1897-] G . Kl iig — MalermU fur a Flora of the MaJaija n Penhtmh. 235 
SuBGEN* 2. TuBtCALYX Miq. Plor. liid. Bat. I, 1081, Caij/aj'sliallow- 
Ij cleft, the disc extending above tlie Lase, lower lobe shallow-ciicullftte, 
5. Mkxonedron sumatranuM W. & A. Prodr. I, 283. A large 
climlier, braucbes glabmus, armed witli a few dark short recnrved 
prickles. Leaves 1-1 '5 feot longf pinncB 6-10^ 8-12 in. long, leaflotf! 
siltemate, rigidly sulicoriaceoua, ob ovate- obi oug, emarginate and apicu- 
lafce, base imnded very sliglitly unequal, l'5-2'5 in. long, 1'25-1*75 in. 
wide, glabrous On both surfaces, dark-green above, paler beneath, second- 
ary veins rattier proraiiieiitly closely reticulate beneath ; petiolwles 2 in. 
long. Injhiesceuce a termiual or axillary pauiclo of simple or occa- 
Bionally bmnched racemes l'5-2 feet long, with terete thick glabrous 
main rachis, single racemes 5-6 in. long j pedicels close-set slender, 
*25 long, curved, Oah/x- quite glabrous, loatherj, anterior sepal oi biciilar 
'25 in, long, twiCo as large as the others^ tube compressed *5 in. long. 
Corolla '35 in, wide» '5 in. long, of 5 eubequa! petals, oblong, narrowed 
to the base, the Htjiiidard reddish the other petals yellowish. Siamf;m 
hardly exserbedL, declinate, glabrous, unequal. Ovitry doclinato Rtijutide 
glabrous, S-i-ovuled, stigma glabrous. Fod thin, 3-4 in. long, in. 
wide (including posterior wing *25 in, wide), finely wide-i-eltcutiite, 
distantly 3-4-seeded. Miq. Flor. Ind, Hafc, I, 105 and I, 1081 ; Hak in 
Flor. Brit. Ind, II, 259, Gmmlpinia suniatrana R*jxb. Hort. Beng. S2 ; 
Flor. Iiid. II, 3o6; Wall. Cat. 5831 A only. 
Malacca ; Gi-ifftthf Muingay 534! Peeak; Thaipeng, £fco?'/(?f/imi' 
67! Kwala, Scortechiui 1700! Simpat, B/iiJei/ 3083 ! Disu[fios ; Lmmot, 
Midley ^ Curtis f Sikoapohe ; near Krangi, Eidleij2l0^}] 6026! 
The great diflorotice In the ^tppearauce of the c&\yx uo tlt>iibfc justifieB Dr. Miqaera 
proposal to treat this plant as the type of a dSstbct aobgenaa of Meitmeuron, 
57. PiEROLOBiuM R. Br. 
R-obust woody prickly climbers. Leare* abruptly bi pinnate. Flowers 
ill panicled racemes. Oali/x deeply cleft, with tlie disc near the base, 
the lobes imbrictttedj the lowest longer and more liooded than the others. 
Petals spreading, oblong and clawed, equalling the calyx. Stamens 10, 
free, declinate, little exserted ; anthers oblong versatile. Ovari/ sessile, 
1-ovnled ; stylo tiliform, stigma Small terminal. Pod indehiseent, sama- 
roitl with a large horny oblique terminal wing. Species 7 ; one African, . 
one Austr-dian, two Chinese, three South- East Asiatic. 
Dacomos with thin fingul.-it* jglabroua tftohis, laily 20-30- 
fid,, pedioola longer tlian calyx ... ... ... 1, P, macroptenim, 
Racemea with stuat ter^ito ptibeniloiia rachia, dena«1j 
150-200>fld., pedicels not tongor ihem calyx ,.. 2. P. (Jentijlorum, 
I, PTKJtoi.OBiaii MACROPTERU.\i Kitrz, Joum. As. Soo. Bong. XLIT, 
2, 71, A large climber, young branches sparsely pubescent, all parts 
