This species is not very closely related to either of the species to which it has 
been referred. It agrees with A. Lebbek in colour of pod and in having pedicelled 
flowers, but its leaves. and leaflets are altogether different. With A. procera it agrees 
in having the secondary rachises glandular as well as the main rachis, but its 
leaflets are different in shape and colour while its flowers and pods in no way 
resemble those of A. procera. The nearest ally of the species is А. tomentella Miq. 
of the Malay Archipelago, which has leaflets similar in size, shape and disposition, 
but has them densely pubescent and not glaucescent beneath. A. tomentella has 
morcover several glands, in place of a single one, on each secondary rachis and has 
a broader brown pod very differently reticulated, 
Pyare 41. Albizzia Gamblei Prain. 1, twig from a tree at Phulsering, Darjeeling, 4,000 feet 
(Gamble 9661), in flower, of natural size; 2, bud; 3, calyx; 4, corolla; 5, staminal column ; 
6 end 7, ovary—from the same specimen, all much enlarged; 8, twig from a tree above Punka- 
bari, 2,500 feet (Gamble 161), in fruit; 9, seed, from the same specimen—both of natural size. 
Prk, 
PLATE 42, 
42, ALBIZZIA RicHagDIANA King $ Руби. 
Natural order Leguminose. 
А tree 80 feet high; аз 6—8 cm. long, 2-pinnate, pinnae 10--14 with a 
small gland 10 mm. above the base of the main-rachis and another between the bases 
of the distal pair of pinnae, the pinnae intermediate between the distal and 
proximal pairs occasionally only subopposed, the tips of main-rachis and of 
secondary  rachises slightly prolonged beyond ultimate pinnae and leaflets; leaflets 
linear, all slightly curved forwards and decreasing upwards, close-set, 54 on proximal 
to 100 on distal pinnae, dark-green, glabrous on both surfaces finely sparsely 
puberulous on the margins, firm midrib removed one-third from anterior subconcave 
margin, hardly visible above, more distinct benenth as are a few looped veins and 
two secondary basal nerves on the wider posterior subconvex side, 7 mm. long, 
1 mm, wide, base cuneate anteriorly, subauriculate behind, apex subacute, 
main and secondary rachises finely closely puberulous; stipules linear small; heads 
many-fid., in small rather few-headed panicles, from one-fourth to one-third as long as 
the leaves, with puberulous maino-rachis 1%2--5 cm. and slender peduncles 6 mm. 
long, the latter with puberulous lanceolate basal bracts 3 mm. long; calyz tubular- 
campanulate, subsessile, green, puberuloas externally, 1 mm. long, teeth minnte ; corolia 
white, 8 mm. long, teeth lanceolate half as long as tube; margins of teeth finely 
sparsely puberulous, corolla elsewhere glabrous; filaments about 95—30, all united in 
their lower two-fifths and further shortly connate in 5 phalanges of 5—6 fila- 
ments each; pod 10—12 cm. long, 2 em. wide, thin, very firm, strap-shaped, the 
base narrow-cuneate the tip rounded with an abrupt point, the margins somewhat 
thickened, dull-browuish-grey, hardly visibly reticulate; seeds 10-1 2, oval, testa olive- 
green, somewhat shining, 6 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, 1 mm. thick, lateral areola very 
faint. Gagnebina Richardiana Wall. ez Voigt in Hort. Suburb. . Caleutt. 257 (1845), 
Albizzia paludosa 7. And, Cal. Pl, Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 18 (1865). | 
