Pithecolobium.] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 305 < 



shortly peduncled, on the elongated glabrous branches of terminal and axillary 

 panicles, with a pair of small spreading lanceolate bracts at the base. Calyx i in., 

 glabrous. Corolla 3 times the length of the calyx. Pod firm, glabrous, lj-l in. 

 broad, at first forming a circle or more, the lower suture not at all waved. 



10. P. lobatum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Sot. 1844, 208 ; branchlets 

 glabrous, glands or confined to general and partial petioles, pinnae 2, leaflets 

 4-6, calyx campanulate, pod with the lower suture deeply lobed. Inga lobata, 

 Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5280. I. attenuate, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5276. Mimosa 

 Jiringa, Jack in Hook r Sot. Misc. i. 282. M. Kaermga, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40 : 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 543. 



PEGU, TENASSERIM and MALACCA. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Philippines. 



A tall tree, with terete grey glabrous branchlets. Leaflets distinctly stalked, 

 acute, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, thiri but firm, flexible, glabrous and glossy on 

 both sides, the upper 4-6 in. long. Heads few-flowered, with 3-4 small spreading 

 lanceolate bracts at the base, fascicled on short peduncles in ample copious axillary 

 and terminal panicles. CaJ,yx sessile, glabrous, ~ in. Corolla 3 times calyx, 

 glabrous. Stamens \ in. Pod firmer than in its allies, 1-1^ in. broad, lobed half- 

 way down to the upper suture, into round divisions, which are hemispherical on the 

 face when the seed is ripe. 



** Leaflets numerous, more or less trapezoid through the lower border being cut 

 away at the base. 



11. P. subcoriaceum, Thwaites Enum. 100; branchlets subterete, 

 pinnae 6-12, leaflets very small obtuse or subacute, heads not at all or scarcely 

 panicled, calyx subsessile. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 96. P. anamallayanum, Bedd. FL 

 Sylv. t. 189. 



WESTKKN PENINSULA; Anamallay hills, 5-8000 ft., Wight, Beddome. CEYLON, 

 Thwaites. 



A. tree 30-40 ft. high, with branchlets clothed with dense brown pubescence. Leaf- 

 rachis with 1-3 petiolar glands, and one midway between the insertion of each pair 

 of pinnae ; leaflets oblong-trapezoid, i-^ in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glossy above, 

 densely pubescent below. Heads many-flowered, 1 in. diam., on 1-2-nate axillary 

 peduncles, the uppermost leaves reduced or suppressed. Calyx ^ in., brown-downy. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 3 times the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, coriaceous, twisted, 5-6 



12. P. contortum, Mart. ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844, 210, 

 branchlets subterete, pinnae 6-12, leaflets 12-30 small obtuse, calyx sessile, 

 heads in ample panicles. Inga contorta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5283. I. Fin- 

 laysoniana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5284. 



PENANG, SINGAPORE, MALACCA. 



Branchlets long and slender, densely clothed with dull brown pubescence. Leaf- 

 rachis downy, with a small depressed petiolar gland and one below the upper pairs of 

 pinnae ; upper pinnae 4-6 in. long, lower much shorter, with fewer leaflets ; leaflets 

 iL_| in. long, obtuse, with the upper and lower edge subparallel, subcoriaceous, 

 shortly pubescent. Panicles deltoid, axillary and terminal, with long slender weak 

 finely grey-downy branchlets. Calyx in., campanulate. Corolla 34 times the 

 calyx. Stamens twice the corolla. Pod ^ ft. by ^-f in., at first forming a double 

 spiral, splitting open from the lower suture and' very much twisted. 



13. P. Clypearia, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 1844, 209; branchlets 

 acutely angular, pinnae 6-12, leaflets 12-24 middle-sized obtuse or acute, calyx 

 stalked, heads in ample panicles. Inga Clypearia, Jack in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. \. 224; Wall. Cat. 5270 A. Mimosa trapezifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 546. 

 Inga diraidiata, Hook, fy Am. Bot. Beech. 181. 



