274 XLV. LECIUMIKOS^ [PifhecoloUum 



natmg in short bristles. PL white in small globose sessile or short-peduncn- 

 late headSj arranged in long panicled racemes. Pod linear, turgid, twisted, 

 4-5 in. long. 



Indigenous in America, natui-alized in the Western Peninsula as an excellent 

 liedge plant Coppices i^eadily. Fl Jannary-Marcli. 2. P. geminatum, Benth. A 

 small busily tree of Ceylon, stated by Beddome, Manual 96, to occur in the southern 

 part of the Penuibula. Stipules spmescent; iDinnse 1, leaflets 1-5 pair, the upper- 

 most largest, the lowe&t wanting on the m&ide. PL to extremity of stamens |-1 m. 

 long. Pods 2-4 by 5 i^^- much constricted between seeds. 8. P. "umTDellatum, Benth. 

 East side of the AVestern Peninsula, common. Cejdon, diy countiy, laie. A small 

 tree ; branchlets and stipules often spmescent •, pmn^e 2, leaflets oblong, 5-8 pair. 

 PI. oieamy white, J in to extremity of stamens, on pedicels longer than stamens, in 

 lax heads or umbels , peduncles 1 m. long. Pod thick, curved, much constricted 

 between seeds, ultimately breaking up into 7-10 1-seeded mdehiscent ]omts. 



A prickly species, probably of this genus, P. semicorclatnm^ C. B Clarke MSS. Khasi 

 hills, 1,000 ft , has 1 pair of piniic^, leaflets 1 pair and a solitary one below outside the 

 teiminal, leaflets veiy unequal-sided, semicordate, 8-5 m. long, the lateial ones smaller. 

 Fl ^\hite; peduncles slender, fasciculate, tiom the old %vood. 



B. Unarmed ; pinnsB 1-3, leaflets 2-4 pair ; branchlets and rachis of panicle 

 not prominently angled or farrowed. 



4. P. glomeriflorum, Kurz P. PI. i. 430, 



A shrub or small tree ; pinnae 1, leaflets 3 pair, elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 in. 

 long. PL sessile, \-\ in. to extremity of stamens, in lax axillary and terminal 

 rusty-pubescent panicles. 



Shiliong by the Bishop's falls (fl. larger, perhaps distinct). Dry foiests on the hills 

 east of Toungoo 4-7,000 ft. PI March-Apiil. 



5. P. lobatum, Benth. ; Knrz P. PL L 429. Yern. Tanyln^ Burm. 



An evergreen tree, heartwood brown, close-grained. Pinnse 1, leaflets 

 2-3 pair, shining on both sides, elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8 in. long, glands usually 

 at the base of leaflets- PL white, \ in. long to extremity of stamens, sessile, 

 or on short pedicels ; panicles axillary or on the old wood. Pod horseshoe- 

 shaped or loosely spirally twisted, deeply lobed along the lower suture, the 

 lobes thick, distinct, dehiscent, 1-2 in. diam., some seedless. Seeds 3-10, dark 

 brown, orbicular, f in. diam. 



Pegu Yoma, Martaban, Tenasserim, chiefly near streams. Often cultivated. FL 

 C. S. Seeds eaten and sold. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Closely allied is 6. 

 P. iiicobarictmi, Pram, Nicobars ; pmiice 1, leaflets 2 pair, no glands at the base of 

 leaflets. Pod purplish-ied, | m. wide, sinuate between seeds. 7. P. affine, Baker, Malay 

 Peninsula. Piain m Journ As Soc. Beng. 66 515, states: coHected by I) B. in Burma 

 (specimens probably at Calcutta). A small tree; branchlets rusty-puberulous or 

 pubescent ; -^mxidd 1-2, leaflets 4 pair, glands at the base of leaflets ; fl. white, m dense 

 heads. 8. P. ellipticum, Hassk. (P. Jasciculatmi, Benth.) Nicobais, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. A small tree ; pmme 2, leaflets 3-4 pair, glands only at the base of 

 the terminal pair ; fl. yellow, m very small 2-5-fld. heads. 



9. P. bigeminum, Martins; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 575. 



A middle-sized tree; branchlets, common petioles and inflorescence rusty- 

 pnberulous. Pinnse 2-3 pair, leaflets of the lowest pinnse 1-3, of the ter- 

 minal 3 sometimes 4 pair, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous, dark green. PL 

 cream-coloured, J- in, long to extremity of stamens, sessile or shortly pedicelled 

 in 2~5-fld. heads. Heads in slender, terminal or supra-axillary panicles. Pod 

 flat, not indented between seeds, 3-5 by | in., bright red within, curved into a 

 ring or spiral. 



Subliimalayan tract, from Nepal eastwards, ascending in Sikkim to 4;,000 ft. Assam^ 

 Oachar. Evergreen forests of the Western G-hats to 4,000 ft. PL Pebruary-May. 

 Ceylon, moist region. A slender shrub (Wainad), leaflets thin, caudate-acuminate, 

 reticulate venation prominent on the underside is P. gracile^ Bedd, MSS. in hb. Kew. 



C. Unarmed ; pinnse and leaflets numerons ; branchlets and rachis of panicle 

 furrowed and angular. 



