650 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [CcBsaipinia. 



Aor (Feilding). Malacca (Maingay) ; Chabau (Cantley). Perak, 

 Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. India, Cambodia, Malay isles. 

 Native name : Seppang. Use : A red dye obtained from the 

 wood. Sappan-wood. 



(4) C. parviflora Prain, I.e. 330. 



A small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall and 8 to 12 in. through, sparsely 

 prickly (a large climber according to Kunstler). Leaves 8 to 

 10 in. long ; pinnae 18 to 24, 2 to 3 in. long ; leaflets 30 to 36, sub- 

 coriaceous, sessile, oblong with lower corner produced, "35 to "5 in. 

 long, '2 to "25 in. wide, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, '45 in. long, 

 entire. Racemes in a branched panicle, 2 to 3 ft. long; pedicels 

 •25 in. long, all puberulous. Bracts linear, '2 in. long. Calyx 

 •25 in. long, puberulous. Corolla 3 in. across, greenish yellow, 

 hardly exsert. Stamens green, base woolly. Pod i in. long, 

 •5 in. wide, with recurved beak. Seeds 4. Hab. Lowland forest, 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; Relau Tujor (Wray) ; Gunong Bubu, a 

 large climber (Kunstler). 



(5) C. Nuga Ait. Hort. Kew, iii. 32; Prain, I.e. 227. 



A stiff wiry thorny black-stemmed climber. Leaves 6 to 12 in. 

 long ; pinnae 6 to 8 ; leaflets 4 to 6, light, shining green, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, ovate acute, i to 2*5 in. long, '5 to i in. wide. Panicle 

 of racemes 10 to 15 in. long, 6 to 8 in. across ; racemes 2 to 3 in. 

 long; pedicels "3 in. long. Calyx "25 to 3 in. long, glabrous. 

 Corolla '5 in. across, bright yellow, fragrant. Petals orbicular, 

 upper ovate acute, blotched red. Stamens woolly at base. Pod 

 2 in. long, i'35 in. wide, turgid, beaked, indehiscent. Seed i, 

 black, I in. long. Hab. Tidal swamps. Common. Singapore, 

 Kranji; Jurong; Selitar. Johor, Tebrau River, Malacca (Griffith), 

 Pahang, Pekan. Muar, Sungei Segal (Fox). Selangor, Port 

 Swettenham (Burkill). Perak River (Kunstler) ; Bindings, Lumut. 

 Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. S.E. Asia, Australia 

 and Polynesia. 



(6) C. sepiaria Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 256 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 229. 



Prickly woody climber. Branches pubescent. Leaves 9 to 

 15 in. long ; pinnae 12 to 20, 2 to 3 in. long ; leaflets 16 to 24, oblong 

 blunt, base round, slightly oblique; petiolulate pale green above, 

 glaucous beneath, '5 to -8 in. long, "2 in. wide. Stipules obliquely 

 ovate, long-acuminate, base with lower angle auricled, '5 in. long, 

 •3 in. wide. Racemes simple, drooping, 6 to 12 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 

 wide; pedicels 75 in. long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, '4 in. long 

 pubescent. Calyx '5 in. long, pubescent. Corolla 75 in. across, 

 yellow; petals orbicular. Stamens little exsert white, woolly 

 below. Pod linear-oblong, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, curved, 

 turgid. Seeds 6 to 8, mottled, -4 in. long. Hab. Hill forests, 

 Penang Hill at 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. India, China, 

 Japan, Malay isles. 



