1897.] G. King — Matii7iaU for a Mora of the Malayan Fcninstth. 203 
Stipales inconepicuotiB ; caljx-lob^B ratli,er densoly 
BpineacoDt ontaide in their tipper two'thirde ... 2. S. Echinoealy^i. 
Pod 8 obtiqnely roandod at base, boak project! tig lateral 1; 
at rigtit fingloa to direction of etalk (unkuowu* in 8. vclu' 
Una) ; riiehisi of raceme zig-zag with Bubdistichonsly-Befc • 
bracta and flowers 
Leaflets 3-jagat0, pnberttlous beneath ; cal/X'lobes • 
alijjhtly spltiesoent in their npper thin! outside ... 3. S. intermedia^ 
Leaflc'tB 5~6* jugate, densely pubeaceut beneath j cnlyx- • 
lohea not apineacent ... ... ... 4, S. veltitina. 
Pods nnai mfed i leaves glabrous beneath j (pod BQbeqoally 
rounded at base, ca1yx-]ol>eB not spincscetit) ... ... 5. S. cori<icea. 
1. SisooKA Wallich[ANA Benth. A large tme with sli\']jtly riisty- 
pobesceiit braiiclilets. Leaves equally pinnate with puberuhjus raciiig 
4r-6 iti- loug, Btipuies very largo foliaceoaa semi-lunar Biib-intrftpetiolar, 
'6 long, acute at apex, rounded auriculate at base, pubescent on both 
sid*i; leaflets 3-Jugate, ubbng, apex iwnd or acute, baise roaud or 
cnnmte, l'5^'25 in. loii^, 1 in, wide, the lowest pair sUghtty tbe 
small estj very coriaceoufi, shining glabrous aljove, dull nnifonnly [lubea- 
cent beneath, nervoa numerous close horizontal slightly irregular, faint 
beneath not visible above, petiolule^t "2 in. long, puberntoua. Fiomartt in 
axillary and terirnual lax panicles 6-8 in. Jong, in. wide, iridividual 
racemes 3-4 in. lon^ with strtiiglit pubescent rrtchia, flowers Kjiirully 
arranged, bracts broadly ovatc-obtase, '4 in. long» densely piibesrent 
bene;ith, sparsely pnberulous nbove, pedicels '3^ in. long, with Cwn ovide- 
bmceobite bracteoles, 2 in. long, at the apex; buds oblong densely pubes- 
pent, *4 in. long. C'a/*^.c tube short, lobes 4, tbiuk, 25 in. long, densely 
stngcise within, ovale-acute, vaivnfe, sparingly spinesoent externally in 
the upper third. I'etal J, as long as tbe calyat-lobcs, inside densely 
hairy. *b7ana«ai-s heath and filaments declinate pubescent. Ovary very 
liii'snte, style twisted, stigma capitate. Fod broadly oblong, subequalSy 
rounded at baae so that tbe sliort stout straight beak projecls in tlie 
direction of the long axis, 3 in. long, 2 in. ncross ; valves dehiaceafc, 
pnberulous, woody, uniformly armed on the outside wifcli strong straight 
conical spines '15 in. long. Seeds usually 2, with aiiilHte funicle. 
SlwJom WaUicfin Benth. in Hook. Icoii.'Plant. t. lOlS nal t. 1017 ; Bak, 
in Flor. JJrit. Ind. II, 268 in part, excL syn. Eckttiocifhjx Bth. and both 
VARS. Guilandiiin Wallichiana Grab, in Wail. Cat. ,5805. QaUdupa 
WalUcM'iiia Prain MSS. 
Si:^OAPOiiE; Wallich 5805! Eurz! T. Anderson 41 J Malacca; 
Grtpih ! ' 
TJie GrifliUiian Bp^cimenB rcfc*rrctl to wore given by Dr. QrifRtli to Dr. 
McClelland ; from his collection they isaaaed into the Calontta Herbarium nnder 
Grillith'fl original name " Cassia sp," They wera afterwards exaroimed by Dr. T. 
