196 CL Kiii^ — MatBriah for a Flora of (he Mafaff<in Penimula. [JTo. 1, 
slightly puberuloES within along midrib, the upper rather longei* sub- 
acute, the others obtuse "35 in. long, light-red, Rpreadiug. Sfainetis 3 
fertile, filnments '3 in. long. Otwfj veiy shortly Btnlked, densely pubes- 
oeut, style '2 in. long, atignia large peltate. Pod thin fiat densely 
velvety, 3-^ in. long, 2 m* ftCroBs, valves woody ; Btipe very sliort. Seeds 
* 3-5, ovate, dark-brown, 1 in. long, 't> in. acroi^s. 
Pkrak ; Kunstler 6914 I 7054! SGovtecUm ! SElangobj Kwala Lam- 
par, top of tlie cdve, " Kehall 1971 ! 
A verj roniarkable epoeies at onoo dls tin fished from anjr tho other Mftliiyan 
oneB by i&a kavea, wliioU ha^etlie nervation of a Strijchnos ; and frou> all ihe hitherto 
known spedea hj ita trtmoato entiro caly^i. It mi^ht uu this aeouatit be p€rliap» 
treat&d aa th© type of a now eeotion. Ab regards frqit it might be placed in tlie 
Beiitioa Phanera ; as regards ita other oharactera it agroos better wilb Lasioheout 
hi v/hl<ih. it ia Do^ placed. 
48. Cysometba Linn. 
Erect unarmed trees. Leaves with few conaceoua odd-pinnafe 
leaflets. Floieers copious, minute, in axillary corymba or racGmefi. 
Galy^ with a very short tube and snbbasal disc ; divisions 4-5, oblong, 
imbricated. Feiah 5, oblaneeolate, equal, not exserted. Stamens 10, or 
in 0. pohjandra indeflnito, tilumenta erect, free, filiform, exserted ; 
anthei's small, oblong, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary sessile 
or short-sfcalked, 2-ovnled ; style filifonji, stigma capitate. Pod turgid, 
obHque-obhing, with very thick indehisceut, usually r a gose, lough, some- 
wliafc fleshy valves. Seed exalbuminous, central, filling up the cavity. 
DiBTKiB. Species 20, spread everywhere in the tropics. 
Stain on a 10 (§ Eutynomctm). i leaf-raohi a glabrous : — f 
Flowers on stena and thick branches in racemes with a 
prodaced nJua; pedicels glabroOH ; (leavea l»jagate) 
Flowers amon^ the loavse in racemes or corymbs withont a 
produced axis ; pediceta paberulous ; — 
Corymbs laxly nrabelliform, bracts aojall very deciduotts j 
potts rugose j loaves 1— 3-itigat& 
[Lcavea 1 -jugate ... svns^. genuina i 
Leaves ^'Jugate ... ,., AVBf^r. hijuga f 
End-lenflets acute much exceed- 
ing bneal pair ... var. heterophylti^ 
End'leafleta obtuse bardly e;c- 
ccediag basa! pair ... var. mitnomrfe*.] 
Racemes dense snbapicato, bracts subpersistent i pod 
■ rn ooth ; 1 e iFea 3- j agate 
Btamena 40-60 (§ Peeit^otfUnametra} Teaf^racbia pnbemlous ? 
(flowers in axillary forytnba i pedicels puberulonBj ... 4- G, polj/andra. 
[IW smooth ,„ VAR. <^pi«J ; 
I. 0. cauUjtorn. 
2. ' C rami/lora.^ 
3. C. inaeqttafi- 
