1897.] G. King — Matmab for a Flora of Ihe Malayan PeninmJn. 157 
\oi\g lax racomc^i 12-20 in. long, bracts miunte caducotiB, pedicels glab- 
rous ^5-2 iu. long. Gtdifx S-partifco to the base, segments broadly 
fi[>a(.1mlafe -'Zd in. long, finely pnberulous. Pefah 5 Bubeqnal, obovato 
sliortly clavvtid, -8-1 in. long, -G-'? in. wide, Siajnens 10 all anf liot iferous, 
tho 'A lowest wiMi larger m\d tliicker but not nodose Hlnmenta, and with 
Ifirger antliers. Fud tetete, '9-1 in. tbiuk, not at all annulated, 1-2 feet 
long, dull blfifjk wifcii thin hritUe Hofopoua imnsverse dissepiments 
between tlie 50-90 seorls each of which is embedded in a suberous diso 
•8-'9 in. Oicmaj*, '2 in. tliick. Seeds broadly ovate smooth ihijiing, '35 
in. long, li in. across, 2 iti. thick, tostu pale " warm-brown. DC. Piodr. 
II, 488; Uoxb. Hoit. Beng. 31; Fl. Ind. II, 333; Wall. Cat 5.'i02 ; 
\Y. & A. Pi odr. 265 ; Miq. F'lor. Ind. Bat. I, 89 ; Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. 
n. 261; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 11, 11. 0. rhomhifoUa lioxb. Hort. 
Beng. 31 ; Floi-. Itid. II, 331. ; VViglit Ic. t. 269. 
Malacca J Mde Baker in Flor. BriL Ind. Andamans ; planted, 
commoti. 
This ia tho well-knnwn .4wirff;afl or Intlifin Luijiirnam " andonbtodly a nntivo of 
Iivdiii bnfc, not in tlio writer's opituou, entitled to bo considenHl nn indigpnt-nia tree m 
Jhilrtyii ; intleett nmie of tlio Mabyuri botntusts have sent epccitneiiB to Caloiitti*. 
llr. Bakor hoTirever' alludes to epocimoDs at Kow from Maltvcra ; possibly it la plauE- 
ed in tiie other proTincoa also. In tho AiidmmimH it only occnrs &a a planted treo. 
§^ 2. PsiLORnKOMA Yogel. Scpul^ ohtiiae, stamens all nutheriferous, 
anthers all siibeqnal. Pods oorapressed, dehiscent, tho dissepiments 
betweeji the seeda memhranons. 
4* Cassia or.AucA Lamk Encyc. Meth. I, 647- A amall tree 15-20 
feet high with ^dabrons torfito branches ; stem 4—6 in. in diam. Leaves 
equally piniiata G-0 in, long ; leaflehi 4-6 pfiirs opposite, membrsmnns 
or subcoriaceoas, pale-green glabroua above, very glaucous and sparsely 
fidpiessed-pubcrutons or glabrous beneath, ovate-acute, base cunonte, 
2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, lateral nerves 10-12 pairn indistinct, 
pekiolules *15 in, long, puberalong ns is the rachis which ia faintly 
eliannelled above and furnished with long conieal glantia between eacih 
of the 2-3 lywest pairs of leaflets \ Ktipulefi falcate naiTowly lanceolato 
*35 in. long, caducons. Flowei-it in axillHry corj^rabs 4 in. long, 2-5 in, 
nrrossj the peilnneloa 2 in, lo»g ; lower pedicels 1*25 in. long, spreading, 
solitary in the axils of small elliptic caducous bracts ghibrotis as are the 
pcdnncles. Calyx 5-parlite to the base, segmenta very nneqnal, pale- 
yellow, glabrous, all orbicular, the outer "2, the others *3 in. across. 
Petals 5 suboqual, apreudlng, bi*oadly ovnte-obtuso shortly clawed, 1 in. 
long, "75 in. across, pale-primose with faint greenish-yellow veins, 
Stamens 10 stibequal. Pod straiglit flat very thin, dehiscent, linear, 
tapering to both ends, flexible, dull, slightly compressed between the 
seeds, valves thinly coriaceoii.s, fl-8 in, long, •o-'7 fti< wide, with a stalk 
