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oblong linear. Stamens ten glabrous short, anthers 

 linear oblong. Pistil pubescent, flattened stalked. Pods 

 6-7 inches long i inch wide, long beaked, torulose falcate 

 with 4 or 5 seeds. Seeds cylindric oblong quite obtuse 

 black i inch long. Lankawi on the sea shore at Kwah 

 (Jan. 1897) Kedah common round Alor Sta (15135) Bukit 

 Pinang (15134). This plant is remarkable for its deep 

 red black short flowers. 



E. suberosa Roxb. var ? 



Specimens of an Erythrina consisting of brandies 

 covered with large thick conic thorns and a few flowers 

 were obtained by Curtis at Terutau, and Dr. Keith at 

 Bangtaphan. The latter describes his plant as an erect 

 tree, the bark covered with big knotty spines, height 30 to 

 40 feet. The flowers appear before the leaves, and are 

 li inch long. Calyx spatheceous not two lipped, but 

 oblique and retuse, on the lower side pubescent. The 

 standard is narrow " vermilion " much longer than broad 

 entire at the tip, keel " golden, " stamens grey. 



This is referred to by King in the Materials as re- 

 sembling in flowers E. suberosa Roxb., a glabrous form 

 of which occurs in Tenasserim and Burma, but he points 

 out that E. suberosa Roxb., has almost unarmed branches 

 while this is in both specimens densely prickly. 



Indigofera Anil, L. Perlis near Kanga, probably escaped from 

 cultivation. 



I. sp. Perlis, Besih Hangat. 



In fruit only (15132). 



Sesbania cannabina, Pers. Perlis, Kanga, (15123) Tongka 

 (Curtis) Distrib. India, and Malaya. 



S. paludosa, Roxb. Kedah (Kunstler) Distrib. India, China, 

 Malay Peninsula and islands. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



