236 G- King — Materuds for a lf%ra of the Malayan PeninstJa. [Ko. 1, 
sjiaringly armed with small pi-icklea. Leaves 6-9 in. long ; pinnfo 14-16, 
2-2 5 in long with puberuloiis racliis ; leafleta 14-20, elliptic-oblong, apex 
rounded or obtuse, base unequnl, abruptly rounded on nipper, narrow- 
cnneate on lower side, '45 in. loi>g, 25 in, wide, cbarfcuceous, dark-j^reen 
above^ paler beneath, glabrous on both surfaces. Uacsntes lax, in spread- 
ing terminal and asillarj panicles with glabrous slender angular i-acbis 
and branches, 8 in. long, 4 in. accoss, individual mcemes 3—4 in. long, 
20-.S0-fld. • pedicels glabitJUB slender spreading, ■4-'6 in. long. Calyx 
glabrous^ thinly coriaceous, lowest sepal *25 in. long. Oorolla white, *25 
in, long. Pod 2'5-2'75 in. long, glabrous ; seed-bearing base turgid 
roticiiilate, "75 in. long, '5 in. wiilo, wing -l- S in. wide, the upper ratirgin 
straight or slightly iwurved thickened, the lower thin ii i'ogularly sina- 
aiely convex, tlie apex rounded. Pterohbium laceram Miq, Flor. Ind, 
Bat. I, 106 not o£ R. Br., nor of Wall,, nor of Wight. P. mdimm var. 
wao-optemm Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. 11, 259. 
Andamaksj very common. Distrib. Java; Burma. 
Tbfa speeicB la not so closely related to P. lacerans B. Br., with which Dr. 
Miquel lias idontifiod it, m it is to P. indicum A. lUch, (P. ioccmns Wnl!. ; W. & A. ; 
Wij^ht, lo.) of whloli Mr. Bakor troals it as a variety. P. rrmcrapterxini li*is hoW' 
OTOr quit© gJnbroos flower branchoSj very different leaflets, and fewer and smalior 
pricklea ; whilo it ageos with P. hidiatm in length of pedlicels and in etyl© of 
inflorcscetiGO, it hna very difforonfc poda with a pinch larger wing. 
2. Ptkrolobiijm densiflobum Prain. A large climbor^ young 
branches pubeacent^ all parts very strongly aimed with large recurved 
priekles. Leaves 4—8 in. long, pinnse 8-16, 3 in, long» with puberulons 
rachis; leaflets 11—16, rather narrow-oblong, sjpes obtuse or retuse, base 
unequal abruptly rounded on both aides, "6 in. long^ '25 in ivide, sub- 
coriaceous, dark-green, glabrous on both surfaces. Rummes dense in 
fastigiiito terminal panicles with stout aubteret© pnberulous rachis and 
branches ; 15 feet; long, 1 foot across, individurd racemea 150-200-fld.^ 
G~S in, long ; pedicels pubernlous slender spreading, "25 in. long. Cahjx 
sparKKly puberalous, thinly coriaceous, lowest sepal "3 in. long, CoroUa 
yellow, "3 in. long. Pod 2 in, long, glabrous ; seed-hearing base turgid^ 
reticulate, 6 in. long, '5 in. wide, wing '5-'7 in. wide, the upper margin 
straight thickened, the lower tbin irregularly sinuately convex, the apex 
narrowly rounded. P, microphrillum Kurz, Journ. Ab. Sac. Beng. XL II, 
2, 71 "not of Miq. P, indicum var. micrc^hrillnm Bak, in Flor. Brit. 
Itid, IT, 25y in part, and excl. the plant of Miquel. 
Pknang ; Government Hill, 2500 feet, Ciiriis 3093 ! Malacca ; 
Mainffay 035 ! 
Maingny's plant here oited is the same aa that of Cjirfcia both as regards flowers 
ntid frnita. The description of the leaflota is tivken from, the Peivang plant, the 
MalaccQ one ftt Caleutta hciving only hare racliises, Tiio MRlacca (dant is the typo 
