306 L. LEGUMJNOSJS. (J. G. Baker.) [Pithec.olobium. 



TENASSERIM, PENANG, MALACCA. DISTRIB. Malay isles, China. 



Branches brown-pubescent, with raised lines decurrent from the branchlets. Leaf- 

 rachises acutely angled, with a conspicuous raised gland on the petiole, and one 

 between each pair of pinnae and leaflets ; upper pinnae 5-6 in. long ; lower much 

 shorter, with fewer leaflets; upper leaflets 1-2 in. lopg, with the lower and upper 

 margin nearly parallel, rigidly subcoriaceous, glossy above, densely downy below ; 

 lower becoming gradually smaller. Panicles axillary and terminal, with densely 

 pubescent erecto-patent sulcate branchlets. Calyx campanulate, minute, 3-4 times 

 shorter than the whitish corolla. Stamens |- in. Pod like that of P. contortum, 

 but rather smaller. 



14. P. montanum, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. 1844, 209 ; PL Jungh. 



269 ; branchlets acutely angular, pinnae 12-18, leaflets 24-32 small acute or 

 subacute, calyx stalked, heads in ample panicles. P. falcifolium, Hassk, PL 

 Jav. Ear. 418. Inga subfalcata, Zoll. in Flora, 1847, 706. , 



KHASTA, MISHMI. DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



Very near P. Clypearia, with which it quite agrees in vestiture, glands, inflores- 

 cence, calyx and corolla. Leaflets close, regular, ^-^ in. long, with the midrib as in 

 P. Clypearia, carried from the lowest posterior to the upper anterior corner. Lower 

 pedicels 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Branchlets and leaves below clothed with 

 dense short light brown silky pubescence. 



15. P. ang-ulatum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 1844, 208 ; branches 

 .angular, pinnae 4-6, leaflets 6-12 large acute, calyx stalked, heads in ample 

 panicles. Inga acutangula, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5271. Mimosa heterophvlla, 

 Roxb. Hort. Seng. 40; Fl.Ind. ii. 545. 



EAST HIMALAYAS and down the gulf to MALACCA. DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



A tall tree, with stout branchlets with a little fine brown pubescence. ica/-rachis 

 with a large gland at the base and one between each pair of pinnae and leaflets ; 

 lower pinnae and leaflets much shorter than the upper ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 oblong-trapezoid, slightly downy below, the upper 3 4 "in. long. Panicles copious, 

 .ample, axillary and terminal. Calyx -^ in., campanulate. Corolla white, funnel- 

 shaped, 3-4 times the calyx. Stamens $ in. Pod just like those of P. contortum and 

 Clypearia. 



132. INGA, Willd. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simply pinnate. Flowers in spikes or globose 

 heads. Calyx a minute 3-toothed cup. Corolla a cylindrical tube, shortly 

 3-toothed at the tip. Stamens indefinite, much exceeding the corolla, mona- 

 delphous more than half-way up the corolla ; anthers minute, with the pollen 

 .agglomerated in masses. Ovary sessile, few-ovuled; style subulate, stigma 

 fminute, terminal. Pod linear, rigidly coriaceous, with "the valves forcibly 

 springing back and each suture expanded into a thick raised border. DISTRIB. 

 A large American genus (140 species), of which we have a single unsatisfactory 

 representative, with the pod of Calliandra and simply pinnate leaf of Inga. 



.1. t. cynometroides, Bedd. MSS. Calliandra cynometroides, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 317 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 537. 



Hills of South TRAVANCORE, 3-4000 ft., Beddome. 



A middle-sized tree, with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaflets 2, sessile at the 

 apex of a very short petiole, rigidly subcoriaceous, venulose, oblique-oblong, subacute, 

 2-4 in. long. Flowers capitate, on short peduncles. Corolla g in. long. Pod 

 sessile, 3-4 in. by |-| in. broad, rather decurved, narrowed to the base, 3-4-seeded, 

 with a short hooked beak, the valves glabrous, flat, margined all round with a thick 

 raised border. 



