160 G. King — Matenals foi' a Fhra of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
shrub 2-5 feet high usually of aunual duratiou. Leaws equally pinnate 
'i-S iu. long; leaflets 3-0 (rarely 2) paira, opposite, raerabraoous, green, 
fcefcid, ovate-acuminate with cnneate base, rather densely pilose on both 
surface'^, 1 '5-3*5 in. long, 1-1' 5 in. wide, lateml uorven about 6 pairs 
straight ascending, petiolules very short pilose aa is the leaf-rachis which 
has a single large gland 3 in, above ita base; stipules subulate mem- 
branous "35 in. long, Floivers usually iu stibsessile pairs in axils of 
leaves, the upper crowded, their common peduucle evou in fruit not 
ejcceeding '15 in., pe.dicels in fruit 5 in. loug, erect, rigid, pilose, Cahjss 
5'partite to base, segfments pale, ovate-swbaoute, pilose extei'tially, '25 in. 
loug. Petals 5, siibequal, spreading, bright-yellow, 45 in. long, 25 iu. 
wide ovate-oblong obtuse. Siamem 7 (the 3 upper repJaced by stami- 
nodos) the 3 lower longer aud with lai'ger anthers tlian the two lateral 
pairs ; anthers brown. Pod slightly falcate, 6-8 iu. long, '25 in. wide, 
Bubterete, faintly transversely septate, the valves densely villous, papery, 
very faintly reticulated and fjiititly depres.^ed between the seeds, sutures 
brojid. Seeds 90-120, ovate, small, dull-bi own, '15 in. long, '1 in, wide, 
•07 jji. thick. DC. Prodr. II, 407 ; Eak. iu Flor. Biit. Ind. II, 263. C. 
tomentosa Wall. Cat. 5li04 not of Liun. 
Singapore; very commoUf Anderson 44! Uulleit 75! Kwisiler S17 \ 
DiSTRiB. An American weed now naturalised in many parts of S.-E. 
Asia. 
8- CABSlt 0CCiDB?3TALis Liuu, Sp. PI. 377- A diffuse subglabrous 
nndershrnb 2-5 feet liigh usually of annual duration. Leatvs equally 
pinnate 6-S in. long ; leaflets 3-5 pairs opposite, membranous, glaucous, 
foL'tid, ovate-oblong with rounded base, tapei-ing to an acuminate tip, 
glabrous above, glabrous or finely pubescent beneath, 1-3 iu. long, '6-1*25 
in, wide; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs spreaHing, petiolules very short 
glabrous as is the leaf-rachis which has a single large globose gland at 
its base. Flowers in axillary short-pednncled few-fid. corymbs arranged 
in a terminal panicle, bracts white with pink tinge^ thin, oTatG-acuiniiiiTtc, 
caducous, '5 in. long; pedicels -IS-'S in. loug, sparsely puberulous, spread- 
ing, in fruit reaching '5 in. long, ascemling, rigid. Calyx 5-partite to 
Imse, segments white faintly tinged with pink, glabroua, meinbranons, 
obtuse, "5 in. long. Petals 5 subcqual, yellow very. faintly veined with 
orange, '5 in. long, '3 in. wide, ovate-ohfcuse. Staynens 7, (the 3 upper 
replaced by staminodes) the 3 lower longer and with larger anthers than 
the two lateral pairs; anthers brown. Pod slightly falcate, compressed, 
transversely septate, sutures rigid, valves depressed between the 20-30 
seeds, 4-5 iu. long, '35 in. wide, "2 iu. thick. Seeds broadly ovate, small, 
pale- brown, '2 iu. long, "15 in. across, '1 in. thick. DC. Prodr. II, 4f)7 ; 
Koxb. Hort. Beng. 31; Bet. Reg. t. «3; W. & A. Prodi'. 290 ; Miq. 
