270 L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 



4. 3>. patens, Baker \ leaflets 3-5 rounded at the base, branches of the 

 panicle spreading, pedicels as long as the calyx, pod not velvety. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Leaflets opposite or subopposite, oblong, rigidly coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, 3-5 in. long, obtusely pointed, finely veined, rather glossy; petiolules 

 %-\ in. Panicles both axillary and terminal, ample, flexuose with the distant main 

 branches spreading or even sometimes decurved ; pedicels ascending, spreading or 

 cernuous. Bud in., ovoid-oblong. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subpetaloid, thinly 

 grey-downy. Filaments very short. Pod 1 in. long, round-oblong, firm, black, 

 thinly coated with grey-brown down ; seed oblong, -^ in. long. 



** Sepals ovate-lanceolate | in. broad. 



5. D. platysepalum, Baker. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Leaflets 5-7, distant, conspicuously alternate, oblong, pointed, 4-6 in. long, 

 rounded or the end one subcuneate at the base, rigidly coriaceous, rather glossy 

 above, finely veined beneath, with a persistent coating of bright yellowish-brown 

 silky pubescence; petiolules in. Panicles ample, deltoid, moderately close, ter- 

 minal and axillary, the branches clothed with fine brown silky pubescence, the 

 main ones erecto-patent ; pedicels ascending or cernuous, much shorter than the 

 calyx. Bud ovoid, under ^ in. long. Sepals leathery, densely brown-velvety OB 

 the back, reflexed when the flower is fully expanded. Filaments thick and fleshy, 

 nearly as long as the anthers. Pod round-oblong, f-f in. long, hard, persistently 

 brown-velvety. Seeds oblong, compressed, glossy, chestnut-brown. 



VAR. Wallichii, Baker ; leaflets 9-1 1 closer smaller oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 the upper 2-2 in. long, petiolules shorter. " Connaracea ? " Wall. Cat. 8634. 

 Sincapore, Wallich. Malacca, Maingay. 



107. HARDWXCK.XA, Eoxb. 



Unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with few leaflets. Flowers very 

 abundant, minute, panicled. Calyx with scarcely any tube and a subbasal 

 disk ; sepals usually 5, rarely 4, oblong, imbricated, subpetaloid, persistent. 

 Corolla 0. Stamens twice the sepals in number, included or exserted ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary sessile, 

 2-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod subindehiscent, dry, with only 

 the upper ovule perfected ; seeds exalbuminous. DISTRIB. One other species, 

 Trop. African. 



1. H. toinata, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. 6, t. 209 ; leaflets 2 sessile oblique 

 flabellately veined, stamens included, stigma large peltate, racemes few- 

 flowered, pod strap-shaped thin with the seed at the tip. Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 

 423: DC. Prodr. ii. 487; Wall. Cat. 5808; W. $ A. Prodr. 284; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 26. 



BEHAR and WESTERN PENINSTTLA, ascending to 3500 ft. 



> A tree 100 feet high, with slender glabrous branches. Leaflets like those of a 

 JBauhinia, oblique, ovate-trapezoid, 1-3 in. long, obtuse or subacute, with 4-5 ribs 

 radiating from the base. Panicles axillary and terminal ; pedicels as long as the 

 calyx, not bracteolate. Sepals oblong, obtuse, under ^ in. long. Pod like that of 

 Spatholobus, thin, flexible, 2-3 in. long. 



2. K. pinnata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 425 ; leaflets 4-6 alternate petiolulate 

 not oblique, stamens exserted, stigma minute, racemes dense narrow, pod 

 obovoid or oblong nearly or quite filled up by the seed. Wall. Cat. 5807 ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 487; W. $ A. Prodr. 284; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 255. 



