662 XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [PUhecolobtum. 



Sumatra, Java. Native name : Bua Jering. Use : The seeds 

 cooked and eaten by Malays. 



(4) P. ellipticum Hassk. Retzia i. 225 ; Prain, I.e. 270. P. 

 fasciculatum Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 208; Baker, I.e. 

 ii. 304. 



Tree nearly 30 ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves, rachis 

 glabrous, 3 to 4 in. long; pinnae 2 pairs; leaflets 2- to 4-paired, 

 elliptic-oblong acuminate dark shining green, glabrous, base round, 

 rather stiff, 6 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide, lower ones smaller. 

 Panicle a foot long, rather stout, lax, long-branched. Flowers 



2 to 5 together on the ends of the puberulous branchlets. Calyx 

 •05 in. long, puberulous. Corolla yellowish, silky, "15 in. long; 

 filaments united at base only, yellow, '2 in. long. Pod twisted 

 into a circle or spirally, 3 to 7 in. long, 1*25 in. wide, dull red. 

 Seeds 3 to 7, oblong, black with a pale blue bloom, hanging from 

 the pod-edge when ripe, '8 in. long, "6 in. through. Hab. Common 

 in lowland country, woods and open land. Singapore, Selitar; 

 Pulau Ubin. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Pahang, Pulau 

 Chengei. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry) ; Chenana Putih (Cantley). 

 Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Perak, Goping and Chanderiang 

 (Kunstler) ; Ulu Selama (Wray). Kedah, Pulau Song- Song. Dis- 

 irib. Java, Sumatra. Native names : Jering Bali ; Kachang Tupai ; 

 Saga Gajah. 



(5) P. afEine Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 304; Benth. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 577; Prain, I.e. 269. 



Tree 15 to 25 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves, rachis 4 to 6 in. long ; pinnse i to 2 pairs ; leaflets 4 pairs, 

 papery glabrous, lanceolate oblong or ovate-acuminate, base 

 cuneate, terminal ones largest, 6 to 7 in. long, 3 in. wide, lowest 



3 in. long, i'5 in. wide; nerves 4 to 6 pairs. Panicles 6 to 8 in. 

 lax, puberulous, heads dense, 75 in. across. Calyx sessile, "15 in. 

 long, funnel-shaped, silky. Corolla "25 in. long, white silky; 

 filament-tube as long as corolla, white. Ovary puberulous, stalked. 

 Pod spiral curved into a circle 8 in. long, 1*25 in. wide, dull red 

 or yellow. Seeds oblong, pendent from pod, 6 to 8, black with 

 a blue bloom, i in. long. Hab. Open country, woods. Singapore, 

 Tanjong Bunga. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Semangkok Pass. 

 Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. Use: Fruit 

 used in curries. 



(6) P. Kunstler i Prain, I.e. 271. 



A low tree about 20 ft. tall with slender stems, bushy. Leaves, 

 rachis puberulous, i to 4 in. long; pinnae 2, rachis 4 in. long; 

 leaflets 3 pairs, terminal elliptic acuminate, base cuneate, 4*25 in. 

 long, 175 in. wide, lowest 175 in. long, 75 in. wide or larger, 

 papery glabrous above; nerves 7 pairs and midrib hairy beneath. 

 Panicles 6 in. long, puberulous. Flowers (largest in genus) up to 12, 

 sessile in a head. Calyx funnel-shaped, -2 in. long, silky. Corolla 



