Cynometra.] XLVii. leguminos^e. • 635 



46. CYNOMETRA, Linn. 



Trees of fairly large size. Leaves of few pinnate coriaceous 

 leaflets. Flowers copious, very small in axillary corymbs or 

 racemes. Calyx-tube short, lobes 4 to 5 imbricate. Petals 5, 

 oblanceolate not exsert. Stamens 10 (in C. polyandra indefinite) ; 

 filaments free, exsert filiform; anthers small oblong. Ovary 

 2-ovuled; style filiform. Pod turgid fleshy, usually rugose brown 

 oblong oblique. Seeds i. Species 20, tropics generally. 



C. Caulifiora Linn. Sp. PI. 382 ; Prain, I.e. 197. The Nam-Nam ; 

 Puki anjing, is occasionally cultivated in the Malay Peninsula. 

 It has a short trunk and pink flowers with brown reniform acid 

 fruits about 2 to 3 in. long, borne on the trunk. 



Stamens 10. 



Cymes umbelliform; bracts small; leaves i to 2 



jugate (i) C. ramiflora 



Racemes sub-spicate, dense; bracts large; leaves 



3 jugate (-^) C. ineequalifolia 



Stamens 40 to 60. 



Flowers in axillary corymbs . . . . (3) C. polyandra 



(i) C. ramiflora Linn. Sp. PL 382; Prain, I.e. 197. 



A medium tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall or more, branched low 

 down. Leaves 1-2 to 2 in. long, leaflets 2 pairs, obliquely obovate 

 oblong to sub-falcate oblong, coriaceous, dark green, glabrous, i to 5 

 in. long, -25 to 2*5 in. wide, base oblique, cuneate, tip blunt. Corymbs 

 sub-umbellate, above the axils of fallen leaves, 3 to 6 in. long. 

 Bracts ovate, -15 to -2 in. across. Calyx-tube very short ; sepals 5, 

 ovate lanceolate, white, -12 in. long. Petals white, hnear-lanceo- 

 late -15 in. long, narrower. Stamens 10, -25 in. long. Ovary 

 pubescent. Pod rugose oblong or ovoid, tip thickened, -5 in. long, 

 •4 in. broad. Hab. Tidal rivers and mangroves. Common. Singa- 

 pore, Kranji; Jurong. Johor, Scudai River (Hullett). Bindings, 

 Bruas. Perak, Matang (Wray). Distrib. Ceylon, Malay isles. 



var. mimosoides Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.L ii. 269; Prain, I.e. 

 198. 



Leaflets smaller, terminal pair obtuse emarginate, hardly larger 

 than the basal pair. Rare; open swampy country. Setul. Dis- 

 trib. India, Burma, Ceylon. 



(2) C. insequalif olia Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. 473 ; Baker, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 267 ; Prain, I.e. 199. 



A big tree 80 ft. or more tall with very stout stem. Leaf shoots 

 covered with large white, imbricating bracts. Leaves 2 to 3 in. 

 long ; leaflets 2 to 3 pairs, coriaceous elliptic-oblong, base obhque 

 cuneate, sub-acuminate dark green glabrous sessile 2 to 3 in. long, 

 I to 1-25 in. wide. Racemes axillary congested, i to 1-5 in. long, 

 I in. wide. Bracts close imbricating, hard, -25 in. across. Sepals 5, 

 narrow obovate imbricate; tube short, white, -2 in. long. Petals 

 white, -2 in. long. Stamens 10, -4 in. long, slender. Ovary pubes- 



