1897.] D. Prain — Some additional Leguminosae. 491 



There is a species from Borneo as yet undescribed that approaches this very 

 closely but that differs in having shorter racemes (springing in the same way from 

 slender leafless branches), flowers with persistent bracteoles, only 4 stamens, and 

 a more shortly stipitate pod. It has been distributed by Mr. Haviland with the 

 mark d. u.e. d ; being one of Haviland's plants, the writer is precluded from describ- 

 ing it. 



36. Saraca Kunstleri Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi. 2. 213 ; 

 leaflets 4-6, petiolules long, bracteoles caducous, corymbs in very long 

 sparse terminal panicles, sepals about as long as calyx-tube, stamens 7. 



Perak ; Gunong Batu Pateh, 1500-2000 feet, Kunstler 8048 ! 



Tree 20-40 feet high ; branchlets zigzag glabrous. .Lea/- rachis 5-10 in. long, 

 glabrous, leaflets large diminishing downwards, ovate-acuminate base cuneate, distal 

 8-10 in. long, 3*5-4 in. wide, basal if 2 pairs and central if 3 pairs 4-5 in. long, 

 2*25-2*5 in. wide, basal if 3 pairs 3*5-4 in. long, 2-2*25 in. wide ; all papery glabrous 

 on both surfaces, dark-green above paler beneath, main-nerves 6-9 pairs ascending, 

 more prominent beneath. Peduncles glabrous 8-12 in. long, branches 1-2 in. long. 

 Pedicels and calyx-tube very short, calyx-lobes ovate-oblong '2 in. long, glabrous. 

 Filaments 7, anthers not seen. Pod falcate 4-6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, glabrous. 

 Seeds 5-6 transversely ovate, '5 in. long, *7 in. across, '25 in. thick, testa black, 

 smooth shining crustaceous. 



A very distinct species apparently nearest S. Lobbiana Baker. Unfortunately 

 good flowers are not available for description. 



3c. Saraca Griefithiana Prain; leaflets 8-12, petiolules short, 

 bracteoles persistent ascending, sepals about half as long as calyx-tube, 

 stamens 4, rarely 5 or 3. 



Upper Burma; Poneline, J. Anderson ! 



A low tree. Leaves sessile or subsessile ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate acute, 6-8 in. 

 long, 1*5-2 in. wide, subcoriaceous. Corymbs dense 3-4 in. broad ; pedicels stoutish 

 •25-*35 in. long, pubescent as are the peduncles ; bracteoles small acute ascending 

 amplexicaul. Sepals *25-*3 in. long, obovate-oblong. Filaments three times as long 

 as the sepals. Pod not seen. 



This species has been long known in the Calcutta Herbarium where it is 

 marked " Saraca species in H. B. C. from Griffith's collections." Most probably 

 therefore they had been obtained from plants raised from seeds brought by 

 Dr. Griffith from his Ava journey, as it is only from Upper Burma that specimens 

 have since been received. 



The facies of the plant is that of typical S. indica but the peduncles and pedi- 

 cels are pubescent as in S. palembanica and S. triandra and in S. indica var. puberula - 

 the bracteoles too are here very much smaller, as in S. Zollingeriana ; the stamens 

 moreover are almost always 4, in several flowers 3 have been found, in one flower 

 5. With S. Zollingeriana it agrees in consistence of leaves and as to bracteoles 

 but it differs in having the pedicels pubescent and in not having 8 stamens. The 

 species it most nearly resembles is S. palembanica but while it agrees in foliage 

 pubescence and number of stamens with that species, it has much larger anthers and 

 stouter pedicels, and has altogether different bracteoles as well as a much larger 

 calyx. 



J. ii. 62 



