Saraca.] xlvii. leguminos^. 643 



Bindings, Lumut (Curtis). Province Wellesley, Bukit Panchur. 

 Pahang, Sungei Jelai (Machado) ; Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga, 

 Seremban (Napier) . Perak, Thaiping ; Ayer Larut (Wray) , Penang 

 Hill (Curtis). Kedah, Gerun near Kedah Peak (Haniff) . Kelantan, 

 Kwala Lebir. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



51. LEUCOSTEGANE, Prain. 



Small tree. Leaves equal-pinnate, stipellate. Stipules large 

 foliaceous, connate. Flowers small. Calyx infundibuliform ; tube 

 fleshy; lobes 4. Petals small, 2 in calyx throat between upper 

 and lateral sepals. Stamen^ 2 perfect ; anthers ovoid. Staminodes 

 2. Ovary stipitate, oblong ; style filiform. Pod oblong compressed, 

 apiculate. Species i. 



(i) L. latistipulata Prain, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. 37, t. 46. 

 Saraca latistipulata Prain, I.e. 217. 



Small tree. Branches pubescent. Leaves, rachis 7 to 8 in. 

 long; leaflets coriaceous, oblong cuspidate, base rounded slightly 

 oblique, 2 to 5 in. long, 75 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles "i in. long, 

 thick. Stipules 75 to i in. long, ovate-acuminate. Flowers from 

 nodes on old wood below the leaves, white; pedicels 'i in. long. 

 Calyx-tube 'i^ in. long, lobes longer narrow oblong. Stamens 

 pink. Pod oblong, apex truncate with a prominent beak, base 

 narrowed 2 in. long, 75 in. wide, pink. Hah. Very local in thick 

 hill-forest. Bindings, in forest at Lumut (Ridley). 



52. CRUDIA, Schreb. 



Trees, sometimes very large or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate; 

 leaf-rachis sometimes prolonged beyond the last leaflet ; leaflets 

 distinctly alternate, rarely sub-opposed. Stipels o. Flowers small 

 in racemes, terminating, or in clusters at the bases of, the new 

 leafy shoots. Calyx-tube very short with a short disc; lobes 4, 

 oblong or ovate imbricate, persistent reflexed in flower. Petals o. 

 Stamens 10 (or 8 to 9) exsert ; filaments free, filiform ; anthers 

 versatile. Ovary hairy few-ovuled, stalked; style filiform, in- 

 curved. Stigma small capitate. Pod-valves rounded, coriaceous, 

 compressed. Seeds i or few. Species about 12, Malayan; 9 to 

 10 American and 2 Indian and African. 



Leaflets 11 to 13 oblong lanceolate . . . • (i) C. Scortechinii 



Leaflets 7 to 9. 



Leaflets, back and pod velvety; rachis prolonged 



beyond the last leaflet . . . . . (2) C. caudata 



Rachis not prolonged. 



Leaflets glabrous ; raceme glabrous . . • (3) C. glauca 



Leaflets puberulous beneath ; raceme pubescent . (4) C. Curtisii 

 Leaflets 4, alternate; raceme 12 in. long, glabrous . (5) C. penduliflora 

 Leaflets 3 or 4, sub-opposite; raceme dense, 2 in. 



long, velvety . . . . . . . (6) C. Evansi 



