Pitheeolohmm.^ x. leguminosj;. (J. G. Baker.) 305 



shortly pedunded, on the elongated glabrous branches of terminal and axillary 

 panicles, with a pair of small spreading lanceolate bracts at the base. Cal^x i in., 

 glabrous. Corolla 3 times the length of the calyx. Pod firm, glabrous, IJ-li in. 

 broad, at first forming a circle or more, the lower suture not at all waved. 



10. P. lobatum, Bmth. in Hook. Land. Jmtyi. Bot. 1844, 208 ; brancHlets 

 glabrous, glands or confined to general and partial petioles, pinnae 2, leaflets 

 4-6, calyx campanulate, pod with the lower suture deeply lobed. Inga lobata, 

 Grdh. in Wall. Cat. 5280. I. attenuata, Chrah. in Wall. Cat. 5276. Mimosa 

 Jiringa, Jack in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 282. M. Kseringa, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 40 ; 

 Fl.Ind.ii.5i&. 



Pesu, Tenassbrim and Maiacoa. — Disteib. Malay isles, Philippines. 



A tall tree, with terete grey glabrous branchlets. Leaflets distinctly stalked, 

 acute, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, thin but firm, flexible, glabrous and glossy on 

 both sides, the upper 4-6 in. long. Heads few-flowered, with 3-4 small spreading 

 lanceolate bracts at the base, fascicled on short peduncles in ample copious axillary 

 and terminal panicles. Calyx sessile, glabrous, ^ in. Corolla 3 times calyx, 

 glabrous. Stamens l-J in. Pod firmer tlmn in its aUies, 1-lJ in. broad, lobed half- 

 way down to the upper suture, into round divisions, which are hemispherical on the 

 face when the seed is ripe. 



** Leaflets nume^-ous, more or less trapezoid through the lower border being cut 

 away at the base. 



11. F. subcoriaceuzn, Thwaites Enum. 100; branchlets subterete, 

 pinnse 6-12, leaflets very small obtuse or subacute, heads not at all or scarcely 

 panicled, calyx subsessile. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 96. P. anamallayanimi, Bedd. Fl. 



■ ^h. 1. 189. 



Western Peninsula ; Anamallay hills, 5-8000 ft,, Wight, BeddoTne, . Cetion, 



A tree 30-40 ft. high, with branchlets clothed with dense brown pubescence. Leaf- 

 rachis with 1-3 petiolar glands, and one midway between the insertion of each pair 

 of pinnse ; leaflets oblong-trapezoid, l-j in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glossy above, 

 densely pubescent below. Heads many-flowered, 1 in. diam., on 1-2-nate axiUary 

 peduncles, the uppermost leaves reduced or suppressed. Ctdyx ^ in., brown-downy. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 3 times the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, coriaceous, twisted, 5-6 



12. P. contortum, Mai-t. ; Bemth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844, 210, 

 branchlets subterete, pinnse 6-12, leaflets 12-30 small obtuse, calyx sessile, 

 heads in ample panicles. Inga contorta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5283. I. Fin- 

 laysoniana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5284. 



Penang, Sincapoeb, Maxacca. 



Branchlets long and slender, densely clothed with dull brown pubescence. Leaf- 

 rachis downy, with a small depressed petiolar gland and one below the upper pairs of 

 pinnae ; upper pinnse 4-6 in. long, lower much shorter, with fewer leaflets ; leaflets 

 ^-\ in. long, obtuse, with the upper and lower edge subparallel, suhcoriaceous, 

 shortly pubescent. Panicles deltoid, axillary and terminal, with long slender weak 

 ■finely grey-downy branchlets. Calyx jj in., campanulate. Corolla 3-4 times the 

 calyx. Stamens twice the coroUa. Pod ^ ft. by J-J in., at first forming a double 

 spiral, splitting open from the lower suture and very much twisted. 



13. P. Clypearia, Betith. in Hook. Lond. Jowrn. 1844, 209 ; branchlets 

 acutely angular, pinnae 6-12, leaflets 12-24 middle-sized obtuse or acute, calyx 

 stalked, heads in ample panicles. Inga Clypearia, Jack in Hook. Camp. Bot. 

 Mag. i. 224 ; Wall. Cat. 5370 A. Mimosa trapezifolia, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 546. 

 Inga dimidiata, Hook. ^ Am. Bot. Beech. 181. 



