658 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiii;. [Seriunthes. 



2*5 in. long. Pod 6 in. long, 2*25 wide, 75 in. thick, woody, oblong 

 or obovoid, narrowed at tip. Hab. Forests, south of peninsula, 

 Singapore (Wallich 5285) ; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Pulau Besar 

 (Griffith). Distrih. Malay isles. 



65. ALBIZZIA, Durazz. 



Trees, often large or (in A . myriophylla) climbing shrubs unarmed. 

 Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in globose sessile or pedicelled heads. 

 Calyx campanulate, toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; petals united 

 below the middle. Stamens indefinite, monadelphous at base, 

 much longer than corolla; anthers not gland-crested. Ovary 

 stalked or sessile; stj^le filiform. Stigma capitate. Pod large 

 thin, flat, strap-shaped, indehiscent, not septate. Species 20 to 

 30, Old World tropics. 



Climbing shrubs with pulvinus of leaf base forming a hook. 



Leaflets narrow, linear ; flowers sessile . . (i) A. myriophylla 



Trees ; flowers pedicelled ; stamens white or 

 yellowish white ; umbels large. 

 Leaflets 5 to 9 pairs ; sutures straight, thickened . (2) A. Lebbek 

 Leaflets 12 to 16 pairs; sutures sinuate not 



thickened (3) A. pedicellata 



Flowers pink ; umbels small, few-flowered . (4) A. littoralis 



(i) A. myriophylla Benih. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 90. 



Woody chmber 15 to 20 ft. or more long. Shoots brown- 

 velvety. Leaves, rachis 5 to g in. long, tawny pubescent ; pinnae 

 12 to 20 pairs, i to i"5 in. long ; leaflets 35 to 50 pairs, linear sessile, 

 tip acute, base slightly oblique, chartaceous, "2 to "25 in. long, 

 •07 in. wide, dark green, glabrous above, pale occasionally puberulous 

 beneath. Stipules subulate, '15 in. long, pulvinus base hardening into 

 a small woody hook. Capitula *5 in. across, 10- to 20-flowered, pale 

 yellow ; peduncles "4 to '5 in. long, in terminal and axillary brown- 

 velvety panicles, 3 to 4 in. long. Calyx funnel-shaped, pubescent 

 sessile. Corolla '15 in. long; filaments 15 to 20. Pod 4 to 5 in. 

 long, '8 to '2 in. wide, brown, thin, dehiscent. Seeds 6 to 8, obovate. 

 Hah. Open country and forest edges, east and north of peninsula. 

 Pahang, Sungei Penang (Watson). Perak (Scortechini). Penang, 

 Moniot's Road (Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning. Lankawi, Terutau 

 (Curtis). Adang islands, Pulau Butong. Distrih. Tenasserim, 

 Siam. Native name : Akar Manis. 



(2) A, Lebbek Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 87 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 257. 



Tree 40 to 70 ft. tall. Bark pale. Leaves, rachis 3 to 9 in. 

 long, gland large at base; pinnae 2 to 3 pairs, 4 in. long; leaflets 

 5 to 9 pairs, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, blunt or refuse, 

 base obliquely rounded, usually quite glabrous, bright green, 

 I to 2 in. long, '5 to 75 in. wide. Umbels sub-capitate, pale green, 

 1*25 in. across; peduncles 2 to 4 in. long, axillary or corymbose 



