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10, free, declinate ; filaments with a dense tnffc of hairs at the base ; 

 nnthers uniform, linear-oblong. Ocary sessile, free, few-ovnled ; style 

 long filiform incurved, stigma large peltate. Pod oblong, flat, thin, hard, 

 indehiscent, with a firm broad wing on each suture. Species 7-8 ; cos- 

 mopolitan in the tropics. 



Flowering pedicels not exceeding the calyx ... ... 1. P. ferrugineum. 



Flowering pedicels 3-4 times as long as calyx :.. ... 2. P. dasyrachis 



1. Peltophorum ferrugineum Benth. Flor. Austral. II 279. A 

 tall tree 70-80 feet high ; branchlets covered with a thin rusty tomentum. 

 Leaves 6-12 in. long, petiole 1-1*5 in., sparingly rusty-pubescent ; pinnae 

 16-20, distal 4-6 in. long, progressively shortening towards proximal, 

 3—4 in. ; leaflets close, ligulate-oblong, sessile, base unequal, apex obtuse, 

 •5-*75 in. long, '35 in. wide, subcoriaceous, puberulous above, faintly 

 rusty-pubescent beneath. Racemes in a large terminal panicle 12 in. long, 

 8—9 in. across, branches 4-6 in. long, bracts linear under 1 in. long, very 

 caducous, bud 35 in. in diam., pedicels 15-25 in. long, rachis, branches 

 and pedicels densely rusty-pubescent. Calyx partite to *15 in. from base, 

 lobes subequal, ovate-lanceolate, '25 in. long, densely rusty-pubescent 

 externally. Corolla 1*25 in. wide, petals '8 in. long, yellow, the thickened 

 bnse densely rusty -hairy on both sides, the blade more or less glabrous 

 but the margin ciliate with rusty hairs. Stamens 10, free, filaments 

 equal, pubescent at the base. Ovary densely villous, style very sparing- 

 ly pubescent throughout, the stigma peltate. Pod 2-4 in. long, 1 in. 

 across, narrowed to both ends, rigid, glabrous, closely longitudinally 

 veined outside. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 257. Poinciana Roxburghii 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst, II, 433, Csesalpinia inermis Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 307. 

 G. ferruginea Dene, Nouv. Ann. Mus. II, 462 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 111. 0. arborea Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 65 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. I, 112. 



Andamans ; Knrz ! Nicobars; Jelinek2M) ! Heinig ! Kedah; Langkawi, 

 Curtis 370 ! Malacca ; Griffith 1903 ! Hervey207H ! Singapore ; Ridley 

 265! Johore ; Ridley 3977 ! Distrib. Borneo (Hullett) ; Java; Timor. 



2. Peltophorum dasyrachis Kurz ex Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 

 257. A tall tree 70-80 feet high ; branchlets covered with a fulvous 

 tomentum. Leaves 6-15 in. long, petiole 1-1*5 in. long, tomentose ; 

 pinnae 14-18, distal 4-5 in. long, shortening progressively towards prox- 

 imal 2-2*5 in. ; leaflets close, ligulate-oblong, sessile, base unequal, apex 

 rounded, '5— 75 in. long, *35 in. wide, subcoriaceous, puberulous above, 

 slightly rusty-pubescent beneath. Racemes 6-9 in. long, 3 in. across, 

 pedicels patent 1-15 in. long, bracts lanceolate, '5 in. long, subpersistent ; 

 bud 35 in. in diam. ; rachis, pedicels and brads rusty-pubescent. Calyx 

 partite to 15 in. from base, lobes equal, ovate-lanceolate, "25 in. long, 



