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Thomson, who referred them to the genus SchoHa which is mncli nearer their real 

 position. They are very distinct, by reason of their less spiny calyx-lobes and their 

 large foliaceous stipules, from another Griffithian gathering from Malacca, first 

 issued from Kew as n. 1848 under the name " Dialium ? sp." and subsequently 

 made by Mr. Bentham the type of his genus Echinocahjx. AVhen afterwards refer- 

 ring Griffith n. 1848 and Wdllich n. 5805 to one species, Mr. Bentham, who apparently 

 had only Wallich's specimens at his disposal, did not know that the Singapore plant 

 has large foliaceous stipules. 



2. SiNDORA EcHiNOCALTX Praiii. A large tree ^vitb glabrescent 

 branchlets. Leaves equally pinnate with puberulous racbis 2-3 in. long, 

 stipules small ; leaflets S-jugate oblong, apex round or sligbtlj acute, base 

 round or slightly cuneate, 1-25-2 in. long, -75-1 in. wide, the lowest pair 

 slightly the smallest, very coriaceous, sbiuing glabrous above, dull 

 minutely puberulous beneatb especially on tlie midrib, nerves numerous 

 close liorizontal slightly irregular, faint beneath not visible above, petio- 

 lules *15 in. long, puberulous. Floivers in axillary and terminal lax 

 panicles 4-5 in. long, 2'5-3 in. wide, individual racemes 1 •25-1*5 in. long, 

 with straight puberulous rachis, flowers spirally disposed, bracts ovate- 

 obtuse "25 in. long, glabrescent above, puberulous beneath, pedicels '25 

 in. long, puberulous, with two oblanceolate bracteoles, '2 in. long, at the 

 apex ; buds oblong, puberulous, '3 in. long. Calyx-tube short, lobes 4 

 thick, "2 in. long, pubescent inside, ovate-acute, valvate, rather densely 

 uniformly spinescent externally in the upper two-thirds. Petal 1, 

 pubescent internally. Stamiiial-she^th and filaments declinate, hairy. 

 Ovary very hirsute, style curved, stigma capitate. Pod broadly oblong, 

 subequally rounded at base so that the slender straight beak projects in 

 the direction of the long axis, 2-25 in. long, 1'5 in. across : valves dehiscent, 

 puberulous, thinly woody, uniformly armed on the outside with strong 

 straight conical spines "15 in. long. Seeds 2, funicle ariliate. Sinclora 

 WallicMi Benth. in Hook. Icon. Plant, t. 1017, not t. 1018 and not 

 Gnilandina WallicJiiana Grab. 8. Wallichii VAR. ovalifolia Maingay 

 MSS. Fchinocalyx Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 1, 5»4. Gale- 

 dupa EoMnocalyx Prain MSS. 



Malacca; Griffith 1848 ! Maingay 562/1 ! 

 Nearest to S. WallicMana but easily distinguished by its less pubescent leaves, 

 different stipules, and smaller flowers with more spinescent calyx. 



3. SiNDORA INTERMEDIA Baker. A large tree, over 100 feet high, with 

 slightly rusty-tomentose branches. Leaves equally pinnate, with puberu- 

 lous rachis 4-6 in. long, stipules small ; leaflets S-jugate, oblong, apex 

 round or slightly acute, base round or slightly cuneate, l-5-2"5 in. long, 

 1 in. wide, the lowest pair slightly the smallest, very coriaceous, shining 

 glabrous above, dull minutelj^ pnberalous beneath especially on the 

 midrib, nerves numerous close horizontal slightly irregular, not very 

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