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18. PAHUDIA Miquel 



Unarmed trees with even-pinnate leaves. Flowers in terminal panicles. 

 Calyx pubescent, the tube elongated, the limb 4-lobed, the lobes imbricate. 

 Egtall, shortly clawed, broadly orbicular, the others rudimentary or none. 

 Stamens 9 with 7 perfect, rarely 7 with 5 perfect, filaments more or less 

 united, or free. Ovary stalked, stalk adnate to the calyx-tube. Pod 

 oblong to rhomboid, thick, woody, 2-valved, dehiscent, septate between the 

 seeds. Seeds ovate to oblong, base arillate. (In honor of C. F. Pahud.) 



Species 8, British India to Malaya and tropical Africa, 1 in the Phil- 

 ippiijbs. 



1. P. phomboldea (Blanco) Prain (Afzelia rhomboidea Vidt. Tindalo 

 (Tag.); Balayong (Vis.). 



A tree reaching a height of 25 m, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Leaves simply pinnate, up to 25 cm long; leaflets usually 8, opposite, oblong- 

 ovate to elliptic-ovate, acuminate, shining, 5 to 8 cm long. Panicles term- 

 inal and axillary, pubescent, equaling or shorter than the leaves. 

 Calyx green, pubescent. tPetal yellowish-red. Pod woody, thick, some- 

 what rhomboid, about 20 cm long, 8 to 10 cm wide, about S-seeded, the 

 seeds black, more than one-half enclosed by the orange-red aril. (Fl. Filip. 

 pi. 281.) 



Immature specimens in Singalon in cultivation. A widely distributed, 

 endemic, valuable timber tree, in regions near Manila fl. Aug.-Sept. 



19. CYNOMETRA Linnaeus 



Erect, usually glabrous shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate, the 

 leaflets coriaceous, entire, . opposite, few, unequal, or the leaves - some- 

 times simple. Flowers numerous, small, bracteate, in axillary fascicles, 

 short racemes, or corymbs. Calyx-tube very short, disk subbasal, the lobes 

 4 or 5, oblong, imbricate. Petals 5, oblanceolate, equal. Stamens 10, the 

 filaments free, exserted. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, 2-ovuled. Pod 

 turgid or flat, indehiscent, often very thick and usually rugose. (Greek 

 "dog" and "womb" from the shape of the pod of some species.) 



Species 25 or more, in all tropical countries, about 7 in the Philippines. 



1. C. •Implicifolla Harms. 



A tree, reaching a height of 15 m or more, glabrous. Leaves simple, 

 coriaceous, short-petioled, oblong-ovate to elliptic-ovate, apex obscurely 

 acuminate, the base usually rounded,' 6 to 9 cm long, green and shining 

 on the upper surface, the lower surface somewhat glaucous when fresh. 

 Flowers small, white, in 5 to 10 mm long, many-flowered, axillary racemes. 

 Petals narrowed below. Pods 2 to 3 cm long, obliquely oblong, flattened. 



In thickets near San Francisco del Monte; rather widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. Endemic. 



Cynometra cauliflora L., a Malayan species, was formerly cultivated in 

 Manila, but appears no longer to be found here; it is characterized by its 

 leaves having one pair of leaflets, and its flowers being borne in racemes 

 that spring from the trunk and larger branches. 



