242 G. King — Maieriah fur a Fhra of lite ^lahiyan Peninsula, [ITo. 1, 
the eiiclocarp perflistiiig round t1ie large compressed orbicular seeds. 
Speciea 10, the others Trop, Afi-ican and American. 
Entada scand^n:* Beuth. in Hook. Jonm. Bot, lY. 332, A very 
large alendei- creeper ; branches woody terete glabrous. Leaves with 
petiole 2-4 in long, the rachia ae loug ol- lunger eudhig usually in a 
tendril ; pitinee uauaUy 4 with sLalks 1 ■6-2*5 in. long, leaflets oblong or 
abovato, obtuse or acute, 1-2 in. long, '6-1 '25 in. wide, glabrous, dark- 
green, rigifiiy coriaceous, fihiuiug above; petiolules '1 in. Injlorescence 
of peduncled spikcB, 6-10 in. long, usually panicled h-om the nodes of 
old leaflesB braiicbes, sometimes siuiple from the axils of the leaveB. 
Flowers 1-15 in. long, sessile or very shortly pedicellate. Calyx green, 
5-tootlied, teeth valvate. Corolla yellow. Pod 1-3 feet long^ 3—4 in. 
wide, 1'5 in. thick, slightly carved, eutuies very thick indented between 
Beeds, Vttlves woody depressed subliiicnte beLivecn the seeds, with a 
tei»dency to spgmentation. Seeds 5-15, obloug, somewhat flatten ed» 2 
ill. lung, 2*25 in. wide, 1*25 in. thick, testa very dark4>rowB, thick tough 
poll a led, slightly oily. Braud. Tor. Flor, J 67 ; Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. 
II, 287. E. Fnrmtha DC. Prodr. II, 425; Wall. Cat. 5294; W. & A. 
Prodi'. 267 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 45 ; Scheff. in Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. 
XXXU. 412 t. 16, t, 18A, K ^nonostachja DC. Prodr. 11, 425 ; Wall. 
Cat. 5293. M. Rheedei Spreng. Syat. IT, 325. E. Farrana Spreng. 
Sysfc. II, 325. E. Enmphu Scheff. Nnt. Tijds. Ned. Ind. XXXII, 412 
t. 17, t. 18B. Mimosa scandem Linn. Sp. PI, ed. JI, 1501 ; Bosb. Flor. 
Ind. 5; 4. Riimph. Herb. Aniboin. T. 5. t. 4 ; Rhcede, Hort. Malab. 
Vm. t. 32, 3.% 34; IX, t. 77. 
Andaman^; very common on the coasts. NiCOBAitS: Kurz t Coco 
Grofp J Frain! Narcondam ; Frain I Penakg ; Fortfr (Wall. Cat. 5293) \ 
Curtu 115! Malacca; Jlervey ! Den-y ! Perak ; Scoiiechini 769! 
Kunstier 1018! 6228 J Wray 1076! 1715! 28661 Distrib. TiN^pics 
generally. 
Rather vai mble &a to number nnd Bize of lenfletB ; both tlie forniB fignrf d by 
Scheffer oocnr in onr area That whiub he terms JS. Rumphii ia "much the comnKmet 
ill th& ftfalfiy PeninsnJa: from tlie Andamana and Nicobars only the form 
E, Fnrmtha is reported. 
GO, Adenanthf.ra Linn. 
Erect trees without spines or tendrils. Leaves ample, bipinnate. 
Flmver^i minute, in narrow spike-like racemca, hermaphrodite, usuftlly 
penUmerons. Calyx campnnutatej equally toothed. Petals Talvate,, 
equal, lanceolate, cohering only at the very base, Statuetts 10, free, 
equalling the coiTilla; anthers tipped with a gland. Ovary seseile, 
many-ovnled ; style filiform, stigma minute capitate. Pod strap-shaped, 
toruloae, faleate, the eonaceons valves much twisted after they sepamte. 
