Sindora.] xlvii. leguminos^. 639 



(5) S. coriacea Prain, I.e. 206. 



A big tree 60 to 70 ft. tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 to 

 6 in. long, glabrous ; leaflets 4 pairs very coriaceous elliptic acumin- 

 ate blunt, base rounded; nerves very fine, finely reticulate, 2 to 

 3 in. long, 1*25 to 1*5 in. wide; petiolules "25 in. long. Stipules 

 small. Panicles 12 to 18 in. long; branches distant, spreading 

 2 in. long. Flowers distant, softly downy. Calyx-lobes 4 not 

 prickly, obovate. Petal i. Stamens hairy at base. Pod oblong 

 obovate woody, 3 in. long, 2"25 in. wide, quite unarmed, resinous. 

 Seeds 2 to 3. Hab. Local in forests. Pahang, Temerloh (Fox- 

 worthy). Malacca, Chabau (Cantley). Selangor, Banji (Fox- 

 worthy). Penang Waterfall and Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native 

 name : Saputi Minyak. In Penang called Merabau erroneously. 

 Use : A fine furniture wood. 



49. AFZELIA, Smith. 



Trees, sometimes vast. Leaves even-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, 

 few, coriaceous. Flowers in large terminal panicles. Calyx disc 

 produced to top of elongated tube; lobes 4, imbricate unequal. 

 Petal I, orbicular, clawed. Stamens 3, perfect; filaments long, 

 pilose. Pod large, oblong, flattened, woody. Seeds several not 

 arillate. Species 10 to 12, Old World tropics. 



Leaflets 4, rarely 2 ; small trees. 



Inflorescence glabrous . . , . . (1) A. retusa 



Inflorescence puberulous . . . . . (2) A. bijuga 



Leaflets 8 to 10; large tree . . . . . (3) A. palembaaica 



(i) A. retusa Ktirz, Journ. As. Soc. Beiig. xliii. (2), 73; Baker, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 274 ; Prain, I.e. 207. 



Tree 15 to 20 ft. tall. Stem 6 to 8 in. through. Leaves 3 to 

 6 in. long; leaflets 2 pairs glabrous, sub-coriaceous, oblong, base 

 rounded, blunt refuse, 2 to 4 in. long, 1*2 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 

 •15 in. long. Panicle or simple raceme 2*5 in. long, terminal, 

 glabrous ; pedicels "5 in. long, thick. Calyx glabrous, tube slightly 

 dilated upwards, '5 in. long, lobes 4, oblong, 35 in. long. Petal 

 •7 in. long; limb '6 in. wide, claw slender, pubescent, pink or white. 

 Stamens pink, i"25 in. long. Pod 5 to 6 in. long, '2 in. wide, oblong, 

 coriaceous. Seeds orbicular i in. across. Hab. Common in tidal 

 rivers. Singapore, Toas. Malacca, Sungei Doon (Griffith). Negri 

 Sembilan, Pengkalan Kempas (Foxworthy). Bindings, Pangkor 

 (Scortechini). Perak, Matang (Wray). Distrib. Ganges delta, 

 Andamans. Native name : Merabau Ayer. 



(2) A. bijuga A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Explor. Exped. 467, t. 51. 



Tree 50 ft. or less. Leaves as in A. retusa, but thinner and 

 longer, more acuminate ; panicles more branched with more flowers, 

 pubescent, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide. Pod longer, 6 to 8 in. long, 25 in. 

 wide. Hab. Sea coasts, apparently rare, Singapore (Wallich). 



