Acacia.] xlvii. leguminos^. 657 



Distrih. All tropics. Native name : Lasana. Use : Pods for 

 making ink. 



(2) A. pseudo-intsia Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 12 ; Prain, I.e. 249. 

 A lofty climber over 100 ft. long and about 3 ft. through, armed 



with hooked prickles. Leaves bipinnate ; rachis 8 in. long, prickly ; 

 petioles 2*5 in. long, with large gland at base ; pinnae 8 to 12 pairs, 

 2*5 to 3-5 in. long; leaflets 30 to 35 pairs, linear-oblong, blunt, 

 •4 in. long, -15 in. wide, sub-coriaceous. Capitula "4 in. across, 

 white on peduncles "5 to 75 in. long, 2 to 4 together on a 10 to 

 12 in. long panicle. Pod linear-oblong, 4*5 in. long, i in. wide, 

 sutures thickened. Seeds 6. Hab. Common in forests in south. 

 Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah; Changi. Malacca, 

 Tebong. Negri Sembilan near Tampin. Penang Hill (Haniff). 

 Distrih. Sumatra, Java. Native names : Akar Kapok ; Kayap. 



(3) A. pennata Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1090; Baker, I.e. ii. 297; 

 Prain, I.e. 250, var. plnricapitata Baker, I.e. 



Climber about 80 ft. long. Branches prickly with curved thorns. 

 Leaves bipinnate; rachis 6 in. long; petioles 75 to i in. long, 

 with a gland above the base ; pinnae 20 to 40 pairs, 1*25 to 2 in. 

 long ; leaflets 30 to 40 pairs, linear, -2 to "35 in. long, under "05 in. 

 wide. Capitula -2 in. through, white; peduncles "5 to 7 in. long, in 

 clusters of 4 to 8 on a 12 to 15 in. panicle. Pod Unear-oblong, 

 acute at both ends, thin, 4 to 6 in. long, 75 to i in. wide. Seeds 

 flat, ovate, "4 in. long. Hah. Open country, common in the north. 

 Pahang River. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Holmberg) ; Ayer Panas and 

 Selandor (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, 

 Larut; Goping and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Selangor, near Batu 

 Caves. Penang (Porter, Wall. Cat. 5255). Kedah, Yan. Perlis, 

 Chupeng; Kanga. Distrih. Malay isles. Native name: Akar 

 Kayu Manis. 



64. SERIANTHES, Benth. 



Big tree unarmed. Branches and panicle rusty, puberulous. 

 Leaves bipinnate. Flowers panicled, large, 5-merous. Calyx deep 

 campanulate, toothed, woolly-silky. Petals adnate to staminal 

 column at base. Stamens monadelphous, very numerous. Ovary 

 sessile, many-ovuled. Pod large oblong nearly woody turgid, 

 septate between the 6 to 8 seeds. Species 2, the other Polynesian. 



(i) S. grandiflora Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bat. iii. 225 ; 

 Prain, I.e. 251. 



Leaves, rachis puberulous, 7 to 9 in. long, a large gland at 

 base and small ones between pinnae ; pinnae 3- to 8- jugate, 3 to 

 4 in. long; leaflets 6 to 12 pairs, oblong-obtuse, base truncate 

 oblique, coriaceous, pale beneath, glabrous, '5 to i in. long, '3 to 

 •6 in. wide. Flowers few in panicles 4 to 6 in. long, branches 

 1-5 in. long. Calyx -5 in. long, teeth triangular. Petals yellowish 

 white, 1-5 in. long, dense- woolly outside. Stamens over 500, 



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