228 Or. King — Materiuh for a Flora of tlie Malayan Feninsula. [No. 1, 
NicOBABS ; common, Kedau ; Pulo Laiio:kawi, Cnrtis 26J8 ! 2867 ! 
PKJaK; Scortechini 1096! Kumtler 1029! Malacca; Grifiik I6i)8! 
Pahano ; Uidley VSll \ Uistrib. CoaKU of S.-K, Aaia, Noi-tli Aiinttiiliu 
and Westein Polynesia. 
Thn nenrest ally oP this species is not nnj plant Imown as a Cmmlpitn't , Imi a 
Hpecios from OUina knoirn as Uezoneuran siuease. 
§ 2. C^dALPiNARiA Bth. & Hk, f. Leaflets amrtl), numerotis, inem- 
bi-anous ; petals veiy lonfr-ulawed ; stmnens veiy far exsertcd ; seed^s 6-8. 
4. C;B8ALHN!A I'U LCll KitltiM A S\v. Obs. lt)(5. A phrub wiHi glithroua 
nnarmed ov very apaj'sely and weakly piickly brancVies, Lmve$ 4-6 in. 
long, piiinse 2-4 in, long, the proximiil and diKtal ratlier slu<rter 
than those befcweea, leaflets 16-24, difttiuctly pettoluhifce, close, nieinbm- 
Doaf, elliptic-oblong, apex ohtuHe, bafjo slightly obliquo, cuneate on upper 
roDuded on lower side, 'S-? in. long, '35--45 in. wide, dark-gi-eeti, ghib- 
rouB on both surfaces. Racemes tenniiial and axillary, sinrple or very 
Bpaiingly branched, 8-12 in. long, at length stibcorymbose, 4-6 in, wide, 
pudicels ascending, the lowest reaching 3-4 i>». m length ; brncts snlm- 
late '2 in. long, very early cad neons. Cahfx "6 in long, quite glabn>ns, 
leathery, thtj lower segment verj large and deeply ciiculhite, 4 in widt'. 
Corolla epieading, 1'5 in. acmfss, all })etals long-clawed » the lower four 
"75 in, long, yellow or red, lamina orbicnhir with cri.^sped margin, "5 in. 
in diiim., the upper sranller. Sfaweus f-ir-exserted, red, glabiouH, 175 
in. loug. Pod thin, flat, ligulate, ghibroua, neai'ly sti-fllght, 2-3 in. long, "tj 
in. wide; seeds 6-8, broadly oval, compressed, bi'own, "4 in. long, '3 in, 
wide. BeDth. PI. Jmigh, 258; Miq, Plor. Ind. Bat. I, 111 ; Buk. in 
Flor. Brife. Ind. TI, 255. Poinciana pukherrima Linn. Sp, PI. 380; Di). 
Prodr. II, 484; Bot. Mag. t. 995; Wall. Cat. 5813 ; Roxb. I'lon Ind. 
II, 355 ; W. & A. Prodr. 282, Rheede, Horfc. Malab. VI, t. 1 ; Rnmph. 
Herb, Amboin. II, t. ?0. 
A garden or hedge plant in moat of our provinces. 
Tihe nntive country of tliis speciea is uncertain, but ftppjirentJy it U not nnj- 
whor© truly wild in S.-Ii Aaiu. The otln*r spooJes of the sEcrtioti aro American, 
so that this one hng perhaps also been originally derived from the Weateru Hemifl- 
phere. 
§ 3. Sappania do. Leafiefs many, membranons, amall ; petuU 
short-clawed ; stamms not far exnerted ; seeds 3-6. 
5. CiKSALPiKiA Sap i>AN Linn. Sp. PI. 381. xV ti-eo 20-30 feet high 
with thorny stem 6-10 in. in diam. ; branches ru.sty-pnbescent with few 
small prickles. Leaves in. long, pinniw 16-24, 4-6 in. long; h-aflrlw 
20-3G, close^ membranous or chartnceoun, oblong, very oblique, Bessile, 
attached at lower corner, apex obtuse or slightly retuse, '5-'75 in. 
long, "35 in. wide^ glabiWH above, slightly puberulouB on the nerves 
