1897.] G. King — [Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 229 



beneath. Racemes in a terminal panicle extending into the axils of the 

 uppermost leaves, 12-16 in. long, 8 in. across, individual racemes 4-6 in. 

 long ; pedicels '5-6 in. long, bracts lanceolate *3 in. long, very decidu- 

 ous. Calyx *4 in. long, leathery, glabrous. Corolla *75 in. across, petals 

 bright-yellow, the upper with a pinkish basal patch, all orbicular sub- 

 equal. Stamens waxy-white, densely woolly at base, declinate. Ovary 

 grey-velvety. Fod 3-4 in. long, 1*5-2 in. wide, subcompressed, polished, 

 indehiscent, with a hard recurved short beak at upper angle of obtuse 

 apex. Roxb. Cor. PL I, 17, t. 16; Hort. Beng. 32; DC. Prodr. II, 

 . 482 ; Wall. Cat. 5838 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 357 ; W. & A. Prodr. 281 ; 

 Miq. Anal. Ind. I, 9; Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 108; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. 90; 

 Anal. Gen. t. 13, f. 1; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 255. Biancsea 

 Sappan Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. 3. Lignum Sappan Rumph. Herb. 

 Amboin. IV, t. 21. 



Perak; open jungle at foot of hills, Ulu Bubong, Kunstler 10567 ! 

 Pahang ; Pulo Changei, Ridley 2590 ! Distrib. India, Indo-China ; 

 Malay Archipelago. 



6. Cesalpinia sepiaria Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32. A moderate climber 

 with stout woody stem and somewhat densely grey- or brown-pubescent 

 brandies armed with strong sharp prickles. Leaves stipulate, 9-15 in. 

 long; pinnse 12-20, 2-3 in. long, subequal, leaflets 16-24, very shortly 

 petiolulate, close, membranous, oblong, apex obtuse, base rounded on 

 both sides, slightly oblique on upper, *5-8 in. long, rather pale-green 

 glabrous above, glaucous and slightly pubescent beneath ; stipules very 

 obliquely ovate with crisped margins, long-acuminate apex, and with 

 projecting auriculate lower angle of base, "5 in. long, 3 in. wide, soon 

 deciduous. Racemes terminal and axillary all simple, drooping, 6-12 in. 

 long, 2-2 5 in. across, pedicels erecto-patent, '75 in. long, bracts large 

 ovate-lanceolate caducous, '4 in. long, densely pubescent. Calyx '5 in. 

 long, densely pubescent. Corolla spreading, "75 in. across, petals bright 

 yellow, all orbicular, "5 in. across except the upper only '25 in. in diam. 

 Stamens little exsetted, declinate, greenish- white, densely woolly in the 

 lower half. Pod indehiscent, linear-oblong, 3-5 in. long, 1*2 in. across, 

 sublignose, glabrous, slightly recurved and slightly turgid, rather strong- 

 ly reticulate-veined especially in the half next lower suture ; upper 

 suture dilated into a narrow wing; faces slightly depressed between the 

 6-8 mottled seeds, *4 in. long, '3 in. wide. Wall. Cat. 5834; Roxb. 

 Flor. Ind. II, 360 ; W. & A. Prodr. 282 ; Wight, Ic. 37 ; Miq. Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. [, 109 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 256. C. ferox Hassk. PL 

 Jav. Rar. 400. C. japonica Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 9. C. crista Thunb. 

 Flor. Jap. 179, nOt of Linn. Reichardia decapctala Roth. Nov. Sp. 9; 

 DC. Prodr. II, 484. Bianceea scandens Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. 4, t. 1. 



