1897.] Q. King — Matenah for a Flora of ihe Malayan PeninmJa. 197 
Pod very rngoso, leaflets couBidi^f^ 
ttbly larger ... ... VAR. ? iTfirzii.] 
§ J. EucYNOMiiTBA. Stamens 10. 
1 Ctnomktra CAULrPLORi Liun. Sp. PI, 382, A shrub or small 
tree 8-16 feet high.. Leaves even.piniiate, leaflets 1 -jugate with petiole 
under '2 in. loo^ or occasionally with one of the leaflets abortive, 
dimidiato-oblong to subfalcate-ohlong, snbsesaile, 2-3 in. long, *75-l'5 
in, wide, base cnneate, 'apex acute or enbacute slightly notched, sub- 
coriaceons, dark-green, glabrotiB on both snrfaces, slightly shining above, 
lateral nerves few ascending not very prominent beneath, not risible 
above. Powers in small elongated sessile racemes, ■£>-2 in. long, occa- 
sionally rednced to very short 2-3-fld. stalklets or to single flowers, 
clustered, rarely solitn-ry, on rngoae nodes 6n the stem, the bracts small 
coticave-ovate, persistent, *05 in. long, glabrous, pedicels '2 in, long, slender 
glabrous, witfi small concave-ovate basal bracteoles, '05 in. long, Calijx- 
tnbe very short, lobes 3^ lanceolate, white, '15 in. long. Feiah linear, "15 
in. long, white or pink. Stamens 10, filaments -2 in. long^ slender, |^lah- 
rous. Ovtn-y glabrescent, shortly stlpitnte, oblique j ovules 2. Pod thick 
and fleshy, oblong to itTeguIarly globose, apiculate, glabrous, 1-2 in. 
long, edible. DC. Prodr. II, 509 ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32 ; Wall. Cat. 
5816 A, B ; W. <fc A. Prodr. 293 ; Miq. Flor. Ind- Bat. I, 77 ; Bak. in 
Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 268. 
Malacca J _^(?e Baker. Distrtb. Cultivated occasionally in India 
and in our area ; genemlly in the Malay Ai cbipelago. 
2, CrNOMETHA BAMIFLOBA Linn. Sp. PI. 382. A medinm-sized, 
spreading, sea-coast tree, 20-30 feet high. Leatse* eveti-pinnate j leaflets 
l.jagate with petiole under "2 in. long, or 2- jugate with rachis 1*25-2 in. 
long, the lowest pair always slightly, often much, smaller than tho 
terminal, obliquely obovate-oblong to aubfalcate-oblong, subsesaile^ 
1-.5 in, long^ *li5-2'5 in. wide, base obliquely cuneate, apex obtuse or 
shortly bluntly acuminate, coriaceouf), dark-green, glabrous on both 
aarfaces, shining above, lateral nerves numerous, spreading, rather dis- 
tinct. Fiotvers in small snbunibellate corymbs on small branches above 
the axils of fallen leaves, '3-"6 in. long, the bracts small ovate, the outer 
'l5-"2 in. in diam., very decid«ou8, pedicels *3-*5 in, long, very slender, 
finely puberulous, with small lanceolate basal bracteoles. Oaltfx-tah% 
very short, lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, white, *12 in. long. Petals white, 
linear-lanceolate, '15 in. long, much narrower than sepals. Sfamejis 10, 
filaments slender, '25 in, long, glabrous ; anthers versatile. Ouary den- 
sely pubescent, snbsessile, very oblique ; ovules 2. FckI fleshy, strongly 
wrinkled, irregularly oblong or ovoid with a thick terminal fleshy tip, 
•5 in. long, 4i in, broad and iiearly as thick. Seed oblong, "4 in. loag, "3 
