224 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Teninsida, 



10, free, declinate ; filaments with a dense tnft of hairs at the base ; 

 anthers uniform, linear^oblong. Ovary sessile, free, few-ovuled ; stj^le 

 long filiform incurved, stigma large peltate. Pod oblong, flat, thin, hard, 

 indehiscent, with a firm broad wing on each suture. Species 7-8 ; cos- 

 mopolitan in the tropics. 



Flowering pedicels not exceeding the calyx ... ... 1. P. ferrugineum. 



Flowering pedicels 3— 4 times as long as calyx ... ... 2. P. dosyrachis. 



1. Peltophorum ferrugineum Bentli. Flor. Austral. II, 279. A 

 tall tree 70-80 feet high ; branchlets covered with a thin rusty tomentuin. 

 Leaves 6-12 in. long, petiole 1-1*5 in., sparingly rusty-pubescent ; pinnae 

 16-20, distal 4-6 in. long, progressively shortening towards proximal, 

 3-4 in. ; leaflets close, ligulate-oblong, sessile, base unequal, apex obtuse, 

 •5-*75 in. long, '35 in. wide, subcoriaceous, puberulous above, faintly 

 rusty-pubescent beneath. Racevies in a large terminal panicle 12 in. long, 

 8-9 in. across, branches 4-6 in. long, bracts linear under 1 in. long, very 

 caducous, bud '35 in. in diam., pedicels •15-'25 in. long, rachis, branches 

 and pedicels densely rusty-pubescent. Calyx partite to '15 in. from base, 

 lobes subequal, ovate-lanceolate, '25 in. long, densely rusty-pubescent 

 externally. Corolla 1*25 in. wide, petals "8 in. long, yellow, the thickened 

 base densely rusty-hairy on both sides, the blade more or less glabrous 

 but the margin ciliate with rusty hairs. Stamens 10, free, filaments 

 equal, pubescent at the base. Ovary densely villous, style very sparing- 

 ly pubescent throughout, the stigma peltate. Pod 2-4 in. long, 1 in. 

 across, narrowed to both ends, rigid, glabrous, closely longitudinally 

 veined outside. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 257. Poinclana Roxbnrghii 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst, II, 433. Gassalpinia inermis Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 367. 

 G. ferrtiginea Dene, 'NouY. Ann. Mus. II, 462; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 111. C. arborea Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 65 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. I, 112. 



Andamans ; Ktirz ! Nicobars; Jelineh 24iO ! Heinig! Kedah; Langkawi, 

 Curtis 370 ! Malacca ; Griffith 1903 ! Hervey 207S ! Singapore ; Ridley 

 265! Johore ; Ridley S97 7 \ Distrtb. Borneo {Eullett) ; Java; Timor. 



2. Peltophorum dasyrachis Kurz ex Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 

 257. A tall tree 70-80 feet high ; branchlets covered with a fulvous 

 tomentam. Leaves 6-15 in. long, petiole 1-1*5 in. long, tomentose ; 

 pinnae 14-18, distal 4-5 in. long, shortening progressively towards prox- 

 imal 2-2*5 in. ; leaflets close, ligulate-oblong, sessile, base unequal, apex 

 rounded, *5-75 in. long, '35 in. wide, subcoriaceous, puberulous above, 

 slightly rusty-pubescent beneath. Racemes 6-9 in. long, 3 in. across, 

 pedicels patent 1-1*5 in. long, bracts lanceolate, "5 in. long, subpersistent ; 

 bud "35 in. in diam. ; rachis, pedicels and bracts rusty-pubescent. Calyx 

 partite to "15 in. from base, lobes equal, ovate-lanceolate, '25 in. long, 



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