306 L. IBGUMINOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.) [Piiher.ololivm. 



Tenasseeim, Penang, Mauicca. — Distkib. Malay isleB, China. 



Srwnehes brown-putescent, withi raised lines decuirent from the branchlets. Leaf- 

 lacbises acutely angled, irith a conspicuons raised gland on the petiole, and one 

 between each pair of pinnae and leaflets ; upper pinnse 6-6 in. long ; lower much 

 shorter, with fewer leaflets; upper leaflets 1,2 in. long, with the lower .and upper 

 margin nearly parallel, rigidly subcoriaceous, glossy above, densely downy below; 

 lower becoming gradually smaller. Panicles axillary and terminal, with densely 

 • pubescent ereeto-patent sulcate branchlets. Cali/x campanulate, minute, 3-4 times 

 shorter than the whitish corolla. Stamens |-J in. Pod like that of P. contortum, 

 bnt rather smaller. 



14. P. montanuxn, Benth. in Hook. Land. Jowm. 1844, 209 ; PI. Jungh. 

 269 ; branchlets acxitely angular, pinnee 12-18, leaflets 24-32 small acute or 

 suhaeute, calyx st^rlked, heads in ample panicles. P. falcifolium, Hassk, PI. 

 Jav. Bar. 418. Inga subfalcata, Zoll. in Flora, 1847, 706. 



Khasia, Mishmi. — ^DiSTETB. Malay isles. 



Very near P. Clypearia, with which it quite agrees in Testiture, glands, inflores- 

 cence, calyx and coroUa. Leaflets close, regular, ^-f in. long, with the midrib as in 

 P. Clypearia, carried from the lowest posterior to the upper anterior comer. Lower 

 joedicete 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Branchlets and leaves below clothed with 

 dense short light brown silky pubescence. 



15. P. ang^ulatum, Benth. in Hook. Land. Jawrn. 1844, 208 ; branches 

 angular, pinnse 4^6, leaflets 6-12 large acute, calyx stalked, heads in ample 

 panicles. Inga acutangula, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5271. Mimosa heterophyUa, 

 Roxh. Hart. Bmg. 40; Ft. Ind. ii. 545. 



East K tmat. avas and down the gulf to Malacca. — Disteib. Malay isles. 



A taU tree, with stout branchlets with a little fine brown pubescence. ioaZ-rachis 

 with a large gland at the base and one between each pair of pinnse and leaflets ; 

 lower pinnae and leaflets much shorter than the upper ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 oblong-trapezoid, slightly downy below, the upper 3-4 in. long. Panicles copious, 

 ample, axillary and terminal. Cah/x ^ in., campanulate. Corolla white, funnel- 

 shaped, 3-4 times the calyx. Stamens § in. Pod just like those of P. contortum and 



132. IKTGA., Willd. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simply pinnate. Floivers in spikes or globose 

 heads. Cali/x a minute 3-toothed cup. Corolla a cylindrical tube, shortly 

 3-toothed at the tip. Stamens indefinite, much exceeding the corolla, mona- 

 delphous more than half-way up the corolla ; anthers minute, with the pollen 

 agglomerated in masses. Ovary sessile, few-ovuled; style subulate, stigma 

 minute, terminal. Pod linear, rigidly coriaceous, with the valves forcibly 

 springing back and each sutxrre expanded into a thick raised border. — Disikcb. 

 A large American genus (140 species), of which we have a single unsatisfactory 

 representative, with the pod of Calliandra and simply pinnate leaf of Inga. 



1. X. cynometroldes, Bedd. MSS. Calliandra cynometroides, Bedd. 

 Fl. %fo. t. 317 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soo. xxx. 637. 



Hills of South TsAvASfCOEE, 3-4000 ft., Beddome. 



A middle-sized tree, with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaflets 2, sessile at the 

 apex of a very short petiole, rigidly subcoriaceous, venulose, oblique-oblong, subacute, 

 2-4 in. long. Flowers capitate, on short peduncles. Corolla ^J in. long. Pod 

 sessile, 3-4 in. by |-| in. brpad, rather decurved, narrowed to the base, 3-4-seeded, 

 ■with a short hooked beak, the valves glabrous, flat, margined all round with a thick 

 raised border. 



