218 G. King — Mute^ials fo}' a Mnra of the Mahtijan Vt^iimula. [Ifo. 1, 
opposito amplexicftul ti-iaT»gnlar persistent erect bracteoles midway 
between bract and calyx- tube, pedicels amd bracteoles piibenilons. 
Qalyx white, tube cylindric *]5 in. long, shorter than limb of 4 nanow- 
obUmg sepals, pubescent along margin at tip. Petals 0. Stame7iH 2 with 
« rudimenUtry filament between tliem, opposite to and involved by tbe 
inmost calyx segment; filaraetits widened at base and mibconnate, pitik; 
anthers neaily twice as long as broad, filamenta twice aa long 
aa sepals. Ovanj pmbescent. Pod oblong, obliquely obtuse at apex 
with a rather pronounced beak, obliquely rounded at baae, 2 in. long, '1 
in. across. 
Perak ; Dindings, Lumut, Bidlmj ! 8006 f 
A very remnrkable epcMjiea, easHy distlngoiBhed from all those hithei-fco known 
by its large foliaceous atipnlio?, mid its Bit i pell Rte loAves lyitli pube^'Cent rachie. It hna 
been obtained twiue, both tim^s in th& eamo loc&Ht/, and on both occaaions by Mr. 
RiaiBy. 
53. Crudia Schreb. 
Shrubs or treeB. Leaves odd-pinnate or spuriously even -pinnate by 
the approximation of the penuitimato to tbe terminal leaflet, the leaf- 
rachis somefcimea prolonged beyond tbe ultimate leaflet, the remaining 
leaflets usually conspicuously alternate rarely occaaionally subnpposed ; 
stipules iiiterpetioJar, stipels 0. Floweret in racemes either terminating, 
or simple or in clusters at tbe bases of, tlie glabrous or pubescent 
new leafy shoots, Cai_t/a;-tttbe very short, with a short disc, seg- 
ments 4 oblong, imbricated, persistent, reftexed in flower. Petals 0. 
Stamens 10 (or 8-9) exserted, filaments free filiform, anthers oblong, 
■versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary pubeseent, few-ovuled ; ytiih 
distinct short glabrous stalk and filiform incurved glabrous style; 
stigma terminal capitate, small. Pod with 2 rigidly coriaceous sub- 
compressed valves. Seeds few, often only 1, exalbuminoua. Species, 
one each Indian and Afi'ican ; nine or ten American ; about twelve 
Malayan. 
The oldest namos for this genna, accord) Rg to tlie htdea KewemiSf are Aptittoa 
Anbl. and Tottchiroa AubL A« the first imme was based on the flowers of one 
epecies of this genus with tho fruit of a Pterocarfms, it cannot po&Bibly be esed. 
There seotns nothing a^&iiiBt tlie oinploym&iit of the Becuiid niime Tvliich was given 
to a species of the gronp with few lofillets to the leaf-mchis — the group to which 
C, hantamensU, C. grai:ilw niid C. H'rujrtj among Muluynn species, belong. 
Leaflets more thau 3 (§ Crudia) -.^ 
Lfluflets coriaceoiiB, very long cfindate-acumiuat©, raobis 
prolonged beyond the last of theoblanceohite, ull conspicu- 
ously alternate leaflets j (innovations and petioles densely 
ruBty-tonientose) ... ... ... 1. C. caiiiinfa. 
