558 XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [Abrus. 



Flowers capitate ; pod opening whole length ; 



bush . . . . . . .61. LEUCiENA 



Flowers capitate; pod with persistent sutures, 



valves segmented . . . . .62. Mimosa 



Stamens indefinite, often very numerous, free 63. Acacia 

 Stamens connate in a tube at base. 



Flowers large; pod septate between seeds 



fleshy ....... 64. Serianthes 



Flowers small ; pod thin flat . . .65. Albizzia 



Flowers medium ; pod curved, red or brown 



coriaceous ...... 66. Pithecolobium 



(A) PAPILIONACE^ (Genera 1-41). 

 1. ABRUS, Linn. 



Slender climber. Leaves of numerous membranous leaflets. 

 Flowers small, in dense axillary peduncled racemes. Calyx cam- 

 panulate; teeth very short. Corolla much exsert, standard ovate 

 acute, adhering below to the staminal tube ; wings narrow, keel 

 curved. Stamens 9, united in a slit tube ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 sub-sessile, many-ovuled; style short, beardless. Pod oblong, 

 flat or turgid. Seed globose, red or red and black. 



Pod oblong, turgid, 3- to 5-seeded . . . . (i) A. precatorius 

 Pod linear, flat 8- to i2-seeded . . . . (2) A. pulchellus 



(i) A. precatorius Linn. Sysl. Veg. ed. xii. 472 ; Baker, in Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, ii. 175 ; Prain, I.e. 34. 



Much-branched slender climber, glabrous or thinly silky. Leaves 

 2 to 3 in. long ; leaflets 10 to 20 pairs, glabrous above, silky beneath, 

 ligulate-oblong -35 to '65 in. long, '15 to -2 in. wide. Racemes 

 many-flowered 2 in. long. Calyx "i in. long silky. Corolla '5 in. 

 long, white tinted pink. Pod oblong, turgid, i to 1*5 in. long, 

 •4 to '5 in. wide, 3- to 5-seeded. Seed scarlet with black hilum 

 (rarely white). Hab. Seashores and hedges in dry spots. Common. 

 Singapore, Telok Kurau ; Changi, Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, 

 Selandor; Pengkalan Minyak (Cantley). Sungei Ujong. Bindings, 

 Pangkor (Scortechini) . Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Perils, 

 Kanga. Disirib. Whole world. Native names : Akar Belimbing ; 

 Akar Saga betina. 



(2) A. pulchellus Wall. Cat. 5819 ; Baker, I.e. 175 ; Prain, I.e. 35. 



Slender climber. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long ; leaflets 12 to 16 pairs 

 ligulate-oblong silky beneath, 75 to 1-25 in. long, '25 to -35 in. 

 wide. Racemes lax, long-peduncled, 7 in. long, rather stout. 

 Calyx •! in. long. Corolla '5 in. long pale pink. Pod linear flat 

 incurved, 2 to 2*5 in. long, "5 in. wide ; valves thin 8- to 12-seeded. 

 Hab. Hedges. Pahang, Labong Endau (Evans). Selangor, Batu 

 Caves. Negri Sembilan, Seremban. Perak, Tapah. Lankawi, 

 Kwah (Ridley). Distrib. South Africa and S.E. Asia. Native 

 name : Akar Kachang Inai. Use : Roots used in colic. 



