1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 243 



Seeds small, bright- coloured. Species 4, spread through tropics of Old 

 World. 



Leaflets obtuse glabrous beneath ; pinnas 8-12 ... ... 1. A. pavonina. 



Leaflets acute puberulous beneath ; piunee 6-8 ... ... 2. A. bicolor. 



1. Adenanthera pavonina Linn. Sp. PI. 384. A small unarmed 

 tree 20-50 feet high. Leaves with a petiole 2-4 in. long, rachis 

 prolonged 6-10 in. not produced beyond last pair of pinna? ; pinna? 8-12 

 opposite, 3-6 in. long with stalk '5-75 in. long; leaflets alternate 10-16, 

 ovate or oblong, base wide-cuneate, apex obtuse, papery, 5-1 *5 in. long, 

 *3- - 75 in. wide, dark-green above, pale glaucous beneath, glabrous on 

 both surfaces; petiolule "15 in. long. Inflorescence of narrow short- 

 peduncled racemes 2-6 in. long, axillary or panicled at the ends of 

 branches. Flowers small, *15 in. long, on slender pedicels also *15 in. 

 long. Calyx green, lobes very small. Corolla pale-yellow, the petals 

 equal, valvate, narrow-lanceolate, free except at the base, glabrous. 

 Stamens 10, free, hardly exserted, anthers tipped by a gland. Pod flat, 

 G-9 in. long, *6 in. wide, *3 in. thick, contorted when ripe. Seeds 10-15, 

 lenticular, *35 in. in diam., 25 in. thick, with a smooth, shining, usually 

 uniformly red testa. DC. Prodr. II, 416 ; Roxb. Plor. Ind. II, 370 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 5300; W. & A. Prodr. 27 L; Wight, 111. t. 80 ; Bedd. PI. 

 Sylvat. t. 46 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 46 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 

 287. 



Andamans ; very common. Perak ; Thaiping, Scortecltini 80 ! Inatang 

 Jambu, Wray 2515 ! Kedah ; Langkawi, Curtis ! Tongkah ; Curtis' 

 Collector 309 L ! Malacca ; Griffith ! Distrib. Widespread in South-Eastern 

 Asia. 



2. Adenanthera bicolor Moon, Cat. PI. Ceyl. 34. A small slender 

 unarmed tree 20-30 feet high. Leaves with a petiole l # 5-2*5 in. long, 

 rachis prolonged 3-5 in., not produced beyond last pair of pinnae ; 

 pinnae 6-8 opposite, 2*5-4 in. long with stalk '3 in. long; leaflets alter- 

 nate 8-10, ovate or elliptic, base rounded, apex acute, rigidly subcoria- 

 ceous, '75-1 5 in. long, -5-75 in. wide, bright-green glabrous above, pale- 

 glaucous adpressed-puberulous beneath ; petiolule '15 in. long. In- 

 florescence of narrow short-peduncled racemes 3-5 in. long, axillary or 

 panicled at the ends of branches. Flowers small, "15 in. long, on slender 

 pedicels also '15 in. long. Calyx green, lobes very small. Corolla white, 

 the petals equal, valvate, elliptic-lanceolate, free except at the very base, 

 glabrous. Stamens 10, free, distinctly shortly exserted, anthers tipped 

 by a stipitate gland. Ovary glabrous reddish. Pod ilat, 4-6 in. long, 

 *6 in. wide, "3 in. thick, contorted when ripe. Seeds 8-10, lenticular, 

 •35 in. in diam , '25 in. thick, with a smooth shining red, or black and 

 red testa. Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 98 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. 94 ; Bak. 

 in Flor Brit. Ind. II, 287. 



