■2SH t. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G-. Baker.) IHumholdUa. 



2. K. unijug'a, Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 108 ; branclies solid, nodes not 

 ■constricted, stipules not spurred, leaves and 2 leaflets subsessUe, petals 5. 



Tbavancoee mountams, alt. 3—4500 ft., JBeddmne. 



A large tree, glabrous in all its parts, -mth terete slender branchlets. Stipules 

 lanceolate, J in., rigidly coriaceous; petiole very short, broadly flattened and 

 hollo-wed out on the face; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, rather oblique, 5-6 in. long, 

 obtusely acuminate, glossy on the upper surface. Pedicels |-|- in., spreading, finely 

 silky ; bracteoles obtuse, half as long as the calyx. Flower | in. long, exclusive of 

 "the exserted stamens. Petals bright red. 



3. K. Brunonis, Wall. PI. As. Mar. iii. 17, t. 233 ; branches solid, 

 nodes not constricted, spur of stipules rounded, leaves neaxly sessile, leaflets 

 4, petiolules short, petals 3. Wall. Cat. 2332; W. 8r A. Frodr. 285; WigU 

 Ic. t. 1606 ; Bedd. Fl. Bylv. 93. 



Ghauts of NiLGHiuis and Cooeg. 



Branchlets slender, terete. Petiole not flattened ; stipides small, lanceolate above 

 the attachment, with a transverse oblong spur ; leaflets oblong, rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, obtusely cuspidate, 4-6 in. long. Bcwemes axillary, distinctly peduncled, 

 ■equalling or exceeding the leaves ; pedicels ^-^ in., spreading or ascending ; bractc- 

 •oles and calyx grey-downy. Mower J— f in. long, exclusive of the exserted stamens. 



4. K. Vahliana, Wight Ic. t. 1607-8 ; branches solid, nodes not con- 

 stricted, spur of stipules rounded, leaves distinctly petioled, leaflets 6-8, petiolules 

 long, petals 5. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 93. 



NiLGHTEis ; Jungles about Conoor, Vr. Wight. 



Branchlets slender, terete. Stipules 1 in. or more long, lanceolate above, trans- 

 versely oblong below the point of attachment ; leaf-rachis 5-7 in. long, including the 

 1 in. petiole ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, 5-6 

 in. long, both sides finely venulose. Bacemes peduncled, subspicate, 1-3-nate; 

 bracteoles and sepals very downy on the back, the latter f in. long. Petals very 

 caducous, not exceeding the sepals. Pod almost woody, ^ ft. by 1^ in., narrowed to 

 the point. 



113. AFZEXiXA, Smith. 



Erect unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with few pairs of opposite 

 leaflets. Flowers in copious terminal panicles. Calyx vrith tiie disk produced 

 to the top of its elongated tube ; sepals 4, much imbricated, slightly unequal. 

 Developed petal one, orbicular with a distinct claw, the others absent or 

 rudimentary. Stamens 3-9, declinate, filaments long, pilose ; anthers minute, 

 oblong, opening longitudinally. Pod large, oblong, flattish, sublignose, sub- 

 indehiscent. — Distrtb. Tropics of the Old World ; species 10. 



1. A,, retusa, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 73; leaflets 

 2-6, racemes simple, pedicels glabroiis, calyx-tube as long as limb, fertile 

 stamens 3. 



Maiacca, Griffith. Andamans, Kurz. 



A shrub, glabrous "in all its parts. Leaflets stalked, oblong, subcoriaceous, 2-3 

 in. long, obtuse, conspicuously emarginate. Flowers in simple corymbose terminal 

 racemes ; pedicels ^-J in. Cfe^a;-tube J-| in., cylindrical ; sepals 1 in. broad. Petal 

 twice as long as the sepals ; blade round, J in. broad. Pod oblong, subcoriaceous, 

 3-4 in. by 1-1 !■ in. 



3. A., biju^a, A. Ch-ay Bat. Amer. Fxpl. Expedit. 467, t. 61 ; leaflets 4, 

 panicle corymbose, pedicels pilose, calyx-tube as long as limb, fertile stamens 3. 



