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beneath. i2acemes in a terminal panicle extending into the axils of the- 

 uppermost leaves, 12-16 in. long, 8 in. across, individual racemes 4-6 in. 

 long ; pedicels •5-'6 in. long, bracts lanceolate '3 in. long, very decidu- 

 ous. Calyx -4 in. long, leatheiy, glabrous. Corolla '75 in. across, petals 

 bright-yellow, the upper with a pinkish basal patch, all oibicular sab- 

 equal. Stamens waxy- white, densely woolly at base, declinate. Ovary 

 grey-velvety. Fad 3-4 in. long, 1*5-2 in. wide, subcompressed, polished, 

 indehiscent, with a hard recurved short beak at upper angle of obtuse 

 apex. Roxb. Cor. PI. I, 17, t. 16; Hort. Beng. 32; DC. Prodr. II, 

 482 ; Wall. Cat. 5838 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 357 ; W. & A. Prodr. 281 ; 

 Miq. Anal. Ind. I, 9; Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 108; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. 90 '; 

 Anal, Gen. t. 13, f. 1; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 255. Biancma 

 Sappan Todaix), Hort. Bot. Panorm. 3. Lignum Sappan Rumph. Herb. 

 Amboin. IV, t. 21. 



Pebak; open jungle at foot of hills, Ulu Bubong, i^MnsfZer 10567 ! 

 Pahang ; Pulo Changei, Ridley 2590 ! Distrib. India, Indo-China ; 

 Malay Archipelago. 



6. C^SALPiNiA SEPiARiA Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32. A moderate climber 

 with stout woody stem and somewhat densely grey- or brown-pnbescent 

 branches armed with strong sharp prickles. Leaves stipulate, 9-15 in. 

 long; pinnae 12-20, 2-3 in. long, subequal, leaflets 36-24, very shortly 

 petiolulate, close, membranous, oblong, apex obtuse, base rounded on 

 both sides, slightly oblique on upper, •5--8 in. long, rather pale-green 

 glabrous above, glaucous and slightly pubescent beneath ; stipules very 

 obliquely ovate with crisped margins, long-acuminate apex, and with 

 projecting auriculate lower angle of base, "5 in. long, '3 in. wide, soon 

 deciduous. Racemes terminal and axillary all simple, drooping, 6-12 in. 

 long, 2-2 5 in. across, pedicels erecto-patent, '75 in. long, bracts large 

 ovate-lanceolate caducous, "4 in. long, densely pubescent. Calyx '5 in. 

 long, densely pubescent. Corolla spreading, -75 in. across, petals bright 

 yellow, all orbicular, '5 in. across except the upper only '25 in. in diara. 

 8tamens\\tt\Q exseited, declinate, greenish- white, densely woolly in the 

 lower half. Pod indehiscent, linear-oblong, 3-5 in. long, 1*2 in. across, 

 sublignose, glabrous, slightly recurved and slightly turgid, rather strong- 

 ly reticulate-veined especially in the half next lower suture ; upper 

 suture dilated into a narrow wing; faces slightly depressed between the 

 6-8 mottled seeds, '4 in. long, '3 in. wide. Wall. Cat. 5834 ; Roxb. 

 Flor. Ind. II, 360; W. & A. Prodr. 282 ; Wight, Ic. 37; Miq. Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. [, 109 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 256. C. ferox Hassk. PI. 

 Jav. Rar. 400. C. japonica Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 9. C. crista Thunb. 

 Flor. Jap. 179, not of Linn. Reichardia decapetala Roth. Nov. Sp. 9 ; 

 DC. Prodr. II, 484. Biancaea scaudens Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panoi-m. 4, t. 1. 



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