640 XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [AfzcHa. 



Bindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Distrih. Mascarene islands to Poly- 

 nesia. Possibly only a variety of retusa. 



(3) A. palembanica Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 275 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 209. 



A gigantic buttressed tree over 100 ft. tall, 2 to 4 ft. through. 

 Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; leaflets 4 pairs (rarely 3 or 5), sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous oblong, base sHghtly oblique, round or cordate, 

 tip rounded blunt, 2 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 

 •15 in. long. Panicles corymbose, terminal, 3"5 in. long, 2*5 in. 

 across, pubescent. Calyx-tube cylindric, "2 in. long, lobes 4, 

 oblong, "25 in. long, downy. Petal "35 in. long, limb oblong, white. 

 Stamens pubescent, claret-colour. Pod 10 to 12 in. long, 3 to 5 in. 

 wide, oblong, woody. Seeds oblong, i'25 in. long. Hah. Forests 

 of the whole peninsula. Pahang, Rumpin (Foxworthy). Malacca 

 (Maingay, Griffith). Negri Sembilan. Selangor, abundant. Perak, 

 Gopeng and Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. Native 

 name : Merabau. Use : A very valuable timber for building, 

 furniture, sleepers, etc. 



50. SARACA, Linn. 



Shrubs or medium trees. Leaves even-pinnate; leaflets glab- 

 rous, coriaceous. Stipules large. Flowers in dense corymbs on 

 old nodes with coloured bracts, red or yellow. Calyx petaloid, 

 limb 4-cleft, tube cylindric, crowned with a lobed disc. Petals o. 

 Stamens 2 to 8 exsert; filaments filiform, long; anthers versatile. 

 Ovary stalked, often rudimentary; style long, fihform. Stigma 

 minute. Pod flat, coriaceous often very large, oblong pink. Seeds 

 several ellipsoid flat. Species 16, Indo-Malayan. 



Leaves 7-foliate ; corymbs large ; flowers yellow ; 

 trees. 

 Bracts large, coloured. 



Corymbs very large, often 9 in. through; leaflets 



oblong-lanceolate, acute . . . . (i) S. thaipingensis 



Corymbs smaller, peduncled. 



Leaves oblong-acute ; calyx-lobes one-third 



length of tube (2) S. declinata 



Leaves elliptic blunt, short, strong-nerved . (3) S. cauliflora 

 Leaves 2- to 3-jugate; calyx lobes as long as tube. 



Bracts large; petiolules -25 in. long . . • (4) S. Kunstleri 



Bracts small; petiolules '2 in. long. 



Leaflets i to 2 pairs; stamens 7 to 8 . . (5) S. bijuga 



Leaflets 4 to 7; stamens 3 to 4. 



Pedicels and ovary glabrous . . . . (6) S. macroptera 



Pedicels and ovary puberulous . . • (7) S. palembanica 



Leaves 2- to 4-jugate; corymbs lax, red; bush sub- 



scandent to a small tree . . . . (8) S. triandra 



(i) S. thaipingensis Cantley, in Prain, I.e. 211. 



A low-branched tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Stem thick. Leaves 

 and rachis 12 to 16 in. long ; leaflets sub-coriaceous, dark green, 

 5 to 8 pairs, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 16 in. long, 4 to 



