PeUophorum.] xlvii. leguminos^e. 647 



2 to 4 in. long, i in. wide, glabrous longitudinally veined outside. 

 Hab. Common near the sea. A beautiful tree, often planted in 

 gardens. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Tana Runto. Malacca 

 (Griffith, Hervey). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Fox). 

 Penang, Telok Bahang. Pulau Adang. Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis) ; 

 Distrib. Tenasserim, Cambodia, Malaya, Australia. 



(2) P. dasyrachis Kurz ; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 257. 



A tree resembling the last, but branches, petioles, rachis, inflores- 

 cence thickly red-tomentose. Leaves rather longer. Racemes 6 to 

 9 in. long; pedicels i to 1-5 in. long. Calyx densely velvety out- 

 side. Corolla large, i'5 in. across, base hairy, edges glabrous. 

 Pod 4 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-4 in. wide, puberulous not veined 

 outside. Hab. Sea-coasts and open forests. Malacca, common. 

 Bukit Bruang (Griffith) ; Batu Berendam (Maingay) ; Selandor 

 and Sungei Hudang (Cantley). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. 

 Siam, Sumatra. Native name : Batai. Use : Wood used for 

 dyeing red. 



54. MEZONEURON, Desf. 



Robust, very prickly climbers. Leaves even-pinnate. Flowers 

 in panicled racemes, showy. Calyx very oblique, tube long or 

 short, lobes imbricate, lowest largest, hooded. Disc in tube. 

 Petals obovate spathulate or oblong. Stamens free, declinate. 

 Ovary declinate, few- or many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma 

 small. Pod large, thin, oblong, upper suture broad-winged. Seeds 

 compressed orbicular. Species 15, Old World tropics. 



Calyx deep-cleft; tube short; anterior lobe deep- 

 hooded . . . . . . . . (i) M. Kunstleri 



Calyx shallow-cleft ; tube long ; anterior lobe 



short -hooded . . . . . . . (2) M. sumatraniim. 



(i) M. Kunstleri Prain, I.e. 233. 



A big climber with a few prickles. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, 

 pinnae 4 to 6, 4 to 5 in. long ; leaflets 6 to 8, alternate, sub-coriaceous, 

 ovate, base and tip cuneate, -5 to 1-25 in. long, 35 to 75 in. wide ; 

 petiolules -15 in. long. Panicles of racemes large 1-5 to 2 ft. long; 

 racemes 8 to 10 in. long puberulous ; pedicels slender, 35 to "45 in. 

 long. Calyx leathery, anterior sepal hooded, the rest orbicular, 

 tube very short. Corolla expanded, yellow. Petals ovate-orbicular. 

 Stamens far exsert. Hab. Perak at Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 



(2) M. sumatranum W. and A. Prodr. i. 1081 ; Prain, I.e. 235. 



A robust, very prickly climber, glabrous. Leaves i to i'5 ft. 

 long; pinnae 6 to 10, 8 to 12 in. long; leaflets 6 to 8, alternate, 

 coriaceous, obovate-oblong emarginate apiculate, i'5 to 2 in. long, 

 1-25 to 175 in. wide ; petiolules "2 in. long. Panicles of erect 

 racemes terminal or axillary, many-flowered very showy. Racemes 

 5 to 6 in. long; rachis thick. Calyx leathery, anterior sepal 

 orbicular -25 in. long, others half as large, tube •$ in. long. Corolla 



