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racemes or rather fascicles; expanded flowers and fruits not seen, 
the buds § in. long. 
Hazp.—Tenasserim or Andamans. 
axillary branched racemes or small panicles ; petals oblong, blunt, 
about 2 lin. long, densely tomentose; follicles obliquely oblong, 
apiculate, somewhat compressed, about 2 in. long, tapering in a 
ond short and thick stalk, velvety tomentose ; seed large, glossy- 
lack. 
Haz.—In the tropical forests of the southern slopes of the Pegu Yomah 
and Tenasserim.—Fl. Jan.; Fr. March-Apr.—s. ? 
LEGUMINOS. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, irregular or regular. Calyx various, . 5- : 
merous, regular or irregular, imbricate or valvate, rarely the sepals all ; 
ee. Corolla of 5.or rarely fewer petals, or wanting altogether, 
perigynous or rarely hypogynous, irregular and more or less pea- 
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species. The petals in Papilionacee are called differently from those 
inmost other orders, viz., the upper petal is called the standard, the 
lateral ones go by the name of: wings, while the 2 lowermost form 
: ae the forester the family is of great importance, and many of 
thee nt timbers, like black- or rose-wood, sandal-wood, siss00, 
