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'Seeds small, bi'igLt- coloured. Species 4, spread tUrougli tropics of Old 

 World. 



' Leaflets obtase glabrous beneath ; pinnae 8-12 ... ,,, 1. A. pavonina. 



Leaflets acute puberalous beneath ; pinnae 6-8 ... ... 2. A. hicolor. 



1. AdenantherA pavonina Linn. Sp. PI. 384. A small unarmed 

 tree 20-50 feet high. Leaves with a petiole 2-4 in. long, rachis 

 prolonged 6-10 in. not produced beyond last pair of pinnae ; pinnee 8-12 

 opposite, 3-6 in. long with stalk '5-*75 in. long; leaflets alternate 10-16, 

 ovate or oblong, base wide-cuneate, apex obtuse, papery, '5-1 '5 in. long, 

 •3--75 in. wide, dark-green above, pale glaucous beneath, glabrous on 

 both surfaces; petiolule 'lo in. long. Inflorescence of narrow short- 

 peduncled racemes 2-6 in. long, axillary or panicled at the ends of 

 branches. Floiuers small, '15 in. long, on slender pedicels also '15 in. 

 long. Calyx green, lobes very small. Corolla pale-yellow, the petals 

 equal, valvate, narrow-lanceolate, free except at the base, glabrous. 

 Stamens 10, free, hardly exserted, anthers tipped by a gland. Pod flat, 

 G-9 iu. long, '6 in. wide, '3 in. tliick, contorted when ripe. Seeds 10-15, 

 lenticular, "35 in. in diam., -25 in. thick, with a smooth, shining, usually 

 uniformly red te.sta. DO. Prodr. II, 446 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 370; 

 Wall. Oat. 5300; W. & A. Prodr. 271; Wight, 111. t. 80 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylvat. t. 46 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 46 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Iiid. IT, 

 287. 



Andamans ; very common. Perak ; Thaiping, Scortechini 80 ! Inatnng 

 Jambn, Wray 2515 ! Kkdah ; Langkawi, Curtis ! Tongkah ; Curtis' 

 Collector 3091 ! Malacca ; GriJJith ! Distrib. Widespread in South-Eastern 

 Asia. 



2. Adenanthera bicolor Moon, Cat. PI. Oeyl. 34. A small slender 

 unarmed tree 20-30 feet high. Leaves with a petiole l"5-2'5 in. long, 

 racliis prolonged 3-5 in., not produced beyond last pair of pinnae ; 

 pinnae 6-8 opposite, 2*5-4 in. long with stalk '3 in. long ; leaflets alter- 

 nate 8-10, ovate or elliptic, base rounded, apex acute, rigidly subcoria- 

 ceous, •75-15 in. long, •5-'75 in. wide, bright-green glabrous above, pale- 

 glaucous adpressed-puberulous beneath ; petiolule "15 in. long. Li- 

 florescence of narrow short-peduncled racemes 3-5 iu. long, axillary or 

 panicled at the ends of brandies. Flowers small, '15 in. long, on slender 

 pedicels also '15 in. long. Calyx green, lobes very small. Corolla white, 

 the petals equal, valvate, elliptic-lanceolate, free except at the very base, 

 glabrous. Stamens 10, free, distinctly shortly exserted, anthers tipped 

 by a stipitate gland. Ovary glabrous reddish. Pod flat, 4-6 in. long, 

 •6 in. wide, '3 in. thick, contorted when ripe. Seeds 8-10, lenticular, 

 •35 in. in diam , "25 in. thick, with a smooth shining red, or black and 

 red testa. Thwaites Enum. PL Zeyl. 98 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. 94 ; Bak. 

 in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 287. 



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