^ 

 Clypearia. 



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L32. IKGA, WiUd. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simply pinnate. Flowers in spikes or c|^ j 

 heads. Calyx a minute 3-toothed cup. Corolla a cylindrical tube, ^"^^ 

 -.Vtoothed at the tip. Stamens indefinite, much exceeding the corolla, ^^^^^^ 

 delphouB more than half-way up the corolla ; anthers minute, with the p 



springing back and each suture expanded into a thick raised border 



A large American genus (140 species), of which we have a single unsauB^**^^*^ 



representative, with the pod of Calliandra and simply pinnate leaf of P''i7^- 



1. Z. CTnometroides, Bedd. MSS, Calliandra eynometroides, S 

 FL Sylv. t. 317 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 537. 



Hills of South Tbavancobe, 3-4000 ft., Beddome. ., ^^ the 



A middle-sized tree, with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaflets 2, ^®®^ ^^cutfi, 

 apex of a very short petiole, rigidly subcoriaceous, venulose, oblique-oblong, s ^^ 

 ^-4 in. long. Flowers capitate, on short peduncles. Corolla ^J in* ^^^.g^Jecl, 

 sessile, 3-4 in. by |-| in. broad, rather decurved, narrowed to the base, 3-i- ^^,^j, 

 with a short hooked beak, the valves glabrous, flat, margined all round witn ^^ 

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