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not compressed, brown, smooth, shining, 1.8 to 2.5 cm long, 

 persistent for a considerable period after the pod dehisces by 

 the elongated, slender, more or less curved funiculus, the latter 

 about 1 cm in length. 



Kwangtung Province, Teng Woo Mountain, Levine & Groff 

 86, November 18, 1916, with mature fruits, Levine 1976, April 

 26, 1918, from the same tree, with immature buds and fully- 

 mature seeds; along streams, altitude about 300 meters. 



This species, distributed as an Albizzia, like its congener, 

 Pithecolobium balansae Oliv., and apparently P. attopenense 

 Pierre (of which the fruits are unknown), is anomalous in Pi- 

 thecolobium in its straight, turgid, not at all twisted or curved 

 pods, and is equally anomalous in Albizzia. It is suspected that 

 it may prove to represent a distinct generic type. 



PAHUDIA Miquel 



PAHUDIA XYLOCARPA Kurz Forest Pi Brit. Burma 1 (1877) 413. 



Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Sai Ngon, To Kang 

 P'eng 2705, February 18, 1919, a single tree, said to have been 

 grown from seeds secured in Burma. It is locally known as 

 min ke. 



The specimen, which presents a mature pod and seeds, agrees 

 closely with Kurz's description, the species having been based 

 on material originating near the Burmese border of Siam. 



CASSIA Linnaeus 

 CASSIA FISTULA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 377. 



Kwangtung Province, Tak Hing, Levine 3587, April, 1919, 

 from an introduced and cultivated tree. A native of tropical 

 Asia, pantropic in cultivation. 



ORMOSIA Jackson 



ORMOSIA HAINANENSIS Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 3 (1914) 31. 



Hainan, Hongkong herbarium UUSl Miss Moninger 122!, in 

 fruit: Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Shek Kau T'ong, 

 To Kang Feng 266k, March 3, 1919, in forests. 



The pods, description from Miss Moninger's Hainan specimen, 

 contain from 1 to 4 seeds, and when more than 1-seeded are 

 somewhat torulose. They are 2 to 4 cm long and 1 to 1.5 cm 

 wide, much thickened, glabrous, brown when dry, the valves 

 thickened, somewhat woody, irregularly twisted after dehiscence. 

 Seeds red, dangling from the pod after dehiscence, not arillate, 

 15 to 18 mm long. When but 1-seeded the pods are usually con- 



