652 XLVII. LEGUMINOS.E. [ParktU. 



on long pendulous peduncles. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed; lobes 

 imbricate. Corolla tubular, split half-way. Stamens 10, exsert ; 

 filaments below connate, and adnate to corolla; anthers gland- 

 tipped. Ovary stalked ; style filiform. Stigma minute. Pod 

 strap-shaped or thick, dehiscent. Species 10, all tropics. 



Leaflets sub-falcate, acute, 40 to 80 pairs ; pod thick 



subterete . . . . . . . (i) P. Roxburghii 



Leaflets straight, blunt, 20 to 25 pairs ; pod thin, 



flat (-2) P. speciosa 



(i) P. Roxburghii Dojt, Gen. Sysl. ii. 397 ; Baker, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 289 ; Prain, I.e. 239. P. intermedia, Hassk, PI. Jav. 

 Rar. 414. 



A big tree 80 ft. tall. Bark pale. Branches spreading, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves bipinnate, 12 to 24 in. long; pinnae 20 to 30 pairs, 

 opposite; leaflets falcate linear-lanceolate, 40 to 80 pairs, tip 

 acute, base truncate, edges puberulous, 3 in. long, •! in. wide; 

 petioles 2 to 3 in. long with one gland below the pinnae and 3 to 5 

 solitary on upper pinnaj. Capitula pyriform, i"5 in. long, i in. 

 wide, pendulous on peduncles, 10 to 16 in. long. Calyx tubular, 

 •25 in. long. Corolla yellowish white. Pod flattened oblong black 

 woody 15 to 20 in. long (stalk 3 to 7 in. long), i'5 in. wide, '25 

 in. thick. Hah. Villages, probably not wild, but often planted. 

 Malacca, Panchur (Goodenough) . Disirib. Java. Native name: 

 Kedawong. Use : Seeds as a remedy for colic. 



Prain notes that the P. intermedia Hassk. of Java is somewhat different 

 from the true P. Roxburghii Don, of Cachar and Chittagong, and that the 

 Malacca plant is P. intermedia ; indeed it is probably introduced here from 

 Java. It is doubtful if the two plants are specifically identical. 



(2) P. speciosa Hassk. Fl. xxv. Beihl. 55 ; Prain, I.e. 240. 



Tall, smooth-barked tree 60 to 80 ft. high, 2 to 3 ft. through. 

 Branchlets glabrescent. Leaves bipinnate, pubescent, 8 to 10 in. 

 long; pinnae 10 to 16 pairs; leaflets linear, 20 to 35 pairs, base 

 truncate, tip blunt, '25 in. long, 'i in. wide, nearly glabrous; 

 petioles i to i"5 in. long with i gland between base and lowest 

 pair of leaflets and 2 to 6 solitary between the bases of upper pinnae. 

 Capitula club-shaped, 2 in. long, 75 in. through ; peduncles 16 to 

 20 in. long. Calyx '25 in. long. Corolla white. Pod (stalk 2 to 5 in. 

 long) 18 to 20 in. long, 2 to 2"5 in. wide, very thin, green drying 

 black. Seeds 12 to 18. Hah. In woods and cultivated ground. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah ; Blakang Mati. Malacca, Bukit Sabukor 

 (Derry). Pahang River. Perak, Changkat Serdang (Wray). 

 Province Wellesley (Kunstler). Distrih. Malay isles. Native name : 

 Petal. Use : The pods are eaten cooked by Malays, but they 

 cause the eaters to exhale a peculiar horrible odour. 



Excluded Species 



P. BiGLANDULOSA W. and A. Malay Peninsula, Baker, I.e. 289. 

 No specimens known, 



