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for the most part bursting irregularly into 
three divisions. Corolla orange-coloured, 
becoming red after expansion, five-petaled; 
petals nearly equal, subrotund, unguiculate, 
spreading. Stamina eight, ascending, of 
which the three upper are longer and fer- 
tile, and the three lowest short and sterile. 
Anthers subrotund. Ovary pedicellate, 
compressed, oblong, containing from six to 
eight ovula. Style declinate, incurved at 
the point. icem large, capitate and glu- 
tinous. 
Oss. This species is at once distin- 
guished by the peculiar form of the leaves, 
which are not two-lobed, as usual in the 
genus, but have the apex divided so as to 
make the leaf terminate in two acute points. 
iss flowers are large and showy. 
INGA BUBALINA. W.J—Nat. Ord. 
MiMosEx. Br. 
Inermis, foliis conjugato-pinnatis, foliolis 
bi-jugis glaberrimis, capitulis paucifloris 
p paniculis axillaribus et ter- 
us, legumine recto cylindrico. 
pe Karbau, Malay. Sumatra, &c. 
A tree, unarmed, with grey bark. Leaves 
alternate, conjugato-pinnate, leaflets two- 
paired, ovate, with rather an obtuse acu- 
men, very entire, very smooth, nerves lucid; 
the upper pair of leaflets the largest. Pri- 
mary petiole short, thickened at the base, 
bearing a gland at the point; secondary 
petioles without glands. Capitula few- 
flowered, fitiiicled. Panicles axillary and 
terminal, peduncled, divaricate, shorter 
than the leaves. Bracts small. Calyz 
short, tubular, five-dentate. Corolla white, 
much longer than the calyx, campanulate, 
five- ed, segments spreading. Stamina 
many, monadelphous at the base, long and 
white. Style filiform, as long as the sta- 
mina. Ovary pedicellate. Legume dark 
. green, straight, cylindrical, about fourinches 
7 long, thick, obtuse, many-seeded, fetid. 
.. Seeds crowded, orbicular, piled one above 
the other and thus flattened above and be- 
| low 5 their mutual compression. 
This species is nearly allied in 
E "e and inflorescence tothe Inga Jiringa, 
DESCRIPTION OF MALAYAN PLANTS, 
Mal. Misc. vol. 1. , but differs in the shape | 
of the legume, viüdh has a very offensive - 
smell, but is eaten by the natives in the 
same manner as that of the Petek ( Acacia 
graveoleus, W.J.). Karbau in Malay sig- 
nifies the Buffalo, whence the specific name, 
MU 
Inermis, ramulis acutangulis, foliis bipn- 
natis, foliolis 10-jugis rhomboideis sub- "7 
tus tomentosis, paniculis terminalibus, 
leguminibus contortis rubris. 
Clypearia rubra. Rumph. Amb. III. p. 
176. t. 112. : 
Jiring muniet, Malay. 
A large tree. Branchlets smooth, acutely 
five-angled, almost winged. Leaves alter- 
nate, bipinnate; pinne about four pair; 
leaflets about ten pair, rhomboidal, inequi- 
lateral, rather acute, entire, smooth above, 
tomentose or silky and glaucous beneath, © 
they are of unequal size, the uppermost 
often two inches long. Petiole or rachis 
acutely four or five-angled, thickened at 
the base, eglandular. Panicles large, ter- 
minal; peduncles fascicled. Flowers white 
pedicellate, in small capitula or heads. Ca- 
[yz small, five-parted. Corolla much longer 
than the calyx, quinquefid. Stamina nu- — 
merous, monadelphous at the base. „Style 
one. Legume red, flat, two-valved, spi- 
rally contorted, containing many subrotund, 
somewhat compressed, black seeds. e 
Oss. This species, which agrees with | 
that described by Rumphius, is found in 
forests in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen, — 
but I am not aware that it is there put to — 
any particular use. These two species, to- 
gether with the Z. Jiringa, might perhaps — 
with equal propriety be referred to Acacia, 
as the seeds are not arillate, though the le- - 
gume (as in I. bubalina) is fleshy and escu- 
lent, the stamina are those of an Jnga, and the d 
paniculate inflorescence is more frequent m 
that genus than in Acacia. The distinction 
between these two sections of the Linnean | 
genus Mimosa is an artificial one, and the — 
characters of the present species are in. 
some degree intermediate between the two. 
(To be continued.) ; 
INGA CLYPEARIA. 
