Ormosia.] xlvii. leguminos^. 613 



Calyx silky, lower teeth as long as tube deltoid, uppers form a bifid 

 lip. Corolla 35 in. long, white tinged reddish. Ovary ovate, 

 hairy on upper edge; ovules 3. Hub. Perak, Larut 300 to 500 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). 



(2) O. macrodisca Baker, in Hook. fll. F.B.I, ii. 253 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 148. 



A big tree 80 ft. tall and 2 ft. through. Leaves 8 to 10 in. 

 long ; leaflets 7 to g, dark green, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubes- 

 cent beneath, oblong, base round, tip acute, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 in. 

 wide; nerves faint 7 to 9 pairs. Racemes in crowded panicles 

 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide, rachis brown-silky. Calyx -3 in. long, 

 brown-silky, teeth oblong-obtuse. Corolla '5 in. long, rose pink, 

 veined darker, base of standard green. Ovary glabrous ; ovules 3. 

 Pod sub-orbicular, 3 in. wide, 75 in. thick, rose pink. Seed i, 

 oblong, 7 in. wide, scarlet, aril black. Hah. Singapore. One tree 

 in Dalvey road near the Gardens. Distrih. Sumatra. 



(3) O. gracilis Prain, I.e. 148. 



Slender tree, 30 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Leaves 5 

 to 8 in. long; leaflets 7 to 9, ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous, bright 

 green, glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath, caudate-acuminate, 

 base cuneate 2*5 to 3 in. long, i in. across; nerves 8 to 9 pairs 

 faint. Panicles lax, 2*5 to 3 in. long, grey-silky, slender. Calyx 

 •25 in. long, silky green, teeth ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 35 in. 

 long, pale yellow; standard "25 in. across. Ovary puberulous; 

 ovules 2. Pod hard thick oblong-ovate, stalked, 1-5 in. long, 1-25 

 in. wide, green with bluish bloom. Seed i, oblong, 75 in. long, '6 in. 

 wide, scarlet, aril black, '15 in. long. Hab. Dense forest at 1800 ft. 

 altitude. Perak, Thaiping Hills, Maxwell's Hill (Kunstler 'SiTS: 

 Wray). 



(4) O. penangensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Sac. S. Br. 68, p. 11. 

 A tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves glabrous 6 in. long with slender 



petioles i in. long; leaflets 7, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, 

 3 in. long, i'i2 in. wide ; petiolules '25 in. long. Flowers in numerous 

 sub-terminal racemes 4 in. long. Calyx 3 in. long, red puberulous, 

 lobes ovate blunt, equal. Corolla "5 in. long; petals obovate, tip 

 round. Starhens glabrous, free, exsert. Ovary cylindric, golden- 

 silky; style glabrous. Fruit not seen. Hab. Penang Hill at 

 Grace-Dieu 2000 ft. altitude (Haniff). 



(5) O. nitida Prain, I.e. 149. 



Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall, 5 to 8 in. through. Leaves 5 to 7 in. 

 long; leaflets 7, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, glossy dark green, 

 obovate or elliptic, obtuse base rounded, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1*3 to 

 2 in. wide ; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, slender ; lateral leaflets smaller. 

 Panicles of fastigiate racemes, puberulous 6 to 8 in. long, 5 to 6 in. 

 wide. Calyx '2 in. long, tawny-silky, teeth deltoid. Corolla 

 unknown. Pod oblong, i in. long, 75 in. across, valves thinly 

 woody, glabrous, black outside, stalk as long as calyx-tube. Seed 



