274 XLV. LEGUMIN0S2E [Pithecolobium 



natmg in short bristles. Fl. white in small globose sessile or short-peduncu- 

 late heads, arranged in long panicled racemes. Pod linear, turgid, twisted, 

 4-5 in. long. 



Indigenous in America, naturalized in the Western Peninsula as an excellent 

 hedge plant Coppices readily. Fl. January-March. 2. P. geminatum, Benth. A 

 small hushy tree of Ceylon, stated by Beddome, Manual 96, to occur in the southern 

 part of the Peninsula. Stipules spinescent ; pinnee 1, leaflets 1-5 pair, the upper- 

 most largest, the lowest wanting on the inside. PI. to extremity of stamens §— 1 in. 

 long. Pods 2-4 by § in. much constricted between seeds. 3. P. umbellatum, Benth. 

 East side of the Western Peninsula, common. Ceylon, dry country, rare. A small 

 tree ; branchlets and stipules often spinescent ; pinnae 2, leaflets oblong, 5-8 pair. 

 Fl. creamy white, J in. to extremity of stamens, on pedicels longer than stamens, in 

 lax heads or umbels ; peduncles 1 in. long. Pod thick, curved, much constricted 

 between seeds, ultimately breaking up into 7-10 1-seeded indehiscent joints. 



A prickly species, probably of this genus, P. semicordatnm, C. B. Clarke MSS. Khasi 

 hills, 1,000 ft., has 1 pair of pinnae, leaflets 1 pair and a solitary one below outside the 

 terminal, leaflets very unequal-sided, semicordate, 3-5 in. long, the lateral ones smaller. 

 Fl. white ; peduncles slender, fasciculate, from the old wood. 



B. Unarmed ; pinnae 1-3, leaflets 2-4 pair ; branchlets and rachis of panicle 

 not prominently angled or furrowed. 



4. P. glomeriflorum, Kurz F. Fl. i. 430. 



A shrub or small tree ; pinna? 1, leaflets 3 pair, elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 in. 

 long. Fl. sessile, \-\ in. to extremity of stamens, in lax axillary and terminal 

 rusty-pubescent panicles. 



Shillong by the Bishop's falls (fl. larger, perhaps distinct). Dry forests on the hills 

 east of Toungoo 4-7,000 ft. Fl. March-April. 



5. P. lobatum, Benth. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 429. Vern. Tanyin, Burm. 



An evergreen tree, heartwood brown, close-grained. Pinna? 1, leaflets 

 2-3 pair, shining on both sides, elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8 in. long, glands usually 

 at the base of leaflets. Fl. white, ^ in. long to extremity of stamens, sessile, 

 or on short pedicels ; panicles axillaiy or on the old wood. Pod horseshoe- 

 shaped or loosely spirally twisted, deeply lobed along the lower suture, the 

 lobes thick, distinct, dehiscent, 1-2 in. .diam., some seedless. Seeds 3-10, dark 

 brown, orbicular, J in. diam. 



Pegu Toma, Martaban, Tenasserim, chiefly near streams. Often cultivated. Fl. 

 C. S. Seeds eaten and sold. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Closely allied is 6. 

 P. nicobaricum, Prain, Nicobars ; pinnse 1, leaflets 2 pair, no glands at the base of 

 leaflets. Pod purplish-red, f in. wide, sinuate between seeds. 7. P. afflne, Baker, Malay 

 Peninsula. Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66. 515, states : collected by D. B. in Burma 

 (specimens probably at Calcutta). A small tree ; branchlets rusty-puberulous or 

 pubescent : pinnse 1-2, leaflets 4 pair, glands at the base of leaflets ; fl. white, in dense 

 heads. 8. P. ellipticum, Hassk. (P. fasciculatum, Benth.) Nlcobars, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. A small tree ; pinnae 2, leaflets 3-4 pair, glands only at the base of 

 the terminal pair ; fl. yellow, in very small 2-5-fld. heads. 



9. P. bigeminum, Martius ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 575. 



A middle-sized tree ; branchlets, common petioles and inflorescence rusty- 

 puberulous. Pinna? 2-3 pair, leaflets of the lowest pinna? 1-3, of the ter- 

 minal 3 sometimes 4 pair, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous, dark green. Fl. 

 cream-coloured, J- in. long to extremity of stamens, sessile or shortly pedicelled 

 in 2-5-fld. heads. Heads in slender, terminal or supra-axillary panicles. Pod 

 flat, not indented between seeds, 3-5 by J in., bright red within, curved into a 

 ring or spiral. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Nepal eastwards, ascending in Sikkim to 4,000 ft. Assam, 

 Cachar. Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats to 4,000 ft. Fl. February-May. 

 Ceylon, moist region. A slender shrub (Wainad), leaflets thin, caudate-acuminate, 

 reticulate venation prominent on the underside is P. gracile, Bedd. MSS. in hb. Kew. 



C. Unarmed; pinna? and leaflets numerous ; branchlets and rachis of panicle 

 furrowed and angular. 



