1897.] G, Kuig — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninstila. 2*i5 
n, 285. Mutwm naians Roxb. Cow PI. t. 119 ; Horfc. Beng. 40 ; Fl. 
Tnd. 553. DesmmdhiiS natans WiUd. ^p. F\, IV, 1044; DC. Proclr. IT, 
444; Wall. Cat, 5295 j W, & A. Proclr. 270. D. lacusiris BG. Prodr. 
n, 444. D. sfohmfer DC, Prodr. II, 444. 
Pknang; Biigian Jumal, Curtis! Phot. WfiLtESLEY ; Buttorwortli, 
King ! 
62. Xylia Bonth. 
Tall unarmed tree. Leaves bi pinnate- Fhieers in round heads, 
mostly perfect. Cahfx tubular, 5-tootlicd at the tip. Petals 5^ valvate, 
slightfj united at the baae, little longer thau the calyx. Stamens 10, 
free, exaerted ; anthers glaud-crested in an early stage, Omr^ BeBsile, 
many-ovuled ; stjle filiform, stigma mitiute terminal. Pod large, woody, 
oblong-faloite, finally dehiscing, flat, (septate between the oblong com- 
pi*eBsed seeds.— A single species. 
Xyha DOLABRiFOiiMis Beiitli. in Hook, Joum. Bot. IV, 417, A 
tree 80-100 feet liigh^ unarmed. Leaves S-pinnate ; pinnse two, terminal 
on a raehis or petiole 1-2 in, long ; leaflotg 2-^ paii-s, diminisliing 
downward and witli below the last pair on the on+side a small unop- 
posed lejiflt't ; rachis of piniioj 2i-A- in. long with a gland on ttie upper 
idde between the bases of each pair of lenifleta ; termiiml leaflets 3—6 
in. lonof, l'25-2'5 in.^ wide, lowest puir l'25-l 5 in. long; all oblong 
with acute apex ami rounded base, Rubcrniaceous, glabrous on boih 
BUi'faces ; petiotule "I in. long. Inflorescence oi very dense globose heads 
•5--7d in. in diam. ; peduncles puberulous 3 in. long, slender, thicketiing 
in ftuit, crowded on short pubeinlous branchlets developed with the 
young leaves. Gahjx tubular '2 in, long ; teeth 5, valvate. Corolla 
cream-coloured, 25 in. loni^-, petals slightly cnneate at base, valvate, 
lanceolate. Siarnens 10, filameuts free, exsorted, '5 in, long, young 
anthoFR very minutely gland- crested. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled. 
Poih large woody, oblong-falcate, flat, ultimately dehiscent, 4-6 iu. long, 
1-2*5 in. wide, ''^5 in. thick, septate between the seeds. Seeds 6-10, 
broadly ovate, much compressed, "65 in. long.^ -5 in, wide, *J in, thick ; 
testa brown, shining, smooth. Bedd, Fl. Sylvat. t. 186; Miq, Flor. Ind, 
Bat. I, 42 ; Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. 11, 286. Mimosa xylocmya Roxb. 
Cor. Pl. t. lOtJ J Hort. Bcng. 40; FL Ind. II, 543. I7iya a^ylocarpa DC. 
Proclr. IT, 439 ; Wall. Cat. 5277 ; W. & A. Prodr. 269. J. lignosa Grab, 
in Wall. Cat. 5278. J. dolahriformis Gmh. in Wall. Cat, 5279. 
SiNGAPOBB ; Wallich b219> Distrib. India, Indo-China, Philippines. 
03. Leuc^;na Benth. 
CTnarmed erect trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers sessile, in dens© 
globose headsj 5-mgroua, usually perfect. Oa/^iCcylindrical-campanulate 
