152 G. King — Matenah for a Flm-a of tfw Malayan Peninsula. [N'o, 1, 
8. Oemosia yekosa Bnk. in Flor.'Brit. Ind. II, 254. A tall tree, 
witli brancliee densely poi-sistently velvety-pnbesceufc. Leaves ^kS in. 
long, leafiDts 7, obovate-obloiig, obtuse or subobtuse, base cnneate nearly 
BCESsilo on tbe racbis, rigidly tjoriaceoua, greyiab-green glabrous bat dall 
above, densel7*pcrsistentlj^ tomeuto&e beneath, 3-4 in. long r5-2 in, 
across, terminal exceeding tbe rest, secondary nerves 10-12, distinctly 
raised beneath, rachija densely velrety. ^iJticeme* terminal crowded, with 
rather slender branches^ ^-4 in, long and about as wide, rachis and 
' branches densely velvety ; pedicels '2 in. long, nearly equalling the fcaly:*, 
bracts '15 in. long^ lanceolate, pei'aisteat, bracteolea at base of pedicels '1 
in. long, 2 bracteolea under calyi minute but subpersistent, Cutlf/sa '23 
in, loug, denBely velvety, teeth triuijgnlar, three lower as long as tube, 
two upper eubconnate. Corolla *35 in, long, appai^ntly white, stand ar4 
■3 in. across. Stamens incurved, eacserted, Ofary velvety. Fod obtuse 
or snbacate, orbicular or oblong, obtnse or subacute, 1'5 In. long, 1*35 in, 
across, '1 in. thick, the valves very thickly woody, black and glabrous 
externally. Seeds neuaUy solitary, ovoid, '5 in. long, '4 in. wide, crini- 
6on-red, without aril 1 us. 
Malacca J Maingay 5331 
A very distmet &pe>oies. 
SUSOSDEB 11, O^SALPmiMJB. 
Trees or shniba, very rarely herbs. Leaves pinnate or 2-pinnato 
leaflets 1-Qo -paired, rarely simple or 1-foliolate, stipels usually 0, if 
present very minute. Liflorescence racemose, rai^ely cymose, very rarely 
spicate ; axillary, lateral, or in terminal panicles. Floteers irregular or 
very rarely regular, 5-, less often -i-merous. Sepals 5, or 4 from fusion of 
the apper two, divided to the summit of the disc that lines the shoit or 
long calyx- tabe, imbricate or rarely valvate, or very rarely united in a 
toothed or lobed limb. Petals 5, or fewer by abortion, tlie upper inuer- 
most in bud, the others variously imbticafce. Stamem 10, or fewer by 
abortion, very rarely indefinite, free or rarely some or all more or lesa 
contiflte;, antliei'B various. Omry free or united by its stipe to tbe disc- 
beaiing calyx-tube. Seeds various, albumen copious, scanty, or 0. 
ildttZicZe.straight or slightly oblique, hidden between cotyledons, or short- 
ly exserted. " 
Leaves aimply pinnate or {Banhinia} l-foliolate :— 
AritluTS basi fixed 
LtiaTes erett^pimnato ; {pebttis 5) 44. Cassia. 
Lenves o^d^pinBat^ ; leaflets 0l6emate:~ 
Petals 5 -f stamens 5 ; pod flat, winged throughout its 
dream feronee', indehisceut ,,.45. Koompassia. 
