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is in the size of the pods ; those of E. sumatrana are rather larger than those of E. 

 lithosperma. Both species are retained in the Index Keivensis but the writer 

 agrees with Mr. Baker in believing that they do not deserve to be treated even as 

 separate varieties. Kurz further states that E. lithosperma Blume ex Miq. in Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. is not the same as E. lithosperma Bl. Cat. Bogor., which, according to 

 Kurz, was introduced to the Buitenzorg garden from Mauritius. Koorders and 

 Valetou, in their valuable Java Herbarium, issue the common wild Java plant which 

 only differs from E. sumatrana in having rather smaller pods, under the name 

 E. lithosperma; they have however in every case named the plant E. lithosperma Miq. 

 not E. lithosperma Bl. In their Bijdragen II, these authors explain that Blume's 

 " E. lithosperma" is only E. indica ; this being the case the name E. lithosperma, but 

 on Miquel's authority, not as that of Blume, is still available for the present species. 

 Here, again Knntze's pretentious Revisio fails to assist the serious student ; Kuntze 

 claims the authorship of both, as Corallodendron lithospermum and C. sumatranum 

 respectively, thus clearly indicating that he has failed to make himself acquainted 

 with the characters of either. 



22. Spatholobus Hassk. 



Woody climbers, with 3-foliolate stipellate leaves. Flowers small 

 or middle-sized, in ample terminal panicles, extending into the • axils of 

 the upper leaves, the pedicels densely fascicled at the tumid nodes. 

 Calyx campanulate ; teeth lanceolate or oblong-deltoid, the upper two 

 connate. Corolla distinctly exserted, its petals subequal, the keel 

 obtuse, nearly straight. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 sessile or stalked, 2-ovuled ; style incurved, beardless, stigma capitate. 

 Pod flat, winglike, indehiscent, seedless below ; thick, 1-seeded, tardily- 

 dehiscent at tip. Species 10, the others Malayan and one Tropical 

 African. 



Leaflets not twice as long as broad, the terminal leaflets dis- 

 similar, rhomboid; (leaflets large 3 in. across manifestly 

 pubescent beneath, rachis prolonged beyond attachment of 

 lateral leaflets ; flowers blue or purple) : — 



Leaflets puberulous above, uniformly tomentose beneath ; 



flowers 25 in. long, distinctly pedicelled ... ... 1. 8. ferrugineus. 



Leaflets glabrous above, tomentose only on the nerves 



beneath ; flowers "15 in. long, very shortly pedicelled ... 2. S. gyrocarpus. 

 Leaflets at least twice as long as broad, all subsimilar 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate : — 



Leaf -rachis hardly prolonged beyond the insertion of 



lateral leaflets, leaflets large 3*5 in. across (sparsely pubes- 

 cent on the nerves beneath) ... ... ... 3. S. hracteolatus. 



Leaf-rachis distinctly prolonged beyond the insertion of 



lateral leaflets, leaflets medium or small not more than 2 



in. across : — 



Petiolules and leaflets beneath finely adpressed puber- 

 ulous (stipels manifest flexuous) : — 



Petiolules twice as long as stipels, flowers pink, 



branches of panicle lax ; leaflets elliptic-acuminate... 4. 8. acuminatus. 



