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Leaflets 2-4-] ngate, corymbs long ... ... 9. S. triandra. 



Leaves with rachis, petiolales and nerves beneath pubescent; 

 stipules large foliaceous, united only in lower third ; stipels 

 persistent, flowers white in simple corymbs ; (stamens 2) ... 10. S. latititi^idata. 



1. Saraca thaipingensis Cantley MSS. in Herb. Kevr. A tree 

 50-80 feefc liigli, witli rather slender stem 6-15 in. in diam. Leaves 

 with rachis 16-30 in. long ; leaflets membranous, strongly veined, 6-8- 

 paired, oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base slightly obliquely wide- 

 cuneate, 12-16 in. long, 4-5 in. wide, secondary nerves about 12 pairs, 

 dark-green, dull and glabrous on both surfaces ; petiolules stout '4 in. 

 long, stipels caducous ; stipules coriaceous at length scarious, usunlly 

 soon deciduous, the tv^o united throughout into a convolute sheath for 

 the subsequent bud, when laid open narrowly oblong, 1 in. long, '4 in. 

 across, parallel-nerved and emarginate at the apex. Flowers in dense 

 simple corymbs from old nodes on thick branches and stems, 3 in. long 

 and 3-4 in. across; peduncles and pedicels glabrous, stout; bracts large 

 oblanceolate-obtuse, lowest 1"5 in. long, '3 in. wide, tapering from near 

 the apex to the narrow-cuneate base, decreasing upwards; bracteoles 

 2 oblanceolate, deciduous, "5 in. long, pedicels below bracteoles '3 in. 

 long. Calyx yellow at length becoming red, tube '8 in. long, less than 

 twice as long as limb of 4 oblong sepals, '5 in. long. Petals 0. Stamens 

 4 with a rudimentary filament, the filaments slender throughout ; 

 anthers nearly twice as long as broad ; filaments twice as long as 

 sepals. Ovary stalked, puberulous along sutures, elsewhere glabrous, 

 usually rudimentary ; style declinate. Pod purple when young, shin- 

 ing dark-red when ripe, J 5-18 in. long, 3*25 in. wide, linear-oblong, con- 

 siderably curved, much compressed, stipe under "25 in. long, apex 

 beakless, straight on low^er, rounded on upper suture at the blunt apex, 

 more rounded on upper than on lower suture at the oblique base. 



Perak; Thaiping, Canlley 36! Tupai, Wray 2448! Larut, Scor- 

 techini ! Kunstler 2249 ! 2768 ! Goping, Kunstler 4248 ! 6088 ! Malacca ; 

 Ulu Chembong, Berry 999 ! Bukit Tampin, Goodeiwugh 1875 A 1 



Mr. Derry gives the local name of this as ''Talan;" Mr. Goodenough notes it 

 as " Gapis : " consult also the note under S- cauliflora. 



2. Saraca dkcltnata Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 84. A tree 20-60 

 feet high with rather slender stem 6-15 in. in diam. Leaver with rachis 

 12-24 in. long; leaflets thinly subcoriaceous, strongly veined, 6-8-paired, 

 oblong-lanceolafe, apex acuminate, base slightly obliquely wide-cuneate, 

 9-12 in. long, 3-4 in. wide, secondary nerves about 12 pairs, dark-green 

 shining above, dull beneath, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiolales thick 

 •4 in. long, stipels caducous ; stipules coriaceous at length scarious, 

 usually soon deciduous, the two united throughout into a convolute 

 elieath for the subsequent Inid, when laid open '75 in. long, "3 in. wide, 



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