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conjugato-pinnate ; leaflets 3-paired, on short thick pedicels, 

 ovato-lanceolate, very entire and smooth, the upper pairs 

 larger. Petioles round, somewhat keeled ; an indistinct 

 gland at the base of the common petiole. Capitula few- 

 flowered, panicled ; panicles fasciculate, axillary, or in the 

 axils of fallen leaves. Floivers white. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx, 5-cleft. Stamens numer- 

 ous, monadelphous, long, fertile. Style as long as the 

 stamens. Legumes solitary, very large, almost black, about 

 a foot long, spirally contorted, articulate, 2-valved ; articula- 

 tions subrotund, 1-seeded, convex and prominent on both 

 sides. Seeds large, subrotund, doubly convex. 



This species belongs to the genus Inga of Willdenow. 



*- CLERODENDRUM MOLLE. W. J. 



DiDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



C. molle ; caule erecto tetragono, foliis cordatis acuminatis 

 integerrimis tomentosis, panicula terminal], tubo corollas 

 calyce vix longior, calyce fructus ampliato carnoso albo. 



Frequent in Sumatra, Pulo Penang, &c. — A shrub, 3-6 feet 

 high, erect, but little branched : stem 4-sided, villous. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, cordate, acuminate, very entire, softly 

 tomentose. Panicle terminal, oppositely trichotomous, erect, 

 with leaf-like bracteas. Calyx 5-parted, tomentose, laciniae 

 ovate, acute, erect, with reflexed margins. Corolla tomentose 

 without, tube as long as the calyx, limb 5-partite, spreading, 

 secund, laciniae nearly equal, crisped at the margin. Stamens 

 exserted, horizontally deflexed to each side. Style erect, as 

 long as the stamens. Stigma bifid. Calyx of the fruit flat, 

 enlarged, fleshy, and white. Berry 1-4 seeded, according to 

 the number that prove abortive. 



This species approaches nearest to C. infortunatmn, but is 

 sufficiently distinguished by the softness of its leaves, which 

 are larger and more deeply cordate, by the comparative 

 shortness of the tube of its corolla, and by the white calyx 

 of the fruit. 



Besides this species, I have met with another in various 



