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a23ical persistent bracteoles, 'OS in. long, close under calyx. Calyx •25 in. 

 long, finely grey-silky, three lower teeth deltoid as long as calyx-tube, 

 two upper subconnate into a shortly bifid upper lip. Corolla *35 in. long, 

 white with a reddish tinge, standard '25 in. across. Stamens quite free, 

 incurved, exsorted. Ovary witli line of hairs along upper suUiie, else- 

 where glabrous, ovate; style slightly contorted; ovules 3. Pod un- 

 known. 



PerAK ; Larut, Kunstler 3560 ! 



A very distinct spscies differing from the rest in its scandent habit. Mr. 

 Kanstler speaks of it as rare. 



2. Ormosia MACRODiscA Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. IT, 253. A large 

 tree with very thick grey glabrous branches. Leaves 8-10 in. long, 

 leaflets 7-9, oblong, very thick and rigid in texture, pale gre^^-green on 

 both surfaces, quite glabrous above, with a very sparse adpressed 

 jiubescence of short hairs beneath, apex acute, base broadly rounded to 

 cuneate, 3-5 in. long, 1-25-2 in. broad, secondary veins 7-9 pairs, faintly 

 prominent beneath. Eacenies crowded in terminal fastigiate panicles, 

 6 in. long, 3 in wide, witli brown-silky puberulous rachis and branches, 

 pedicels •1-'15 in., brown-silky, shorter than calyx, with a minute basal 

 and 2 minute apical persistent bracteoles close under calyx. Calyx 'o in. 

 long, finely brown-silky, three lower teeth two-thirds, two upper teeth 

 one-third as long as tube, all teeth oblongv obtuse. Corolla '6 in. long, 

 white ; standard "4 in. across. Stamens quite free, incurved, exserted. 

 Ovary glabrous, obliquely oblong, ovules 3. Pod hard thick irregularly 

 orbicular, 3 in. across "75 in. thick, at first flattened, at length turgid 

 opposite the usually solitary seed. Seed oblong, 1 in. long, '7 in. wide, 

 bright scarlet, with an adnate, black, pitted aril, *2 in. deep, embracing 

 its base. 



Malacca ; Maingay 600 ! Singapore ; Bidley 2103 ! 



3. Ormosia gracilis Prain. A slender tree with very thin pale- 

 brown glabrous branches. Leaves 5-8 in. long, leaflets 7-9, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, chartaceous, pale grey-green on both surfaces, quite glabrous above, 

 with a very sparse adpx'essed pubescence of short hairs beneath, apex 

 caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, 2-6-3 in. long, 1 in. across, secondary 

 veins 8-9 pairs, very faint beneath not visible above. Racemes in lax 

 terminal panicles, 5 in. across, with slender branches 6 in. long, faintly 

 adpressed grey-silky as is the rachis, pedicels gi-ey-sitky, '15 in. long, 

 very slender, rather shorter than calyx, with lanceolate basal bract, 

 '08 in. long, and 2 very minute triangular apical bracteoles at base 

 of calyx. Calyx "25 in. long, finely silky, pale-green, teeth ovate- 

 lanceolate, longer than calyx-tube except the two upper. Goiolla pale- 

 yellow, '85 in. long ; standard '25 in, across. Stamens quite free, much 



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