1897.] O. King — MateiMs fof' u Flunt of the Malaijttn Peninsula. 239 
small stmight narrow linear-ligtilate close-net, 60-100 pairs, with obli- 
quely tnmcatG buses and acute apices, sti-ongly l-nerved, pubcBcent 
along tliQ margins, "*2 iti. long, '05 in. across, petiolar part of mriiii raehis 
1-1'5 in. long, with '2 uollatenil glands at the top of its swollen bnae^and 
with 3-9 solitary glands between the bases of as many pairs of pinnm to- 
ward the apex of the raclns. Flowers in dense subspherical heads 1-5 in. in 
dinm., pedimcle h-Q in. long, Gahjx tnbutur, shortly 5-cleft, '3 in. long, 
teofch pilosoj t^lsowtieix) glabrous, GoroUtt tuljular, segmeots siibvalvate, 
8ta7nem 10, exserted, the filaments connate} below and adtiate at base to 
corolla tube ; anthers narmw. Pod (including stipe 2 in. long) 14-15 
in. long, 1"5 in. wide, '35 in. thick, black, at first downy, nltimately quito 
glabrous. Seeih 10-12, oval, -75 in. long, 5 in. wide, '25 in, thick, dark- 
bi-owOp smooth with a centi-al ovate-lanceolate pale-brown rugose area. 
Bak. iu Plor. Brit. Ind. II. 289. Mimom pedunculaia Hoxh. Fl. Ind. 11, 
551. 
Malay Pbkinsula ; jide Baker. 
llr. Baker Bfiys tb fit this comoa from the Malay Peiiinsulfi, and on hia anfcliority 
the Htfttomodfc is hero re[>Gated. Na botanist has, however, liitJiorto $eiitit from tho 
Malay Puaiustila; tlio loonltty givon by Roxburgh k not Mfllaya, but " tlie islamla 
to the, eastward of the liny of Bongal ; " by thia Roxburgh indicates tho Andnmans and 
Nicobars. Still, no ontj has gathered it there in recent yoara, ami tho preciao habitat 
mviat for the present bo left doubtful. The Bpecimons at Calcutta are (1) Wight's 
n. 559, the type of the species, cult, in the Missionury Garden i (2) SpQciniena from 
Matlraa Agri.-Hort. Society's Garrlen collected; by Dr. Ctegborn ; f3} Spcciniona of 
Roxbnrgh's plant from the Calcutta Botanio Garden whore the tree atill growg^ 
tbese hiat are exactly like Wigbt n. 559 nnd show that the donbts exprosaod by 
Wight and Arnott aa to the indentity of their phint with Roxbtigb'a Mimosa pediut- 
c«/(ifa are anfonndcdj (4) SpGcimeriB, no doubt from caltiTated oiamptoB, Bent 
from Assam by MiiAtera and by Jenkiug. This is tho only Parkia at all generally 
Boltivnteil in Bengal; the neifc apeolos, which ia alao grown, is comparatively 
nneommon. 
P. bifflnndulom afiottld then bo carefiitly looked for in the Nicobars and Anda* 
mana, and particularly in N. Andanian; ft ia highly improbable that it wi/) b© 
found, in a wild etate, oither iu IndO'China or in Malaya. 
2. PABKrA RoxBUitoHir G. Don, Gen. Sjst. II, '697. An erect tre^ 
40-60 feefc high, stem about 2 feet in diara., youn^ branches pubescent. 
Zreaues 2-pmtjate, maiu-mcliis puberulous or glabrcscent, 12-24 in. long; 
pinnto 20-30 pnira, opposite; secondarj racbises glabrescetit 3^G in. 
long ; leaflets small, falcately earwd forwards, liuoar-Ianceolate, close- 
set, 40-80 pairs, snbequally tmncate at base, apex acute, strongly 1- 
nerved, pnberuloas along tho margins, *3 in. long, '1 in. wide, potiolar 
part of main-racliis 2-8 in, long with 1 solitai^y gland bolow the lower 
pair of pin nee and with 3-h solitary glands between the bases of as 
many pairs of pinnae towartls apex of rachis. Flotoers in dense turbi- 
