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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



Mimosa Djiringa. Roxb : Hort : Bcng : p. 93. 

 Bua Jiring. Malay. 

 Pulo Pinang, Malacca, &c. 



A lofty tree, unarmed, with grey bark and round smooth 

 branches. Leaves alternate, conjugato- pinnate, leaflets three- 

 paired, on short thick pedicels, ovate lanceolate, obtusely 

 acuminate, very entire, very smooth, the upper pairs larger. 

 Petioles round somewhat keeled above. An indistinct gland 

 above the base of the common petiole. Capitula few flower- 

 ed, panicled ; these panicles are fasciculate, axillary, or in 

 the axils of fallen leaves. Flowers white. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx, 5-cleft. Stamina numerous, 

 monadelphous, long, fertile. Style as long as the stamina. 

 Legumes solitary, very large, almost black, about a foot in 

 length, spirally contorted, articulate, two-valved, articula- 

 tions subrotund, one-seeded, convex and prominent on both 

 sides. Seeds large, subrotund, double convex. 



This species belongs to the genus Inga of Willdenow. 



INGA BUBALINA. (W. J.) 

 N. O. MimosecB. Br: 

 Inermis, foliis conjugato-pinnatis, foliolis bijugis glaberri- 

 mis, capitulis paucifloris paniculatis, paniculis axillaribus et 

 terminalibus, legumine recto cylindrico. 

 Bua Karbau. Malay. 

 Sumatra, &c. 



A tree, unarmed, with grey bark. Leaves alternate, con- 

 jugato-pinnate, leaflets two paired, ovate, with rather an 

 obtuse acumen, very entire, very smooth, nerves lucid; the 

 upper pair of leaflets the largest. Primary petiole short, 

 thickened at the base, bearing a gland at the point; secondary 

 petioles without glands. Capitula few-flowered, panicled. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal, peduncled, divaricate, shorter 

 than the leaves. Bracts small. Calyx shorter, tubular, 

 5-dentate. Corolla white, much longer than the calyx, cam- 



