240 G. King — Matenals for a Flora of the Malayan Penirimhi. [No. 1, 
nate lieade^ 1'5 in. lonq-, 1 in. hi tliam., pednncle 10-lC in. long, Cahjt 
tnlmliir, slioitly 5-cleft:, *25 in long, teeth pilqsc, elsewiiere gUibroiis. 
Corolla tubular, pale-yeltow, se.i^mcnts sabralvsite, Stamem 10, exserted, 
the filamenta connate below and ndnate to coroHft-tttbe; anthers nftirow. 
Fad (including fitipe 3-7 in. long) in. long, 1'5 in. wide, '3 in. 
thick, black, glabions. Seeds 12-20, ovftl, '5 in long, -35 in, wide, '2 
ill. tliick, dai'k-hrowii and smooth thronglioufc. Bak. Flor. Bi-it. Ind. 
II, 289. P. Bmnonu Grnh. in Wall. Cat. 5288. P. afrkana Miq. Flon 
Ind. Bat. T, 52 not of 11. Bi', P. hifjlohoaa Benth, in Hook, Joiisn. IV, 
328 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat.. Snppl. 283 ; Kooi-d. & V»\. Bijdi% I, 270. P. 
inierittedia Hassk. Cat. Horfc. Bog. 289 ; PI. Jav. Bar, 414. Mimosa 
hiijJobom Roxb. Flor, Brit. Ind, II, 551 not of Jacq, 
SiN<ut'OLtE ; cultivated, Ridleij 6928 ! DtfALACCA ; Panchor, Qoodnnongh 
1748! DtsTHin. Wild in Silhet, Gacliar and Chittagong; cultivated 
Bparingly in Indo-China and Malaya. 
Mr. (joadeisoug'li frivea the nritsve nfime as " Kndn-ong [ " tho aeeda, he notes, 
nre used aa peppemiiiit, Tliig spGciea ia said hy Koordora and Valoti>ti to bs wild 
in Javn. } tlie spetiles cultirnted hy the JaTaiieaa is nut, liovverer, the present one, 
but Llio next, P. apeciosa Haeek, And it Bhoukl he noted beaidoa that tho wild tree 
in JnvB. is^ut/ exjctty the tree that ia wild in Silhot, Cnoliar and Chittagong but is the 
form that rrasslcai"! proposotl to tre it as a diatinKt spedes under the naine P. inUt- 
tnediti. Mr. Ridley's spHcimcMS, from the Siuijaporo Gardens, arts precisely like 
those frum Ch^jhiU' and Chittagong ftruo P. Roxburffbii) j Mr, Goodenongh'a, on the 
other liad, are abaolntely idoatical with those from Java (true P, intennettia). 
Before defi nitely deciding that P. in iennedi't and P. Rojef'Urghii am th<> an me 
species, tho writer wenkl wish to fttndy tlio former in tho living Btato ; it la often 
a rash tiling to reduco to another, from herbarium material alonn, apeciea founded 
by ao cotnpotent a botanist as llnsakarl ; ao far aa our Calcutta epecimeas go, the 
eridenee ia aUoi^ether in favour of iheae two trees being quite distinet. 
3. PAitKiA. si'ECioSiV Hassle. Flom XXV, Beibl. 55, A large trep 
with spreading branches, 80-100 feet high, stem 2-3 feet in diam., young 
branches glabi*escent. Lenres 2-pinnate, main-rachis pnbescent, 8-10 in. 
long; pinnns 10-10 paii's, snbal tern ate, secondary rachises pubcruloiis, 3 
in. long; leaflets small almost straight, linear, cloae-set, 20-35 paira, siib- 
eqnally truncate at base, obtuse or retnse at apex, "25 in. long, *! in wide, 
with strong median and 3-4 pair^i of distinct socoiidaiy nerves beneath, 
margins with only a fe^v scattered hairs; petiolai* part of main-rachis 
1-1 '5 in. long, with 1 solitary gland midway between base and lowest 
pair of lenilets and with 2-6 solitary glands between tho bases of as 
many paii-s of pinna? towards apex (»f racliis. Flotecrs in dense narrowly 
clavate beads, 2 in. long, '75 in. in diam.i peduncles slender 16-20 in, 
long. Oaltfx tubular, shortly 5-claft, '25 in, long, feetli pilose, elsewhere 
glabrous. Gorolla tabulai", white, segments subvalvate. Stamens 10, 
©xsertedj the filaments counats below and adnate to coix)lla-tabe ; anthers 
