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3. Albizzia littobalis Teysm. & Biiinencl., Nat. Tijds. Ned. Iiid. 

 XXIX, 259. An unarmed tree 30-40 feel liigh, >oiing branches glabrous, 

 lenticelled ; with ash-grey bark. Leaves evenly 2-piunate ; rachis glab- 

 rous, 4-8 in. long, with a large sessile gland near base ; pinnae 2-4-jugate, 

 the distal pair 4-5 in. long with leaflets 5-6-jugate, the proximal 3-4 

 in. long, leaflets 3-4- jugate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong or obovate, obtuse 

 or retuse, base obliquely rounded, or rounded on lower cuneate on upper 

 margin, subsessile, subraembranous, glabrous pale-green above, faintly 

 pubernlous glaucescent beneath, -75-1 "25 in. long, ■4-76 in. wide. Flowers 

 in small few-fld. umbels, under "5 in. across, white with pink stamens ; 

 peduncles slender tlie longest loin, long, glabrous or pubernlous, corym- 

 bosely arranu;ed on leafless branclilets 1-3 in. long, themselves disposed 

 in a terminal corymbose panicle; peuicels •2-'25 in. long, very slender, 

 glabrous. Calyx '1 in. long, teeth obscure, tube pubescent. Corolla "2 

 in. long, teeth ovate-lanceolate, externally closely grey-silky as is the 

 tube. Filaments connate at base in a uniform white tube shorter than 

 corolla, the free portion of filaments pink. Pod 6-7 in. long, 1 in. wide, 

 linear, tapering at both ends, flat, much compressed, glossy pale greenish- 

 brown, uniformly wide-reticulate. Seeds 12-16, transversely oval, much 

 compressed, "4 in. long, '2 in. wide, *1 in. thick, testa smooth brown. 

 Karz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XIV, 2, 129. 



NicoBARS; Nancowry, Jelinek ! King's Collector! Great Nicobar, 

 Jelineh. Penang ; Pulo Jungali, Curtis! Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 

 The Nicobarese name is " Unjiha ; " the name in the Moluccas is " Kellor-laut." 

 4. Albizzia LbBbek Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ Bot. Ill, 87. 

 An unarmed deciduous tree 40-70 feet high, young shoots pubernlous or 

 almost glabrous ; with pale bark. Leaves evenly 2-pinnate ; rachis 3-9 

 in. long with a large sessile gland near base ; pinnae 2-3- (less often 4- , 

 rarely 1- ) jugate, 4 in. long with a gland on the main-rachis above 

 between the bases of the distal, sometimes of the 2 distal pinnae ; leaflets 

 5-9-jugate, often with glands between their bases, elliptic-oblong or the 

 upper more oblique and obovate-oblong, very obtuse or retuse, base 

 obliquely rounded, or rounded on lower, cuneate on upper margin, 

 subsessile, glabrous above, glabrous or faintly pubescent beneath, reticu- 

 late, pale-green, 1-2 in. long, •5-75 in. wide. Flowers in globular sub- 

 capitate umbels 1*25 in. across, white and fragrant ; peduncles 2-^ in. 

 long, glabrous or pubernlous, solitary or 2-4 together from axils of upper 

 leaves, or corymbose at the ends of short leafless branches ; pedicels 

 •1-*15 in. long, slender, puberulous. Calyx •15-'2 in. long, teeth short 

 deltoid, tube glabrous or puberulous. Corolla 'S iu. long, tube glabrous, 

 the teeth ovate-lanceolate, externally pubescent. Filaments connate at 

 base in a uniform tube shoiter than corolla. Pod 4-12 in. long, 1-2 in. 



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