290 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Leaflets in 2 pairs, blunt or emarginate, thin chartaceous, glaucescent beneath, the 

 rachis and petiolules very slender ; sepals 2 lin. long ; pods woody, 3 — 4 in. long, 



very thick and plump, P. xylocarpa. 



1. P. XYLOCAEPA, Kui'Z MS. 



Hab. Adjoining provinces of Siam (Teysmann). 



P. Has&harlii, Miq., has also only two pairs of leaflets, but Hasskarl's 

 description of Jonesia monopetala (Retzia I. 199), and more especially of 

 the pod, clearly points to Macro lohium. 



Afzelia, Sm. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Inflorescence and calyx puberulous ; pods J — 1 foot long, woody ; leaflets usually blun- 



tish, A. bijiuja. 



Inflorescence and calyx glabrous ; pods 3 — 4 in. long, thin coriaceous ; leaflets notched, 



. .A. retusa. 



1. A. bijtjga, A. Gray Unit. Stat. Expl. 467. t. 51 ; Walp. Ann. IV. 

 594. — (Macro loo mm bijugum, Colebr. in. Linn. Trans. XII. t. 19 ; Jonesia 

 triandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 220). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the coast-forests and beach-jungles of the 

 Andamans. — Fl. May, June ; Fr. Apr. 



2. A. retusa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soe. Beng. 1873, 73. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tidal forests along the coasts of the 

 Andaman islands. — Fl. May. 



Tamarindus, L. 



*1. T. Indica, L. sp. pi. 48 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 215 ; Heyne Arznei 

 Gew. t. 221 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 82 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 184. (T. offici- 

 nalis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4563). 



Hab. Generally cultivated in villages all over Burma, more especially 

 in the drier parts, but apparently nowhere wild. — Fl. HS. ; Fr. CS. 



Amherstia, "Wall. 



1. A. nobilis, Wall. PI. As. rar. I. t. 1 and 2 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 I. 87 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4453. 



Hab. Planted around kyouks, chiefly in the southern parts of Bur- 

 ma ; wild along streams in Martaban (Parish) ; Tenasserim. — Fl. Jan. 

 — Apr. 



Saraca, L. 



1. S. Indica, L. Mant. 98 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 83 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 57. (Jonesia Asoca, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 218 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3018 ; Wight 

 Icon. t. 206 ; Jonesia Zollingeriana, Miq. 1. c. 84). 



Hab. Wild in the tropical forests of Arracan (Boronga Island, at 

 1000 feet elevation) ; also Tenasserim ; much planted around monasteries all 

 over the country. — Fl. Octob. 



