304) 1. EEGtrMiNOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.). {Pithecolohmm. 



beneath, obovate-oWon^, acute, the upper 4-6 in. long, the lower shorter, all distinctly 

 stalked. Heads few-flowered, irregnlar, in copious ample axillary and terminal 

 panicles. Calyx sttbsessile, ^g-^ in., densely brown-silky. Corolla silky, 2-3 times 

 the length of the calyx. Stamens f-J in. Pod once or twice spiral, 3-6 in. by J-| 

 in., the valves rigidly coriaceous, slightly downy, the lower suture not at all repand. 



5. P. affine, Baker : branchleta densely pubescent, pinnae 2, leaflets 6-8, 

 leaves vrith glands on the petiole and at the base of the pinnae and leaflets, 

 calyx funnel-shaped, pod not lobed. Benth. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxs. 577. 



IVIalacca, Mamgay. 



Very near P. bigeminum. Sranchlets clothed with dense spreading brown tomen- 

 tum. Leaflets 3-6 in. long, shortly-stalked, rigidly subeoriaceous, glabrous. Calyif 

 ^ in., densely brown-silky. Corolla twice the calyx, narrowly funnel-shaped, shortly 

 toothed, densely sUiy. Valves of the pod more rigid than in P. higemiwum, i in. 

 broad. 



6. P. confertum, Benth. in Tram. lann. Soc. xxx. 677; branchlets 

 downy, pinnse 2, leaflets 4, leaves with glands only at the base of the pinnae, 

 calyx campanulate, pod unknown. 



Malacca, Griffith. 



Branchlets of the panicle clothed with brown pubescence. Leaflets rigidly coria- 

 ceous, shining, strongly veined, oblong, obtusely pointed, 3-4 in. long. Beads in 

 copious short axillary and terminal corymbs. Calyx ^ in., glabrous. Corolla J in. ; 

 cylindrical tube as long as lanceolate teeth. Stamens twice as long as the corolla. 



7. P. buballnum, Benth. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxi. 676 ; branchlets 

 pubescent, pinnae 2, leaflets 2-4, leaves with glands only at the base of the pinnae, 

 calyx campanulate, pod large downy not lobed. Inga bubalina. Jack, in Malay 

 Misc. ii. 77. 



Fekang and Malacca. 



A middle-sized tree. Branchlets clothed with pale brown pubescence. Leaflets 

 coriaceous, oblong, glabrous, obtusely pointed, 3-4 in. long. Heads in ample axillary 

 and terminal corymbose panicles. Calyx i in., pubescent ; teeth deltoid. Corolla. 

 ^ in., ^— I as long as stamens. Pod oblong-ligulate, sickle-shaped, 2-3 in. by 1-1 J in., 

 very rigid, the valves persistently clothed with fine brown down. Seeds as large as a 

 bean. 



8. P. microcarpum, Benth. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxx. 676 ; branchlets 

 pubescent, pinnae 2-4, leaflets 4r-8, leaves with glands only at the base of the 

 pinnae, calyx campanulate, pod small glabrous spiral not lobed. Inga bubalina. 

 Wall. Cat. 6272, nm Jack. 



Penang and Malacca. 



Closely allied to P. babalitmrn, from which it differs by its more numerous and 

 less coriaceous leaflets and especially by its pod, which is iX in. by under ^ in., forma 

 a complete spiral,- with thinner valves, which become much twisted when it opens, 

 and seeds not larger than a pea. 



9. P. fasciculatum, Benth. in Hook. Lrmd. Joum. Bot. 1844, 208; 

 branchlets glabrous, glands present on the general petiole and at the base of the 

 pinnae and upper leaflets, pinnae 4, leaflets 4-6, calyx campanulate, pod not lobed. 

 toga Jiringa, Wall. Cat. 5268, mm Jack. I. Clypearia, Wall. Cat. 6270 B. 



Penang, Sinoapoee, Malacca. — Disteib. Malay isles. 



A tall tree, with terete branchlets and leaf-rachises. Glands flat, depressed ; 

 general and partial petioles elongated ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 

 distinctly stalked, rigidly subeoriaceous, quite glabrous on both sides, the upper 6-8 

 in. long, the lower shorter and more ovate. Heads few-flowered, irregular, sessile or 



