636 XLVii. LEGUMINOS.E, [Cynometra. 



cent stipitate. Pod obovoid oblique, woody, 2 to 2'25 in. long, 

 1*5 in. wide, 75 in. thick, not rugose. Hub. Forests; common. 

 Malacca, Selandor (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Serting (Foxworthy). 

 Selangor, Weld's Hill. Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Kwala Kangsa 

 (Foxworthy) . Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang, Water- 

 fall. 



I have seen a spray from Pahang, Bukit Lentong, Rumpin, collected by 

 Mr. Yeop of the Forest Department, Selangor, with unifoliate leaves in the 

 axils of which are small tufts of flowers quite similar to typical C. incsquali- 

 folia. Possibly only an abnormality. The collector gives the name Kong 

 Katong for it. 



(3) C. polyandra Roxh. Hort. Beng. 32 ; Prain, I.e. 200 var. 

 Kurzii. 



Large tree. Shoots enveloped in imbricating bracts, lower 

 ones "3 in. across, inner ones 2 in. long, i in. across. Leaves, 3 pairs 

 of leaflets; rachis puberulous elliptic obovate or oblong, base 

 oblique cuneate, sub-acuminate coriaceous, dark green, paler 

 beneath, 2*5 to 5'5 in. long, i to 2'5 in. across. Corymbs axillary 

 sessile, 2 in. long, i"5 in. across; pedicels pubescent, "6 to i in. 

 long. Calyx-tube short, lobes obovate, imbricate, white. Petals 

 5 lanceolate as long and narrower, white. Stamens 40 to 60 ; 

 anthers versatile. Ovary pubescent. Pod oblique oblong, woody, 

 wrinkled 2 to 2"5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Hah. Forests. Malacca, 

 Batu Tiga (Holmberg). Penang Hill (Jack, Curtis) ; Kelantan, 

 Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). The typical form is Indian, it has smooth 

 pods. Native names : Malangkan ; Bulangkan ; Katang. 



47. TAMARINDUS, Linn. 



A big tree with pinnate leaves. Leaflets 10 to 20 pairs, oblong 

 small ; racemes often panicled. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes 4, 

 ovate acute. Petals 3, obovate-oblong. Stamens 3, connate, 

 nearly half their length, alternating with bristle-like staminodes. 

 Ovary stipitate ; style short ; ovules 8 to 10. Fruit linear-oblong, 

 brown pulpy. 



(i) T. indica Linn. Sp. PI. 34; Prain, I.e. 201. T. officinalis 

 Bot. Mag. 4563. 



Leaves 2 to 6 in. long. Leaflets "35 to i'25 in. long, '2 to "3 in. 

 across ; racemes 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers about '5 in. across. 

 Petals yellowish with pink stripes. Pod 3 to 8 in. long, scurfy- 

 brown outside, pithy green inside, i in. through. Cultivated chiefly 

 in the north at Penang and Province Wellesley, and has occurred 

 as an escape in Singapore on a rocky island in the Johor Strait 

 (as a shrub), and in Selangor and K^edah. Probably a native of 

 Africa. Native names : Asam Jawa ; the Tamarind. 



