638 XLVii. LEGUMINOS.E. [Sindora. 



long, I in. wide, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Stipules 

 large semi-lunar '6 in. long. Panicle 6 to 8 in. long, nearly as 

 wide, pubescent. Flowers in spirals. Bracts ovate blunt, '4 in. 

 long, pubescent beneath. Calyx-lobes "24 in. long, ovate acute, 

 spinescent outside, olive green. Petal as long, densely hairy 

 inside. Stamens pubescent, white. Pod orbicular to oblong, 3 in. 

 long, 2 in. across, spiny-brown outside. Seed flat round, black, 

 arillate, funicle orbicular, yellow. Hab. Forests. Singapore, 

 Gardens. Malacca, Ayer Pan as. Bindings (Fox). Negri vSembilan, 

 Tanjong Agas (Foxworthy). Native name: Saputi Sindo. 



I fail to see any difference between S. Wallichii and S. echinocalyx Prain. 



(2) S. intermedia Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 268 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 204. 



Over 100 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long ; rachis puberulous ; leaflets 

 3 pairs, oblong round or a,cute at both ends, coriaceous, puberulous 

 beneath. Stipules small. Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide, 

 tomentose rachis zigzag. Bracts ovate acute, "3 in. long. Calyx- 

 lobes 4, '25 in. long, ovate acute with few spines at tip, spinescent 

 outside. Petal reddish, as long hairy. Stamens hairy. Pod wide, 

 oblong, obliquely round at base, spiny outside, 2 in. long, 2 '5 to 

 3'5 in. across. Seeds usually 2. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Changi ; 

 B'lakang Mati (Murton). Johor, Gunong Pantai. Dindings, 

 Lumut; Gunong Tungul (Curtis). Province Wellesley (Fox). 

 Native name : Saputi Sindo. 



Near S. Wallichii, but more tomentose, with stouter panicle and fewer 

 and thicker spines on calyx. 



(3) S. siamensis Teysm. Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. 86. 

 Gigantic tree. Leaves about 12 in. long; leaflets 6, coriaceous 



elliptic retuse or blunt, tip and base rounded, glabrous; nerves 

 numerous fine; 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiolules '2$ in. long. 

 Panicles 10 in. long with branches i"5 in. long, pubescent, hairy. 

 Flowers crowded, numerous; pedicels "i in. long. Bracts ovate, 

 hairy as long. Sepals '25 in. long, hairy, warted. Stamens nearly 

 glabrous. Pistil densely yellow-hairy. Pod oblong orbicular, 

 2 "5 in. long and wide, glabrous, spiny. Hab. In rocky hill woods, 

 rare. Kelantan Gunong, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Distrib. Siam. 

 Stipules in seedlings very large, oblique ovate-lanceolate acute. 



(4) S. velutina Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 269 ; Prain, I.e. 

 205. 



Big tree. Branchlets, panicle and underside of leaves densely 

 red-tomentose. Leaves 5 to 7 in. long ; leaflets 5 to 6 pairs, oblong- 

 elliptic blunt, base rounded, glabrous above, 3*5 in. long, i*6 in. 

 wide; petiolules tomentose "05 in. long. Panicles 6 in. long; 

 branches thick, i"5 in. long. Sepals oblong, -25 in. long, densely 

 hairy tomentose, as is the petal. Stamens hairy. Ovary hairy. 

 Hab. Malacca (Maingay), very rare. Native name : Saputi Jantan. 



