Pithecolohium.' 



XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 



663 



•5 in. long, tube funnel-shaped, lobes oblong-acute; filaments 

 I "5 in. long, yellow; tube as long as corolla. Ovary very long, 

 stipitate, pubescent. Pod twisted, 5 to 6 in. long, i in. wide, 

 puberulous outside, red inside. Seeds 8 to 10, oblong, pendulous, 

 black. Hab. Low swampy woods. Johor, Kota Tinggi; Castle- 

 wood; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall) ; Sungei Biku (Down). Pahang, 

 Pianggu, Endau (Evans) ; Perak, Batang Padang district (Kunstler) ; 

 Bernam River (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo. IJse : Fruit used for 

 soap. 



Fig. 57.— Pithecolobium Kunstleri. 



(7) P. microcarpum Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 576 ; Baker, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 304 ; Prain, I.e. 268. 



Tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Branches pubescent. Leaves, 

 rachis pubescent, -5 to 1-5 in. long; pinnae i pair; leaflets 3 to 4 

 pairs, stiffly papery, dark shining green, ovate obtusely caudate, 

 distal leaflets, base cuneate, 4 to 6 in. long; lower ones, base 

 round 3 in. long. Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, lax puberulous, heads 

 5- to 8-flowered, -4 in. across, sub-umbellate on short peduncles. 

 Calyx sessile, glabrescent, -05 in. long. Corolla white, -15 in. long; 

 filament tube shorter. Ovary glabrous. Pods spirally twisted, 

 175 to 2 in. long, "3 to '4 in. wide, indented between the seeds, 

 orange red. Seeds 8 to 10, pea-shaped, '2 in. through, black. 



