492 D. Prain — Some additional Legumiuosa?. [No. 2, 



;3c\ Saraca macroptera Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 1080 ; leaflets 8-12, 

 petiolules short, bracteoles spreading persistent, peduncles and pedicels 

 quite glabrous, stamens 4. 



Var. typica ; leaflets cuneate at base, corymbs lax, 3-4 in. long and 

 broad. 



Sumatra ; Borneo. 



Yar. parviflora; leaflets truncate at base, corymbs dense, 1 in. long, 

 usually in rings on thick ol(J branches, flowers much smaller than in 

 yar. typica. 



Perak ; Kunstler ! 



A tree 30-40 feet high, stem 4-6 in. thick. Leaflets lanceolate acute 6-10 in, 

 long, l'o-25 in. across. Corymbs densely clustered, bracts persistent spreading or 

 reflexed ; bracteoles obovate, '2 in. long, spreading. Sepals '15 in. long. Filaments 

 three times as long as sepals, anthers very small. Pod not seen. 



This comes nearest a Bornean species (S. Hullettii) of which a description is 

 appended.* 



3d. Saraca palejibanica Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 291 ; leaflets 

 10-14, petiolules short, bracteoles spreading persistent, stamens 4 ; 

 peduncles and pedicels pubescent. 



Perak ; Scortechini ! Penang ; Curtis 647 ! 1386 ! Dindings ; 

 Bryant ! Distrib. Sumatra. 



A slender tree. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate acute, 8-12 in long. Corymbs sessile 

 from old nodes on thick old branches, dense, 2-3 in. long, bracts persistent spreading. 

 Flowers as in 8. triandra. Pod not seen. 



Except in the shape of the more numerous leaflets, and in the denser shorter 

 corymbs, this species does not appear to the writer to differ specifically from 

 S. triandra, an opinion which, judging from a note left by him in Herb. Calcutta, 

 the late Father Scortechini appears to have been inclined to entertain. 



4. Saraca triandra Bak. 



Add to description of F. B. I.: — Peduncles and pedicels pubes- 

 cent. 



* Saraca Hullettii Prain; leaflets 4-6, petiolules distinct, bracteoles larga 

 spreading or reflexed, persistent, sepals longer than the calyx-tube, stamens 4. 



Borneo; Sarawak, planted, Hullett 312! near Kuching, Haviland ! 



A tree. Petiolules '25 in. long; leaflets thin shining on both surfaces, ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate acute, corymbs short-peduncled, peduncles and pedicels quite 

 glabrous, 3-4 in. long and broad. Bracts persistent spreading or reflexed ; bracteoles 

 ovate '25 in. long'. Sepals '25 in., calyx-tube '2 in. Filaments 3-4 times as long as 

 Bepals. Pod oblong very oblique at both ends, 3 in. long, 15 in. wide, distinctly 

 beaked ; stipe slender *5 in. long. 



With this appears to agree Beccari, P. B. 916, of which there arc, however, only 



flowers ;it. Calcutta. The species is evidently very closely related to S. macroptera, of 



which it has quite the Sowers; the leaves with fewer shining leaflets are, however, 



tliffcrenl from those of 8. nuucr&ptera. To avoid the possibility of future 



confusion of the two species this diagnosis is given. 



