1897.] Q. Kmg — Mutenah for a Fhra of the Malayan PeninsHla. 243 
8eeds flmall, bnght-coloared. Species 4, spread tbrougb tropica of Old 
World. 
Leaflets obtiiBe glubrons beneath i pinnoe 8-13 ... I. A, petvomna, 
LeaflotB acDto puberolons benQHth ; pii^use 6-8 ... 2, A. bicolor. 
1. ADESANTHKiti PAVON'iNA Linn. Sp. PI. 384, A small unarmed 
tree 20-50 feet bigh. Lmnes with a petiole 2—4 in, long, rftcbfs 
prolonged 6-10 in. not produced beyond laafc pair of pinnse ; pinnce 8-12 
opposite, 3-6 in. long with stalk 'b-'^b in. longf ; leaflets alternate 10-lG^ 
ovato or oblong, base widc-tjuneate, apex obtuse, papery, '5-1 '5 in. long, 
'^-■75 in. wide, dark-greeu above, pale glauooiia beneath, glabrous on 
both suffaces ; petiolule '15 in. long, Itijloresceiice of narrow short- 
pedancled racemes 2-6 in. long, axilkrj or panicled at the ends of 
branches. Floimra small, '15 in. long, on slender pedicels also '15 in. 
long. Calyx green, lobes very small. Corolla pale-yellow, tho petals 
equal, valrate, narrow-lanceolate, free except at the base, glabrouH. 
Slaniens 10, free, hardly exserted, anthers tipped by a gland. Pod flat, 
U— 9 in, long, 6 in. wide, '3 in. t1iic>:, contorted when ripe. 8eeds 10-15, 
lenticular, '35 in. in diara., "25 in, thick, with asmiooth, shining, ufiually 
uniformly red testa. DC. Prodr. II, 4i6 ; Roxb. Flor, Ind, II, 370 ; 
Wall. Cut. 5300; W.- Sr. A. Prodr. 271; Wight, 111. t. 80 ; Bedd. FI. 
Sjlvat. t 46; Miq. Flor, Ind, Bat. I, 46 j Bak, in Flor, Brit. Ind. II, 
287. 
Akdamans j vei^ common. Peeak ; Thaiping, ScortecJiuu SO ! Inat;mg 
Jambn, Wray 25151 Kkraq ; Langkawi, Curtis f Tonokah ; Curtis* 
Collector 309 L ! Malacca ; Qrijjith ! Disteib. Widespread in South- Eastern 
Asia. 
2. AoENANTHEftA Btcof-Oa Moon, Cat. PI. Ceyl. 34. A small slender 
unarmed tree 20-30 feet bigh. Leaves^ with a petiole l'5-2'5 in. long, 
racliia prolonged 3—5 in., not produced beyotid last pair of pinnro ; 
pinnsB opposite, 2-5-4 in, long with stalk Z in. long; leaflets alter- 
nate 8-10, ovate or elliptic, base roundei, apex acute, rigiilly aubcorJa- 
ceous, '75-1 5 in. long, h-7b in. wide, brighfc-greeu glabrous above, pale- 
glaacous adpressed-puberulous beneatb ; petiolule in. loug, In- 
Jlorescerice of nnri-ow sbort-peduricled raceniea 3-5 in. long, axillary or 
panteled at the ends of brandies. Flowers small, 45 in, long, on slender 
pedicels also '15 in. long. Cafr/.c gree ti, lobes very smull. Carolla white, 
the pjstals equal, valvate, elliptic- lanceolate, free except at the tery base, 
glabz'ous. atameim 10, free, dbiLinctly shortly ex.serted, anthers tipped 
by a stipitato gland, Ovaty glabrous reddish. Fod Hat, 4-0 in. long, 
•6 in. wide, "3 in. thick» contorted when ripe. Seeds 8-10, lenticular, 
35 in. in diam., *25 in. thick, with a aijiooth shining red, or black and 
red tesfa. Thwaitea Ennm. PI. Zeyl 98 ; Bedd. Flor. Sjlvaf.."1&4 ; Buk, 
in Flor Brit. Ind. 11, 287. 
