^38 G. King— Mitk'i-mU for a Mom of the Malayan Peninsula, [No. 3, 
{Emnimasete} ; fiiifloTCBconco capitnte in Ulatityan 
apociesj ; sbrubfl or nndor^ahrabs with thin corLoceoua 
poda : — * 
Pmls straiglit with continusrua valTcSj^ dehiscing 
tlu'ongh isotiu'eB 
Pods eligtitly ctirvftrl with usmillj Begmonted valves 
aud with ohvays iudohisccut j>eraistenb sulnrea 
Stamena indtiflnitQ often very nnmerous {Acaciese}j 
iiifloreaceiitifi fi|>it!«te or cjipitflte 
Filamonta more or Icbb connnto (Irij^c.-E) ; (atamans usually 
indefinite, rarely only 2-3-timea tta many fia petals) ; — 
Poda {indohiacc^ntj aeptato botw&oi) tho boocIb : — 
Flowtra large; pt-tala adtniito bolow to tlia ataminal 
tube, otherwiae free 5 [mhI wmdy turgid, auturos not 
tliickened 
Flowers email ; petals connate below in a tubo ; pod 
Bjjongy or fiesliy hardly turgid, the sotaree thicketiod 
Pods not septate between the seeds : — 
Poi3b straight with thin vulves : — 
Sutures thickened ; valves olaBtically revolnfcely 
dehiBcent from apox to base 
Stiturca thin, pods indchigcent or if dohiaconb the 
doliisceiice not olnstic 
Pods twisted wifch coriiteeous valves, or if almost 
straight {P. hubalinum) with flesby valves, (auturea 
thin) 
58. Parku a. Br. 
G3. Leuc-ena. 
66. Acacia. 
66. SEBiAN^Hna. 
68. Gillian DBA. 
70. PlTHRCOLOBIUM. 
Tall, unarmed trees. Leaves bipiiinate witli osaally very numemua 
leaflets. Floteers m dense long-pad micletl lieads, eacli subtended by a 
coriaceous persistent li^ulato bract with a spoon-shaped tip. Calyx 
tubular, shortly 5-cleft, lobes imbricfite. Corolla tubular, eleft half-way 
down, the segments subvalvato. Statitetu 10, exeerteil, tfie filiforn] fila- 
meni^ united in the lower part with each other and with the coi-olla- 
tube ; anthera narrow, glaud-tippc*d, the pollen cohering in irregular 
masses. Ovanj stalked, many-ovulcd ; style filiform, stigma minute 
capitate. Pod large, flat, strap-shaped, coriaceous, finally dehiscing. 
Species about 10, cosmopolitan in the ti-opics, mostly American. 
Petioles with two glands ; heads suh^pherical (leafleta very 
narrow, acute, in 60-100 pairs) ... ... .„ J. P, liglanduhsa. 
Petioles with one gland only ; heads tnrbinate or clavato ; — 
Lenflets suhfalcate, actite, in 40-90 pairs ... ... 2. P. lioahvrghii. 
Leafleta atraightj obtuac or retuso iti pnivA ... 3. P. specioaa^ 
h Pahku BiGLANDULOSA W. & A. Prodi\ 279. A lofty tree. 
Leaves 2-piunate, main-rachis downy 12-J5 in. long; pinnee 20-40 pairs 
enbalternate, secondary rachises also downy about 3 in. long; leaflets 
