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The following species are adileil li_v Xiirz from the Xicobars : 



A. LiTTOKALis, T. ct B. Naiikowrv. Great Xicobar. 



A. (PrrnEconoBrrxi) bubali.na, 15th. Kamorta. Naukowry. 



P. opposittim, lliq. 



A. (PiTIIECOLOIlIUSi) CLYPEAUtA, Bill. ICutc-hall. 



A. (PiTnECoi-oiin-ji) FAscicrLATA, Bill. Tropical forests of Kamorta. 



Kurz adds : " I follow v. crueller ami Sclieffcr in throwing together Allizzia 

 and PHhecohhtum, the cliffereuccs pointed out by Bentham appearing lo mo not to be 

 of generic value. 



This genus yields excellent timber for furniture and fittings, the wood being 

 light, lasting (when not exposed to the weather), easily planed and dressed, and 

 handsome in ajipearance. A. .yfipii/afa (Bun-meli-za) is a light brown wood, somewhat 

 like walnut, and when seasoned weighs 28 lbs., though Xurz (so frec[Uiutly inaccurate 

 when misled through following Brandis in the matter of timbers) states it to be " heav)-," 

 Brandis giving 06 lbs., which is undoubtedly wrong for the seasoned wood. A. odom- 

 tisxima (Thyt-maji) is a simihir wood, but closer-grained, and runs up to .54 lbs., and 

 is highly to be commended for ornamental furniture. A. lelhelc (Ko ko) is a handsome 

 iTown wood of open grain, 47n)s. weight. A. procrra (Syt) give a light brown wood 

 of 3-1 lbs. only. All these are admirable light woods, not so heavy as Kurz's remarks 

 would lead one to suppose, but I allude, of course, always to the thoroughly seasoned 

 timber. 



* * Seedn conxpicuouxJij ariHate. 

 IxGA, WiUdowir. 

 Pods circinnatc or cochleate. Trees or shrubs with simply pinnate leaves. 

 *I. (JIimosa) dulcis, Eoxb. Cultivated. 



Order COXKAEACE^. 



Plairers usually hermaphrodite, regular or nearly so. Cuhjx .3-cleft, often per- 

 sistent, imbricate or valvate. Pe/nh 5, free, or sometimes sliglitly coherent at the 

 middle, imbricate, rarely valvate. Stamens perigynous or hypogynous, sometimes 

 distinctly declinate, 5 or 10, veiy often alteruateh' shorter, and sometimes im- 

 perfect. Filaments usually united in a ring at the base. Anthers u.sually opening 

 inwards, didymous. Disk none, thin or incomplete. Ovary of 5 distinct 1-celled 

 carpels, either all perfect, or 1 fertile and the rest abortive, rarely reduced to 2, or 1 

 carpel, witli 2 erect or ascending ovules in each. Styles subulate or filiform. Pipe 

 carpels usually solitary, sessile, or stalked, follicle-like, usually dehiscing along the 

 inner, rarely along the outer suture, 1- or very rarely 2-se(ded. Heal with or with- 

 out arillus, the testa thick, often fleshy below the middle and arillus-like. Alhumen 

 fleshy or none. Trees or shrubs, often scandent, with alternate 1-3-foliolate or pinnate 

 leaves. Leaves usually small, in racemes or panicles. 



COXyARIE.K. 

 Calyx imbrieafe. Seeds icithoul alhumen. 



BotUKA, Aublet. 

 Sepals enlarged in fruit, imbricately-cupular. Follicle sessile. Seeds arillate. 



* All parts quite glahrous. Leaflets in few {not above 6) ^;rt(V«, acuminate. 



R. PULCHELLA, Blanch. S. Mergui. 



Leaflets li-2 inches long, the rachis and petiolnles very slender. 



II. coMMUTATA, Plauch. F.S. Tropical forests of Chittagoug, Tenasserim, 



and the Andamans. 



Leaflets 5-3 inches long, the rachis and petiolulcs stout. 



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