648 XLVii. LEGUMiNOs.E. [Mezoneuroii. 



•5 in. long; petals sub-equal not expanded, all flame-colour, tipped 

 green. Stamens hardly exsert yellow. Pod very thin, 3 to 4 in. 

 long, i'35 in. wide, red. Seeds 3 or 4. Hah. Common in edges 

 of woods and open country. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Kranji. 

 Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Labu River. Perak, Thaiping 

 (Scortechini). Bindings, Lumut at Simpit. Province Wellesley, 

 Ara Kuda (Curtis). Disirib. Sumatra. Native rame : Akar 

 DarahBlut (Eel's blood). 



55. PTEROLOBIUM, R. Br. 



Stout prickly woody climbers. Leaves even-bipinnate. Flowers 

 in panicled racemes. Calyx deep cleft, disc near the base; lobes 

 imbricate, lowest one longer and hooded. Petals spreading, oblong, 

 clawed, as long as calyx. Stamens 10, free, hardly exsert. Ovary 

 sessile, i-ovuled; style filiform. Fruit a samara with a large 

 oblique terminal wing. Species 7, Africa, Indo-Malaya, China, 

 Australia. 



(i) P. densiflorum Prain, I.e. 236. 



A large pubescent climber armed with hooks and prickles. 

 Leaves 4 to 8 in. long ; pinnae 8 to 16, 3 in. long ; leaflets 14 to 16, 

 narrow-oblong, blunt unequally rounded on both sides, '6 in. long, 

 •25 in. wide, sub-coriaceous. Racemes dense in panicles; 100- to 

 200-flowered; rachis puberulous, 1*5 ft. long. Calyx puberulous, 

 lowest sepal 3 in. long. Corolla yellow. Pod 2 in. long, base 

 turgid, wing '5 to 7 in. wide. Hab. Forests, very local. Penang, 

 base of hill Waterfall, to the altitude of 2500 ft. (Maingay and 

 Curtis) ; Ayer Hitam (Fox). 



56. CJESALPINIA, Linn. 



Trees, shrubs or woody thorny climbers. Leaves large, bi- 

 pinnate. Flowers yellow (rarely red) in axillary racemes. Calyx 

 deep cleft, disc at the base ; lobes imbricate, lowest the largest, 

 hooded. Petals spreading, orbicular, clawed, upper one smaller. 

 Stamens 10, free ; anthers versatile. Ovary few-ovuled ; style 

 filiform. Pod oblong or ligulate, flat or turgid, smooth or spiny. 

 Species about 40, tropics. 



C. puleherrima 5ze'. Obs. 166. A well-known garden shrub with 

 yellow or red flowers, probably a native of S. America, is common 

 in cultivation. 



i. GuiLANDiNA. Very thorny shrubs ; pod prickly; seeds grey globose. 

 Leaves stipulate ; leaflets small, •5 in. long . . (i) C. Bonducella 



Leaves not stipulate; leaflets larger, 1-5 to 2 in. 



long (^) C. Bonduc 



ii. Eu-c^SALPiNiA. Pods unarmed, thin-valved. 

 Trees. 



Stipules o; flowers 75 in. across . . • (3) C. Sappan 



Stipules lanceolate ; flowers "3 in. across . . (4) C. parviflora 



