214 G. King — Maforiah for a Fhmt af tJie I!ahit/an Penin^da, [No. 1, 
Pkiuk ; Gauong Bala Patch, 1500-2000 feet, Kumfler 8048 ! 
A very distinct specieei, npparfntly npareet 8* Lobhiana Bak, j unfortunntoly 
good flowova aro not yet availaljlo for tlcBt'i-iptioji. 
5. Saf^aca ispi€A Linn. Mnnt. I, 98. A low wide-spreadiing tree 
20^30 feet hig^h, Ktotii 2 feet thick, branches glnbrous. Leaves with 
rachis 7-8 in. lonpj, racttis glabrous, leatleL^ subooriaceons 5, less oftt^ii 
6 rarely 4 pairs, oblong-hmceolate apex obtuse or acute, base rounded 
or cuneate slightly obliqno, 6-9 in. long, 2-3 in. wide, margins faintly 
ntidulatej daik-grecn fshiiniig nbove, duH and paler benentli, both ^Jdcs 
quite glabrous 1 pet-iolules short *2 in. long very stout, stiptls clccidu- 
ouB ; stipnles siuall at fir.st coriaceous, green, at length scavious, browir, 
the two onited completely fiom base to apex into a convolute abeath fof 
the subsequent bud, when laid open ovate-oblong "4 in. long, '25 in. 
wide, pandlel-nerved and minutely lacfniate at the wide tip. I'lower^ in 
dense corjnibs 3-4 in. i%. diani., axillary; |)cd uncles and pedicels red- 
dish, glabrous, mtbor stoat, basal brfvcts ovate-subacute with ciliolate 
margins, bracteoles 2 subopposed persistent ascending oblong-spatludato 
subacute amplexieaui, 15 in. long, pedicels below bracteoles '3-""5 in, 
long. Calyx btight-orange becoming at length red, tube '5-6 in. long, 
cylindric, about twice as long as limb of 4 obovate-oblong sepals. Fthdit 
0. Stiiiiicju 7 or 8 with 2 rtidimejiiarj (ilauiouts, all (llamenfcs slightly 
uidcnetl and sligliJlj^ connate at base, reddish, aiithoi-s nearly twice fts 
long as broad, purple; filaments tbrice as long as sepals. OrciT-y elalked, 
pnbcrulous along (ho sutures elsewhere glabrous, 8-J2-ovuik'.d, in most 
iluwei-s rmli mental y and then qait© glabrous; style filiform dcclinnte . 
nearly as long as filamenls. Fod black, 4-10 in. long, 1*7 in. Avide, 
linear- oblong, compieaBcd, valves sfi^ortgly wide-reticulate ; sfapc '25 in. 
long. SeeiU 4-8, oblong, compressed, 15 in. long. Mic|. Flor. Ind. 
Bat. I, 83; Bedd. FL Sylv, t. 57; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 271. 
S. arhorescens Bmm, Fl, Ind. 85, t. 25, f. 2. Jotiesia Asttca Roxh, A«3. 
Res. IV, 355; FL Ind. 11, 218; DC. Prodi-. IT, -1S7 ; Wall. Cat. .5822 ; 
W. i% A. Prodi-. 284 ; Wight Ic. fc. 206 ; Bot. Mag. L 3018. /. 2^^nnaia 
Willd. Sp. Fl. 11,287, 
Malacca ■ fide Baker in Flora of Brit. India. Pi'obably planted j 
the species has never been sent to Calcutta hy any Malayan butunist. 
6. Saraca BlJUOA Prain. A tree with spreading branches 20-o0 
feet high, stem 6 in. to 2 feet thick ; branobes glabi-ous. Lmves nith 
racbis 1 in. long, leaflets thinly subcorinceoua 2-, or not infrequeiilly 
l-jngate, oblong-lauccolate, apex gradually narrowed in the upper third 
to a sbarj) point-, busew of terminal jmir very oblique, rounded on lower 
cuneato on upper maigin, uf lower pair rontidecl or suhcoidaie on Ivoth 
sides, 4-10 in. long, 1-2 75 in. wide, matgiub faintly undulate, dark-grecu 
