1897.] D. -Praia — Some additional Leguminosee. 489 



both surfaces, 4*5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. across. Flowers sessile, buds oblong, '15 in. long. 

 Calyx-lobes quite glabrous on both sides. Pod not seen. 



This is the nearest, of the Peninsular species, to C. bantamensis (Touchiroa 

 bantamensis Hassk.) from Bantam. It differs in having quite sessile glabrous flowers 

 and a sparsely flowered, glabrous rachis. 



109. SARACA Linn. 



1. Saraca in dic a Linn. 



After a prolonged study of the material in the Calcutta Herbarium, the writer 

 can find no evidence that Saraca indica extends, as a wild species, to the east of 

 the Irrawaday. There are no specimens here from the Malay Peninsula, and those 

 seen by Mr. Baker from Malacca must in all probability have been from planted 

 trees. In Canara occurs a variety (var. puberula) with peduncles, pedicels, leaf- 

 rachis, and petiolar aspect of stipules all puberulous to pubescent ; Chittagong 

 and Arracan specimens always have very much broader and larger leaflets than the 

 normal plant though they are, like it, everywhere glabrous ; they seem to constitute 

 a distinguishable variety (var. latifolia). 8. minor and S. Zollingeriana are probably 

 best treated as distinct species. 



16. Saraca Zolltngeriana Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 84 ; leaflets 6, 

 petiolules short, bracfceoles persistent ascending, sepals not half as long 

 as calyx- tube, stamens 7. S. indica Wall. Cat. 5822 (F only) not of 

 Linn. 



Martaban ; Wallich ! Distrib. ; Java. 



A low erect tree. Leaves sessile or subsessile, lanceolate-oblong or lanceolate- 

 acuminate to an obtuse tip, 6-8 in. long, 1*5-2 in. wide, less rigid than in 8. indica. 

 Corymbs dense 2-3 in. broad, pedicels glabrous very slender, *25 in. long below the 

 small ovate acute ascending bracteoles. Sepals 2 in. long, orbicular, under one- 

 third the length of calyx-tube. Filaments 3 times as long as the sepals, anthers 

 much smaller than in S. indica. Pod as in 8. indica. 



Dr. King has noted of the plants of this species cultivated in Hort Calcutta, 

 received from Java : — " Differs from 8. indica in having only 3 pairs of leaflets, 

 '* in having narrower sepals, in flowering later, and in having the smell of ripening 

 " pears." 



\c. Saraca minor Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 84 ; leaflets 2-6, petiolules 

 short, bracteoles persistent spreading, sepals half as long as calyx- 

 tube, stamens 8. 



Var. typica ; leaflets 6 ; bracteoles acuminate. Java. 



Var. bijuga; leaflets 4 or very often only 2, bracteoles obtuse. 

 S. bijuga Prain, Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. lxvi. 2. 214. 



Perak; very common. 



A tree 30-40 feet high. Leaves sessile, leaflets oblong-lanceolate acute, 10 in. 

 long, 2*5 in. wide ; in texture much thinner than those of S. indica. Corymbs rather 

 lax, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, pedicels very slender glabrous, '5-75 in. long below the 

 large spreading oblong, obtuse bracteoles. Sepals '35 in., obovate-oblong. Filaments 

 3 times as long as sepals, anthers very small. Pod smooth, reddish-yellow, 8-10 in. 

 long, 25 in. wide, obliquely cuneate at base, obliquely acute, at apex. 



