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This very common species has been compared with P. huhalinum ; in reality 

 the resemblance is very superficial ; the leaves differ in having glandless secondary 

 rachises, the leaflets are quite different in shape and the flowers are also very dif- 

 ferent ; in inflorescence the two species are, however, remarkably similar. The near- 

 est ally is undoubtedly P. oppositum Miq., of which neither flowers nor fruits are 

 yet known. The leaflets of the two species are of the same shape and have the 

 same caudate tips but those of P. oppositum are rather thinner in texture and have 

 puberulous instead of glabrous petiolules besides being arranged on 2 pairs of 

 pinnae whereas none of our numerous examples of P. microcarpum have more than 

 1 pair of pinnae. 



Goodenough gives *' Kradus " as the Malay name in Malacca. 

 7. PiTHECOLOBiUM AFPiNE Bak. ex Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XXX, 577. A small unarmed tree 15-25 feet high, stem 6-8 in. in 

 diam., young branches rustj-pubernlous to pubescent. Leaves evenly 

 2-pinnate, rachis glabrous or puberulous 4-6 in. long, with a large 

 sessile gland So in. above the base, and with similar glands between 

 tlie bases of the 1-2-jugate pinuaa ; secondary rachises of distal pinnae 

 6 in. long, with leaflets 4- , (less often 3- ) jugate, of proximal pinnas 

 when present l*5-2'25 in. long with leaflets 2- (sometimes only 1- ) 

 jugate, both with glands between the bases of each pair of leaflets ; 

 leaflets papery, glabrous on both sui'faces, bright- green, glossy, obovate- 

 acute with subequal cuneate bases, diminishing downwards, distal pair 

 6-7 in. long, 3-3"25 in. wide, proximal 3 in. long, r5-l-75 in. wide; 

 lateral nerves 4-6 pairs ascending ; petiolules distinct, glabrous, '15 in. 

 long. Flowers in dense heads '75 in. across, on slender peduncles "6 in. 

 long, arranged singly or in fascicles of 2-3 together along branchlets 

 3-8 in. long, themselves forming an ample terminal panicle 10-15 in. 

 long and broad. Calyx subsessile, minutely bracteolate at the base, *15 

 in. long, tube funnel-shaped, teeth very short, uniformly brown-silky 

 externally. Corolla white, '25 in. long, uniformly grey-silky externally, 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate, half as long as tube. Filaments united in a tube 

 as long as that of corolla, exserted "35 in., pure white. Ovary puberulous, 

 shortly stipitate. Pod dehiscent along lower suture, spiral, 8 in. long, 

 1*25 in. wide, hardly sinuate along upper suture, valves thinly coriaceous, 

 glabrous, shining, faintly wide-reticulate, dark-green externally, bright 

 orange-red within. Seeds 6-8, transverse, ovate-oblong, 1 in. long, '5 in. 

 wide, '4 in. thick, testa thin crustaceous dark-purple smooth shining ; 

 without arillus. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 304. 



Malacca ; Maingay 577 ! Hervey ! Pekak ; Kunstler 3406 ! 3957 ! 

 5560 ! Singapore ; Tanjong Bunga, Ridley 6408 ! Distrib. Burma 

 {Brandis !) ; Borneo. 



The pod is given in the Flora of British India as '25 in. wide ; this may be 

 a misprint for 125 in. At all events the fruit of the species of which Maingay n. 

 577 forms the basis is as now described. The Borneo locahty is given doabtfully 



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