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shining, glabrous, slightly curved, 37-40 cm. long, 3-5-4-2 cm. 

 broad and about 1-3 cm. thick at the seeds, the nnex is rounded 

 and apiculate and the base gradually narrowed into the G-10 cm. 

 long stipe. The valves are strongly nerved, considerably con. 

 stricted between the seeds and thickened along In^th sutures. Seeds 

 14-18, narrowly obovate or elliptic, turgid, dark brown, nbout 

 4Z cm. long by 1-4 cm. across. 



VVilld., folus longioribus, foliolis majoribus, capituli's majoribus 

 longius pedunculatis, inter alia recedit. 



Frutex grandly, scandens, ramis late extensis cinereo-corticatls, 

 ramulis juventute viridibus striatis molliter crispalim albo-pubes- 

 centibus lenticellatis; ramiili, pctioli inflorescentiaeque ramuli 

 aculeis rectis 1 mm. longia vel in ramulis usque 3 mm. attiu- 

 gentibus longioribus interdum parum curvatis pallide brunueis 

 glabris bic illic instructi vel intuidum inarmati. Folia 16-25 cm. 

 longa (petioio excluso), petiolo 3-5 cm. longo pubescente striate 

 prope basem glandula oblonga sessili ornato suffulta, rhachi dense 



crispatim 



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structa ; stipulae parvae, triangulares, cito caducae ; pinnae 

 iitnnque 13-30, 2-0-9-5 cm, longae, rJiaclii dense crispatim albo- 

 tomentosa; foliola_ utrinque 30 80, imbricata, anguste linearia, 

 mucronata, basi inaequilateralia, truncata, 5 mm. longa, vix 

 1 mm. lata, nervulis obscuris, pagina utraque glabra, ciliolata. 

 Capitula in paniculas magnas terminales foliatas disposita, pallide 

 iutea, 1-1-2 cm. diametro, pedunculis 2-5 cm. longis solitariis vel 

 usque ad 5 in axillo quoque pilis brevibus crispatis albis instructis 

 suffulta; bracteae spatulatae, pubescentes, 1-5 mm. longae. Calyx 

 infundibuliformis, 2-5 mm. longus, extra puberulus, lobis 

 triangularibus acutis vix 1 mm. longis ciliatis. Corolla 3 mm- 

 longa, lobis triangularibns acutis 1 mm. longis ciliatis dorso 

 pubescentibus. Stamina numerosissima (ultra 100), 4-5-5 mm. 

 longa, basi parum connata, glabra, antlieris parvis apice glandula 

 stipitata fugace ornatis. Ovarium sericeum, stipite 1-5 mm, longo 

 sulfultum, stjlo 4 mm. longo stamina su])erante. 



Indo-Chixa. Burma : Ani Sakan, near ^Maymyo, 900 m., Lace 

 6173. Burmese name, Subok. 



Occurs in manj parts of Burma, in forests and near villages 

 wliere it is probably sometimes cultivated, Tlie branches and 

 leaves wlien crushed Sfive out a most foetid odour. 



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Acacia macrocephala, Lace [Leguminosae-Mimoseae] ; ab 

 A pennatay WilkL, capitulis multo majoribus facile distinguenda. 



Frutex scandens; ramuli brunnei, striati, multilenticellati, 

 primo nt petioli, rhachis pedunculique fomento brcvi denso rubi- 

 ginoso furfuraceo-glanduloso tecti, aculeis parvis curvatis. Folia 

 usque ad 22 cm. longa, petiolo circa 4 cm. longo striato glandula 

 oblonga sessilia 0'75 mm. alta basin versus instructo suffulta; 

 rhachis canaliculate superne glandulis tribus sessilibus instructa; 

 stipulae circa 3 mm. longae, cito deciduae; pinnae utrinque 12-13, 

 rhachi crispatim pubescente, 3-8-5 cm. longae, foliola utrinque 

 35-65, inferiora parum imbricata, linearia, acutn, basi truncata, 

 5-8 mm. longa, I mm. lata, costa tenui supra fere obsoleta infra 



