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Flowers in May and December. The Malays are very 

 fond of the seeds, which taste something like garlic, and of 

 the pulp which surrounds them. 



3. Mimosa ? articulata, H. {Pithecolobium lobatum). 



Arboreous, leaves bipinnate, conjugate with leaflets three 

 pair; Legumes articulated, curved, unilateral. 



Stem : Arboreous, small, crooked. Branches: numerous, 

 irregularly spreading. Leaves: scattered, bipinnate, abruptly 

 conjugate, pinnae abruptly three paired ; leaflets ovate, 

 pointed, smooth. Peduncle : lateral, short ; bearing from one 

 to three Legumes, jointed, much curved, joints adhering 

 laterally to the peduncle, which runs along the concave 

 side of the curve; the outer side of the joints rounded, 

 with deep notches between. Seeds : one in each joint, round- 

 ish, compressed. Not having seen the flowers the genus is 

 doubtful. 



The joints of the Legumes are sold in the Market under 

 the name of Choorin, (Jering) the Malays being fond of the 

 seeds, which have an astringent taste. 



FiCUS, Schreb. 1613. 



1. Ficus lobata, H. 



Leaves sparse, long petioled, cordate, five lobed, subser- 

 rate, smooth above, tomentose below. Found near the water- 

 fall. 



2. Ficus malaica, H. 



Leaves elliptic, pointed, most entire, smooth ; Fruits 

 axillary, in pairs, sessile, ovate. (Neither sufficiently well 

 described to identify). 



CEYPTOGAMIA— FILICES 



ACROSTICHUM, Schreb. 



Smith Tracts, p. 230. " Fructifications forming one con- 

 tinued spot of no determined figure occupying almost all the 

 disc of the leaf. Tnvolucrum none, except little scales or hairs 

 interspersed among the capsules." 



R. A. Soc, No. 53, 1909- 



