1897.] G. King — Mate Huh for a Fl&t'u of the ^falayan Feninstda. 205 
oonspicnonfj beneath, not visible above, petiolules *15 in. lon^, puboraloua, 
Fhwers etrongly scented, in axillfiry a)id teiTiiinal dense panicles, 4-6 in. 
long, 2*5-3 ill. wide, individual racemes 2 in. long with suberect zig-zag 
rusty-lomentoae j-acbis, ftowers subdiBticbous, bracts ovate-acute '3 in, 
long, densely puberutoaa betieath, spar«ety so above ; pedicels Sh in. long 
rasty-t/Onientose, with two ovatodanceolate bracteoles, "2 in, long, at the 
apex J btiiis oblong densely pubescent, '4 in. long. Cali/js-tuho shorty 
lobea 4, thick, "25 in. long, very densely strigose on the inside, ovate- 
acnte, valvatc^ spai ingly spinesceut externally in the upper third. Petal 
1, reddish, as long as the calyx-lobes^ densely hairy. Staminal'Bhvaih 
and filamentfi dccliiiate, red with rusty hairs ; perfetit anthers 9. Ovary 
very hirsute, style twisted, stigma capitate. Pod wide-oblong, obliquely 
rounded at base bo that the Bmall recnrved beak projects laterally at 
right angles to direction of stalk, 2 in, long, 2'$-^ $ in. across ; valvoa 
dehiscent, puberulotif, woody, uniformly armed»on the outside with 
strong straight conical Bpines '2 in. long- Seeds usually 2,- rarely 3-5, 
with hard black shitiiug testa, oblong, horizontal, *5 in. long, "75 in, across, 
resting on a bfisal, arillus-like, thick obconie funiculus about *75 in, long. 
Sindora WitlUrMi jar {ntprniediu Bak. in Ffor. Brit. Ind. IT, 268. S> 
Wallichii Scortechini MSS. not of Benth. Gafedupa inler media Pi*ain 
MSS. 
Pangkoee ; Gunong Tnngal, Gurtis 1630 ! Scorfechmi 1064 1 
Malacca; Mttiugay ^^'^l FmiiK ; ScortecMui I 
This is ftt onCH (listiiigtLislicrd by its trJinsverse pods fpom both of iJio species 
plnuud niider 8. WaUicfiiana by Wr. Bentham. Mr, CurtU givtia Hits Malujr nania of 
tliia in riiiiffkor as '* Sapetir." 
Two othsr apefies with Bimilnriy oblirioo poda are S. etimnlrana Miq, and S. 
eochinchinennis Baill.; it is jiiflt possible tliat 3. ueiwiviw Bak. may prOT© to sUar® 
tho ohai-actor and to belong to the same group. 
4. SiNDoitA VKLUTiKA Bak. in Flor. Brit. Itid II, 269. A large tree 
with densely tawny -tonaentoae bi-atichea. Leaves equally pinnate with 
spai-aely imbescent riichi-^i 5-7 in. bug, stipulos not seen ; leaflets 5-6- 
jngate, oblong, apex subacute or aeutct base round or slightly cuueate, 
2*5-3 5 in. longg i~175 in. wide, the lowest pair rather tho smallest, 
very coriaceous, ehiniiig glabi'ous above, dull densely uniformly softly 
pnbescent beneatli, uervea numerous close horinnntal slightly irregular, 
very faint beneath, not viaiblo above, petioluloa '1 in., densely pubes- 
cent. Fhwm^s in axillary and terminal lax racemes 5-7 in. long, 3 in. 
wtde ; individual racemes 2 in. long, with zig-zag densely tawny-pubes- 
cent spreading rachin, flowers HubdisHchoils, bracts ovate-acute, *3 in. 
long, den-sely tawny-totneutose, pedicels "15 in. long, densely tomentoso 
as aro the two lauiceolate bi-actcoies ; buda oblong, densely pubescent, 
■4 in. long. Ga/^«-tube short, lobes 4, thick, '25 in. long, densely hairy 
