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Stipules inconspicuous ; calyx-lobes rather densely 



Bpinescent outside in their upper two-thirds ... 2. S, Echinocalyx. 



Pods obliquely rounded at base, beak projecting laterally 

 at right angles to direction of stalk (unknown in S. velu' 

 Una) ; racliis of raceme zig-zag with subdistichously-set 

 bracts and flowers : — 



Leaflets 3-jugate, puberulous beneath ; calyx-lobes 



slightly spinescent in their upper third oatside ... 3. S. intermedia. 



Leaflets 5-6-jugate, densely pubescent beneath ; calyx- 

 lobes not spinescent ... ... ... 4. S. velutina. 



Pods unarmed ; leaves glabrous beneath ; (pod subequally 



rounded at base, calyx-lobes not spinescent) ... ... 5. S. coriacea. 



1. SiNDOKA. Wallichiana Bentli. A large tree with slightly rusty- 

 pubescent branclilets. Leaves equally pinnate with puberulous rachis 

 4-6 in. long, stipules very large foliaceous semi-lunar sub-intrape(iolar, 

 •6 in. long, acute at apex, rounded auriculate at base, pubescent on both 

 sides ; leaflets 3-jugate, oblong, apex round or acute, base round or 

 cuueate, 1-5-3-25 in. long, 1 in. wide, the lowest pair sliglitly the 

 smallest, very coriaceous, shining glabrous above, dull uniformly pubes- 

 cent beneath, nerves numerous close horizontal slightly irregular, faint 

 beneath not visible above, petiolules *2 in. long, puberulous. Flowers in 

 axillary and terminal lax panicles 6-8 in. long, 5-6 in. wide, individual 

 racemes 3-4 in. long with straight pubescent rachis, flowers R[)irally 

 arranged, bracts broadly ovate-obtuse, "4 in. long, densely pubescent 

 bencMth, sparselj" puberulous above, pedicels '35 in, long, with two ovate- 

 lanceolate bracteoles, '2 in. long, at the apex; buds oblong densely pubes- 

 cent, '4 in. long. Calyx-tuhe short, lobes 4, thick, "25 in. long, densely 

 strigose within, ovate-acute, valvate, sparingly spinescent externally in 

 the upper third. Petal J, as long as the calyx-lobes, inside densely 

 hairy. IStaininal-shesith and filaments declinate pubescent. Ovary very 

 hirsute, style twisted, stigma capitate. Pod broadly oblong, subequally 

 rounded at base so that the short stout straight beak projects in the 

 direction of the long axis, 3 in. long, 2 in. across ; valves dehiscent, 

 pubeiulous, woody, uniformly armed on the outside with strong straight 

 conical spines '15 in. long. Seeds usually 2, with arillate funicle. 

 Sindora Wallichii Benth. in Hook. Icon. Plant, t. 1018 oiot t. 1017 ; Bak. 

 in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 268 in part, excl. syn. Echinocalyx Bth. and both 

 VARS. Guilandina Wallichiana Grrah. in Wall, Cat. 5805, Galedupa 

 Wall'ichvina Pj-ain MSS. 



Singapoke; Wallich 5805! Kurz ! T. Anderson 41! Malacca; 

 Griflith ! 



The Griffithian specimens referred to were given by Dr. Griffith to Df. 

 McClelland ; from his collection they passed into the Calcutta Herbarium under 

 Griliith's original name " Cassia sp." Tliey were afterwards examined by Dr. T. 



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