1897.] D. Prain — Some additional Leguminosas. 413 



But there is no difference between the plants bearing the broad and the narrower 

 pods; it is at times possible to collect both "varieties" on different parts of one 

 plant. 



16. Spatholobus bracteolatus Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 

 2. 76 ; leaflets subcoriaceous almost glabrous beneath all ovate-lanceolate, 

 flowers small, buds shorter than the narrow-lanceolate bracteoles. 



Malay Peninsula; Perak, on Gunong Batu Pateh, 3000 feet elev., 

 Kunstler n. 8079 ! 



A slender creeper 15-20 feet long with sparsely rusty-pubescent branches. 

 Petiole l - 5-2*5 in., rusty-puberulous ; leaflets glossy bright-green with minute scatter- 

 ed adpressed rusty-brown hairs on both surfaces, subequal and subsimilar, lateral 

 nerves 8-9 pairs ascending, prominent especially beneath; 8-9 in. long, 3'5 in. 

 across. Panicles terminal and axillary 1*5-2 ft. long, branches 4-6 in., rusty-pubes- 

 cent, pedicels very short; bracteoles *2 in. Calyx *15 in., pale-brown pubescent, lower 

 teeth sublinear shorter than tube. Corolla rather larger than calyx. Pod not seen. 



In general appearance this most resembles S. Roxburghii, but the flowers are 

 very different; it may perhaps be the same as S. Roxburghii var. denudata Bak. 

 from Penang, which is not represented in Herb. Calcutta. It is quite unlike any 

 other Malayan species. 



26. Spatholobus ferrugineus Benth. PL Jungh. 238; leaflets 

 coriaceous ferrugineo-pubescent beneath, end one ovate-obtuse, flowers 

 almost medium, calyx densely rusty-pubescent, teeth short, pod sessile 

 narrowed to the tip. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 204 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. Ixvi. 2. 75. Drebbeliaferruginea Zoll. in Nat. en Geneesk.Arch. iii. 79. 



Malay Peninsula; Perak, common, Wray ! Scortechini! Kunstler ! 

 Penang; common, King ! Abrams ! Curtis! Malacca; common, Griffith ! 

 Maingay ! Berry ! Goodeuough ! Singapore ; Hullett ! Ridley ! Distrib. 

 Sumatra ; Borneo ; Java. 



A robust woody climber with densely ferrugineo-pubescent branches. Petiole 

 3-4 in. ; leaflets dull-green puberulous throughout above, densely beset with spread- 

 ing hairs and reticulate -venose beneath, at times densely rusty-silky ; the bases 

 rather rounded, the end-leaflet 5-6 in. long. Panicle 8-10 in. ; branches densely 

 rusty-pubescent; pedicels distinct *2 in. long. Calyx "2 in. long; teeth deltoid. 

 Corolla claret-coloured to dark-blue, "25 in. long, standard as broad as deep, notched 

 at apex. Pod as in S. gyrocarpus, softly velvety, semi-transparent, 3-5 in. long, *7 in. 

 broad at base, 3 in. wide at seed-bearing tip. 



Mr. Bidley has collected twice at Singapore what is apparently a form of this 

 species with the leaves densely silky beneath, thus repeating within 8. ferrugineus the 

 relationship that within S. Roxburghii is borne by Butea sericophylla to the typical 

 Butea parvijiora. 



The nearest ally of the species is S. gyrocarpus ; it is however readily distin- 

 guished by its nearly always rather smaller leaves ; its always different tomentum, 

 its always larger flowers with much longer pedicels, and its differently shaped, more 

 persistent bracts. 



3. Spatholobus acuminatus Benth. 



The basis of this species is Butea acuminata Wall. (Cat. 5443) from Martaban. 

 Since Dr. Wallich first obtained the plant it has been again collected in Martaban by 



