1897.] G. King— Materials foj' a Flvra of the Mnlaijmi Peninstda, 213 
along stttures elsowkeve glabrous, usually rudimentary ; style decliuate. 
Pod black, 12-15 in. long* 2'25 in. wide, liiiear-oblong-, Homewliat curved, 
compresgod, stipe *^ in- long, base cuiieato towards upper suture, apex 
acute tapering towards lower suture which is prolonged into a stout 
beak 1 in, long. 
JiIalacca; (7ri^.tlit Mamgay^ Deny! Goodenoiigh ! PekAk; Scorie- 
chini ! 
The lac&l nntue of this species is said by Mr. Goodencingh to be *' Gapis fi'og'* 
net** or ^* Talan Kognet ; " Mr. Dorry notes it aa Btmga Tahn f " 
Haw fur the cbaraotera rii'c valid that sopfirute this sptjciea and S. (hnijimyemia 
from S. decUnata is, in the writer's opiiiion, a very donbtfyl maltcr. Tlio chief 
diag^nostio character, in tho cnuo of &. cauHjlorat ia the presence of 7 stamciig and tho 
writer ImBaecordingV placed in Mr. Baker's species only those spccimpna where 7 or 8 
Btainctis occur. These however consist, of but two gatherings, oue from Malacca and 
one from Peniki for, ns it hRppens, neither Maingay's nor GriJiUh'a specinaeng that 
form the original types of the species are representtn!? at Catontta. I'ho pods dos- 
oribod were collected by Goodenougb in Malacca and aro placed here because fchoy 
cei-tjiinly differ from the poda that nre known to belong to tho ti'eo described as 
S, dvcHnuta nnd from thoso that bolong to S. ihai}.>ingcn>'is^ But yonng poda of S. 
(leeHnnta from Jara are ratbfr moro liko those here supposed to belong to S. caulijlora 
than likn thogo of the Pen insular S, ihcHiHifa and a cnrefal field shnl_v of the forma 
by Malayan botanists ia urgently called for*. Tlio spociea which 3lr Cnntley haa 
named 8. thaipingejtsis hna nsually been diutributed na S. cnulijtora and it is, &3 ft 
matter of fact, of the three hero deacriboti, the one that beat nccords with Mr. 
Uakor'a nccount of the leaves and of the corymbs of hia S. caulijlora. But S. thaipin- 
ge^nsis jippenra never fo have more than 4 Btamens and therefore can hardly be 
Baker'a plant. If it can only be shown that the characters to bo derived from the 
fltjimona and the pods are at nil variahlo it may bo possible to reduce both 
Mr. HalEcr's and Mr. Cftntloy'e platifa to S, dedinata. 
4. Sara€A Kdnsti.ere Prnitn A tree 20-40 feet high, stem in 
in diam., branchlcts xigza^j glabrous. Leaves even-pinnate, rachis 5-10 
in. long, glabrous; leaflets peliohilate large, 2-3-jngate^ diminiRhing 
downwards, ovate-acuminate^ base cuneatej distal 8-10 in. long, 3*5-4 in. 
wide, basal if 2 pairs and central if 3 pairs 4-5 in. long, 2 25-2-5 in. 
wide, basal if 8 pairs 3 5-4 in. long, 2-2*25 in. wide; all chfirtaeeous, 
dark-green above, rather paler beneath, glabroii.s on both surface.*!, 
main-nerves nsconding, 6-9 pairs, more prominent beneath ns ia the 
midrib and the fine secondary reticulation ; petiolules "25 in. long. 
Flowers in terminal tont'-pedtmcled paniculate coryuTbs, the peduncles 
8-12 in. long, glabrous as aro tire brauches 1-2 in. long, and the pedi- 
cels. C?fr/y.r-tabe and pedicels, especinlly the Jatter» very short, together 
only "4-'5 in. long; bracts not seen; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong '2 in 
long, ghibrous- Corolla 0. Filaments 7, anthers not fieen. Pod falcate 
4-6 in. long. ]'5 in. wide, glabrous. See*h 5-6, trans'^preely ovate, '5 in, 
long, -7 in. across, 25 in. thick, festa black, smooth, shining, crustaceous- 
