236 ; A FLORA OF MANILA 
18. PAHUDIA Miquel 
Unarmed trees with even-pinnate leaves. Flowers in terminal panicles. 
Calyx pubescent, the tube elongated, the limb 4-lobed, the lobes imbricate. 
Petal 1, shortly clawed, broadly orbicular, the others rudimentary or none. 
Stamens 9 with 7 perfect, rarely 7 with 5 perfect, filaments more or less 
united, or free. Ovary stalked, stalk adnate to the calyx-tube. Pod 
oblong to rhomboid, thick, woody, 2-valved, dehiscent, septate between the 
seeds. Seeds ovate to oblong, base arillate. (In honor of C. F. Pahud.) 
Species 8, British India to Malaya and tropical Africa, 1 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
1. P. rhomboidea (Blanco) Prain (Afzelia rhomboidea Vid). Tindalo 
(Tag.); Balayong (Vis.). 
A tree reaching a height of 25 m, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Leaves simply pinnate, up to 25 cm long; leaflets usually 8, opposite, oblong- 
ovate to elliptic-ovate, acuminate, shining, 5 to 8 cm long. Panicles term- 
inal and axillary, pubescent, equaling or shorter than ‘the leaves. 
Calyx green, pubescent. Petal yellowish-red. Pod woody, thick, some- 
what rhomboid, about 20 cm long, 8 to 10 cm wide, about 8-seeded, the 
seeds black, more than one-half enclosed by the orange-red aril. (FI. Filip. 
pl. 281.) 
Immature specimens in Singalon in cultivation. A widely distributed, 
endemic, valuable timber tree, in regions near Manila fl. Aug.—Sept. 
19. CYNOMETRA Linnaeus 
Erect, usually glabrous shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate, the 
leaflets coriaceous, entire, opposite, few, unequal, or the leaves some- 
times simple. Flowers numerous, small, bracteate, in axillary fascicles, 
short racemes, or corymbs. Calyx-tube very short, disk subbasal, the lobes 
4 or 5, oblong, imbricate. Petals 5, oblanceolate, equal. Stamens 10, the 
filaments free, exserted. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, 2-ovuled. Pod 
turgid or flat, indehiscent, often very thick and usually rugose. (Greek 
“dog” and “womb” from the shape of the pod of some species.) 
Species 25 or more, in all tropical countries, about 7 in the Philippines. 
1. C. simplicifolia Harms. 
A tree, reaching a height of 15 m or more, glabrous. Leaves simple, 
coriaceous, short-petioled, oblong-ovate to elliptic-ovate, apex obscurely 
acuminate, the base usually rounded, 5 to 9 cm long, green and shining 
on the upper surface, the lower surface somewhat glaucous when fresh. 
Flowers small, white, in 5 to 10 mm long, many-flewered, axillary racemes. 
Petals narrowed below.. Pods 2 to 3 cm long, obliquely oblong, flattened. 
In thickets near San Francisco del Monte; rather widely distributed in 
the Philippines. Endemic. 
Cynometra cauliflora L., a Malayan species, was formerly cultivated in 
Manila, but appears no longer to be found here; it is characterized by its 
leaves having one pair of leaflets, and its flowers being borne in racemes 
that spring from the trunk and larger branches. 
