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Pod very rugose, leaflets consider- 

 ably larger ... ... \AR. ? Kurzii.^ 



§ 1. EucYNOMETRA. Stamens 10. 



1. Cynometra cauliflora Linn. Sp. PI. 382. A shrub or small 

 tree 8-16 feet high. Leaves even -pinnate, leaflets 1 -jugate with petiole 

 under '2 in. long or occasionally with one of the leaflets abortive, 

 dimidiate-oblong to subfalcate-oblong, subsessile, 2-3 in. long, -75- 1 -5 

 in. wide, base cuneate, apex acute or subacute slightly notched, sub- 

 coriaceous, dark-green, glabrous on both surfaces, slightly shining above, 

 lateral nerves few ascending not very prominent beneath, not visible 

 above. Floivers in small elongated sessile racemes, '5-2 in. long, occa- 

 sionally reduced to very short 2-3-fld. stalklets or to single flowers, 

 clustered, rarely solitary, on rugose nodes on the stem, the bracts small 

 concave-ovate, persistent, '05 in. long, glabrous, pedicels '2 in. long, slender 

 glabrous, with small concave-ovate basal bracteoles, '05 in. long. Calyx- 

 tube very short, lobes 5, lanceolate, white, '15 in. long. Petals linear, '15 

 in. long, white or pink. Stamens 10, filaments "2 in. long, slender, glab- 

 rous. Ovary glabrescent, shortly stipitate, oblique ; ovules 2. Pod thick 

 and fleshy, oblong to irregularly globose, apiculate, glabrous, 1-2 in. 

 long, edible. DC. Prodr. II, 509 ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6816 A, B ; W. & A. Prodr. 293 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 77 ; Bak. in 

 Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 268. 



Malacca ; fide Baker. Distrib. Cultivated occasionally in India 

 and in our area ; generally in the Malay Archipelago. 



2. Cynometra ramiflora Linn. Sp. PI. 382. A medium-sized, 

 spreading, sea-coast tree, 20-30 feet high. Leaves even-pinnate ; leaflets 

 1 -jugate with petiole under '2 in. long, or 2-jugate with rachis l'25-2 in. 

 long, the lowest pair always slightly, often much, smaller than the 

 terminal, obliquely obovate-oblong to subfalcate-oblong, subsessile, 

 ]-5 in. long, •25-2-5 in. wide, base obliquely cuneate, apex obtuse or 

 shortly bluntly acuminate, coriaceous, dark-green, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, shining above, lateral nerves numerous, spreading, rather dis- 

 tinct. Floivers in small subumbellate corymbs on small branches above 

 the axils of fallen leaves, •3-*6 in. long, the bracts small ovate, the outer 

 •15-'2 in. in diam., very deciduous, pedicels •3-5 in. long, very slender, 

 finely puberulous, with small lanceolate basal bracteoles. Calyx-tnhe 

 \^ry short, lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, white, -12 in. long. Petals white, 

 linear-lanceolate, '15 in. long, much narrower than sepals. Stamens 10, 

 filaments slender, -25 in. long, glabrous ; anthers versatile. Ovary den- 

 sely pubescent, subsessile, very oblique ; ovules 2. Pod fleshy, strongly 

 wrinkled, irregularly oblong or ovoid with a thick terminal fleshy tip, 

 •5 in. long, "Ji in. broad and nearly as thick. Seed oblOng, 4 in. long, -3 



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