1S97,] G. King^ — Muteriah for a Flora of the Malayan Fmimula. 155 
biacteolale above middle ; potl 30-2o-6eede(i j atameiis 
all fortiie filternately eh or t and long ,„ ... 13. 0. mimosoides. 
Leifteta oblong ('•* iti. long-, "15 in. -wide); pedrTOls '3 
in. bractcrtlafce bolow midillo j pod S'-lfi-fioedfed ; Bta- 
mens nnequal 1-3 upper often stt?rile .„ ,„ 14. Le^ckenaultiaita. 
§ 1. FiSTPLA DC Sepals obtuBfl, elamDns all antlioriferous, ilie 
2-3 lowest lai'ger thrm tlie rest find wifcli longer filaments. Poth iude- 
liiscent, stipitate, vory lotrg", tei-ete wiili thin brittle ligneous dissepi- 
mentis between the numeroue Beeds wMoli fti'e embedded ia Bubeious 
wad-liice discs between tlio partitions. 
1, Oassu nodosa Hara, iti Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3L A tree 40-50 
feet high, stem 10-15 idches across, branches spreading', l?ranchlctg 
black glabrous except iov the slightly downy tips. Lmv°8 equally 
pinnate 9-10 in, long ; leaflets chartaceous 6-1*2 pairs, opposite, oblong, 
base rounded, apex ehortly acnniinate, 2-2*5 in. long, 1-1 '25 in. wide, 
bright green, glabrona and shining above, dull and slightly pubescent, 
especially on the nerves, beneath ; lateral nerves epreading 12-16 pairs, 
slender but visible bcneatb, peliolnles *15 in. long, puber ulons as is the 
leaf-rachis. Flowers in coiyml)s 2-3 in. long, from old nodes along the 
branches, peduncles solitary or 2-4 together, pubeinilous simple very 
rarely branched, 1 in. long, bracts ovate-lanceolate persistent, puberalous, 
'25 ill. long, pedicels piibernlone the lower 1'5 in. long, ddtjx ;j-partite 
to the bnso, lobes subcqual green, ovate-obtuse, boarj. Feials 5, sub- 
e<jual, carnation to white with a finsh of pink» '6-*7 in. long, '25 in. wide 
ovate-acute, distinctly clawed. Stmnens 10, all antheriferiferons, the 3 
lowest with longer nodosn fiUmeiita and larger anthers than the others. 
Pod terete, rather distinctly annulated, *5 in, in diatn., 1*5-2 feet long, 
glossy blnck with thin brittle ligneous transverse dissepiments between 
Ihe 60-50 seeds eacb of which is embedded in a subei-ons disc '5 in. 
across "2 in^thick. Seeds broadly ovnte smooth slightly shining, "35 in, 
long, '3 in across, *2 in. thick, testa pale warm-brown. Wall. Oat. 
53^1 ; Roxb. Flor.Ind. Ill, 336; Wight, Ic. t. 4i0; Bnk. in Flor. Brit, 
Ind. II, 261. 
A K DA MANS; Kiny's Collecfors ! Malacca; Qn'^ih! Maiu^a^/ 590! 
Bukit Tamjun, Goodetifjugh 1912 ! Brisn, Derry 537 I Sadannn Keservo, 
De>-)y bS8\ SeXfindsM, OoodeiiOit^k 125 1 Penang; Waturfall, Curtis 
1570 ! Pkrak ; Chanderiauf^, Kumfler 5722 ! near Ulu Kerling, 
JiunsileT 87li2\ Goping, Kunstler 43641 Seortechiui 1934 ! Pauakci; 
Makang, Ridley 1359! Disthib. Jndo-China, from Sy ihe t and Cbitta- 
gong southwards and eastwards; Sumatra (Forbes 1748! 26Gf>!); 
Borneo {IlnvUand !} 
The Millar nrtines givfln for this are Sihoonok. {Gnndenouffh 1912); Biisok-htisoJc 
f J7^)->)/ 537j i JKid S'busu {Ooodenouifb 12G; Dart/ itSS). Tiiiu mime il sliaios with 
