I 



Pithecolohium.] xlvii. leguminos^. 665 



rachis slender pubescent ; pinnae 5 to 6 pairs, about 4 in. long ; 

 leaflets 15 to 20 pairs, oblong or trapezoid, obtuse or sub-acute, 

 base obliquely truncate, papery, pubescent all over, "5 to "j in. 

 long, '25 to '35 in. wide, sessile. Panicles lax with very slender 

 branches terminal puberulous, 8 to 1-2 in. long and as wide. Flowers 

 sessile in pairs or single on the tips of the branches. Calyx -05 in. 

 long, puberulous. Corolla greenish white, glabrous, "15 in. long; 

 filament-tube as long as corolla, above cream colour, 35 in. long. 

 Pod long, '4 to '8 in. wide, spirally twisted, puberulous, orange 

 colour, red inside, margin sinuate. Seeds 8 to 10, oblong, black. 

 Hah. Common in forests. Singapore, Sungei Buluh; Jurong; 

 Kranji. Johor, Bukit Murdom (Kelsall). Malacca, Ulu Selangor; 

 Kwala Lumpur. Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping, Waterfall 

 (Wray) ; Goping (Kunstler) ; Hermitage Hill. Penang Hill (Main- 

 gay, Curtis) ; Kedah Peak. Native name : Asam Jawa Antan. 



Excluded Species (Mimose^). 



Xylia dolabriformis Benth. Baker, I.e. ii. 286; Prain, I.e. 245. 

 Singapore, Wallich No. 5278. Though thus in Wallich's 

 catalogue, the ticket on the specimen in the type-set of Wallich's 

 plants gives Prome Hill (in Burma) as its locality. 



Enterolobium Saman Prain, I.e. 251 ; Inga Saman, Willd. The . 

 rain tree, often planted for shade, but not spontaneous any- 

 where. Native of Guiana. 



Calliandra umbrosa Benth. Prain, I.e. 253; Penang {fide Baker). 

 No specimen from the Malay Peninsula seen. 



Order XLVIII. ROSACEiE 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves stipulate, usually alternate. 

 Flowers bisexual and usually regular. Calyx-tube free or adnate 

 to ovary, usually 5-lobed. Petals 5 or o, inserted under the margin 

 of the disc. Disc lining the calyx-tube or forming a ring at base. 

 Stamens perigynous usually numerous (rarely i, 5 or 10) often 

 connate ; filaments filiform, anthers small. Ovary i or more, free 

 or connate. Carpels with free or connate basal lateral or sub- 

 terminal styles ; ovules i or more in each carpel. Stigmas simple 

 or penicillate. Fruit various, achenes, berries or drupes. About 

 1200 species, whole world. {King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 

 ii- 275.) 



Carpel i. 



Style basal; trees or shrubs; leaves simple, entire. 

 Stamens 6 to 30; drupe hard, hardly or not pulpy; 



calyx-tube long . . . . . .1. 1'arinarium 



Stamens 8 to 10; drupe red, pulpy; calyx-tube 



short . . . . . . . .2. COCCOMELIA 



