478 1). Prain — Some additional Leguminosw. [No. 2, 



104. CYNOMETRA Linn. 



1. Ctnometra ramiflora Linn. 



Subsp. genuina; leaflets 1-jugate. Humph. Herb. Amboin. i. t. 

 63 ; Lamb, III 331. f. 2. 



Malaya -A rchipelago ; Java, Horsfield ! Amboina, Teysmann ! 

 Ceram, Teysmann ! 



This subspecies has never been collected in Indian territory ; it may be necessary 

 to restrict the name C. ramiflora to this and recognise in the next subspecies a distinct 

 plant. 



Subsp. bijuga ; leaflets 2-jugate. C. bijuga Span, Linnsea xv. 201. 



Var. 1. mimosoides Bak. ; the end-leaflets obtuse hardly larger than 

 the basal pair. C. mimosoides Wall. Cat. 5817. Rheede Hort. Malab. 

 iv. t. 31. 



Bengal; Sundribuns, common, Heinig ! S. India; Malabar, 

 Rheede (ic.) ! Ceylon; at Trincomalee, Rottler (part of Wall. Cat. 5816C; ! 

 Burma; Arracan, Eurz ! Martaban, Wallich 5817 A ! Kurzl Tenasserim, 

 Wallich 5817C ! Proudlock ! Andamans ; very common everywhere on 

 the coasts. 



Var. 2. heterophylla Thw., Fnnm. 97 ; the end leaflets acute much 

 larger than the basal pair. C. bijuga Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 78. C. 

 ramiflora Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. t. 315 not of Linn. C. polyandra Miq. Anal, 

 But. Ind. i. 11, not of Roxb. 



Ceylon ; sea-coast, Walker ! Andamans ; Coco Group, and S. 

 Andaman, very rare. Malay Peninsula ; Johore, King ! Perak, Wray 

 2503 ! Singapore, Ridley 5891. Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



There are many intermediates between these two varieties, but there are no 

 forms linking either of them with subspecies genuina. In a monograph of the genus 

 it will probably be found advisable to recognise subsp. bijuga as specifically distinct 

 and in that case it will be necessary to restore Wallich's name C. mimosoides (which 

 is older than the name C. bijuga) to designate it. But it will always be well to 

 keep the two varieties of subsp. bijuga apart as such. 



Wall. Cat. 5816 is exceedingly confused — the following are the plants included 

 under it in the Herb. Calcutta series of Wallich's specimens : — 



5816 A. Herb. Madras = C. cauliflora L. 



5816 B. Herb. Heyne =C. cauliflora L. 



r Herb. Madras = C. polyandra Roxb. var. typica. 

 * ^ Trincomalee =C. ramiflora (G. bijuga) var. mimosoides. 



5816 ? D. Herb. Wight =C. ramiflora L. var. mimosoides. 



5816 E. Penang =C. polyandra Roxb. var. Kurzii. 



26. Cynometra Beddomei Prain; leaflets 6, flowers in rather lax 

 oblong sessile solitary axillary racemes. 



S. India ; S. Kanara, Beddome ; Wynaad, at Tambacheri Ghat, 

 2800 feet, Beddome ! 



