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corymbose at the ends of branchlefcs 1-2 in. long, disposed in lax terminal 

 panicles extending into the upper leaf -axils, 6-12 in. long, 4-8 in. wide. 

 Calyx sessile, tubular, '15 in. long, densely pubescent externally, teeth 

 short triangular; the bracteoles small spathulate, pubescent. Corolla 

 white, -5 in. long, densely silky externally, tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 teeth lanceolate '12 in. long. Filaments at base united in a white tube 

 puberulous outside, as long as that of corolla, free portion glabrous 

 bright-yellow, 1'25 in. long. Ovary very long, stipitate, pubescent. Pod 

 with a puberulous stipe '75 in. long, dehiscent along the lower suture, 

 spirally twisted, 8-10 in. long, '6 in. wide ; valves thinly coriaceous 

 puberulous, not sinuate between the seeds. Seeds 8-10, ovate, their long 

 axis parallel with sutures, '7 in. long, '4 in. wide, compressed, testa pale- 

 brown, crustaceous, shining. 



Perak ; at low elevations, Kunstler 7875 ! Scortechini 178 ! Johore; 

 Lake & Kelsall 4072 ! Distkib. Borneo. 



A very distinct species ; more nearly related to the Indian P. higeminum than 

 to any Malayan species but easily distingaished by its large florets and its long- 

 stipitate pod. 



10. PiTHECOLOBiUM CONTORTUM Mart, in Flora XX, 2. Beibl. 115. 

 A tree 15-30 feet high, with spreading grey-pubescent terete or slightly 

 compressed branches, stem 4-6 in. thick, bark dark-brown. Leaves 

 evenly 2-pinnate ; rachis terete, pubescent, 4-8 in. long, petiolar portion 

 2 in. long with a large gland below the middle, foliar portion with 1-4 

 small glands below as many pairs of pinnae ; pinnas usually 5-8-3ugate, 

 sometimes as few as 3-jugate, rarely as many as 15-jugate, rachises with 

 1-2 small sessile glands below bases of end-pairs of leaflets, diminish- 

 ing downwards, the distal 4-6 in. long, the basal 1*5-2 in. ; leaflets of 

 upper pinnae 15-20-jugate, of lowest 9-10-jugate, oblong or trapezoid, 

 obtuse or subacute at upper angle, base obliquely unilaterally trun- 

 cate, upper and lower margins subparallel, main nerve diagonal ; rigidly 

 papery, pale-green puberulous above, pubescent beneath, 'b-'76 in. long, 

 •25-*35 in. wide, petiolules 0. Flowers in terminal and axillary simple 

 deltoid panicles 1 foot across, with slender main-rachis 8-20 in. long, 

 the filiform pubescent branches 3-8 in. long, bracts small lanceolate, 

 pedicels puberulous •25-'4 in. long, the sessile florets scattered or sub- 

 aggregated near their tips in the axils of small acute puberulous brac- 

 teoles. Calyx '05 in , campanulate, puberulous, teeth triangular. Corolla 

 greenish-white, glabrous, '15 in. long, teeth lanceolate spreading, almost 

 as long as tube. Filaments united below in a tube as long as that of 

 corolla, free portion cream-coloured, '35 in. long. Ovary faintly pu- 

 berulous, stipitate. Pod 6-8 in. long, 5-'7 in. wide, spirally twisted, 

 dehiscing along the lower suture ; valves firmly coriaceous, finely pu- 



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