LEGUMINOSil. 473 



3. Ctnometra ik&quifolia, Sp. Nov. 



C. foliolis bijugis coriaceis glabris reticulatis valde incequilateris incequa- 

 libus, duobus inferwribus ovalibus quarn super ioribus oblongis multo 

 minoribus. 



Hab. Philippine Islands, near Banos, Luzon. (Also collected by 

 Mr. Cuming: no. 1297.) 



The specimen exhibits the foliage only, with a young scaly bud. 

 Leaflets 2 pairs, coriaceous, glabrous, pale beneath, lucid above, loosely 

 reticulate-veined, obtuse or emarginate, very unequal-sided, especially 

 the terminal pair, which also is very much larger than the lower pair : 

 the two upper are oblong, 6 or 7 inches long, and almost dimidiate ; 

 the lower are oval, 2 to 2 \ inches long, about the length of the 

 rhachis with the petiole. Fruit and flowers unknown. 



Subord. III. MIMOSEiE. 

 103. ENTADA, Adans. 



1. Entada scandens, Benth. 



Mimosa scandens, Linn. Spec. PI. ed. 2, p. 1501 ; Swartz, Obs. p. 389. 

 Entada scandens, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 332. 



E. Gigalobium, Purscetha, monostachya, & Adenanthera, DC. Mem. Legum. & 

 Prodr. 2, p. 425. 



Hab. Samoan and Feejee Islands ; climbing over tall trees : appa- 

 rently indigenous. (Remarkable for the extraordinary size of its pods.) 



104. PIPTADENIA, Benth. 



1. PlPTADENIA COMMUNIS, Benth. 



Piptadenia communis, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 337. 



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