1897,] G. Khxg ~ Mate nuh for a Flora of fhu Malatjan Pttiiusiih. 24? 
CoroUa "05 in, long,, teeth ahott obdisc. Pod thick oylimli*ic glabrous, 
2-3 in. long-, '5 in. thick, dull-brown marked with fine horizontal strtre ; 
mesocarp pnlpy enclosing the hiseriate seeds. Seeds 12-18, ovate, *3 in, 
long, '2 in. wide, '15 in. thick, smooth, dnlhbroivn with faint lateral 
aroola. DO. Prodr II, 461; Wall Cat. 5264 A-F; Bedd. Flor. 
Sylrat. t. 52; Miq. Flor. Ind. BiiL I, 7; Bnk. in Flor. Brit. Ind. If, 
292, Mhnosd Farnemana Liun. Sp. PI. 521 ; Roxh. Hort, Bei\fr^ 40 ; 
Flor. Ind. II, 557. VacMHa Fameshma W. & A. Prodr. 272 ; Wight, 
Ic. t. 300. Acacia Mica Desv. Jouru. Bot. I, 69 ; DC. Prodr. U, 462. 
Farnesia odora Gaspar. Desc, Nuov. Gen, Legum, (1838) toith plah, 
Plnnted in some of tlio prorincos Asdahans ; Ktwz ! PrnAng ; 
Porter (Wall. Cut. 5264F) ! Pamang j K-itaponjtc, mdUy 1216! DiSTitiB. 
Cosmopolitan (perhaps usiuilly ]dani('d) in the ti-opics. 
2. AcACtA PSEtiDO-IiJTsiA Milj. FIoi". Iiid. Bat- I, 12, A largo 
ficandenfc shrub 12-20 feet high, the hraiiehes and branelilets armed 
vflth many small sharp recnrved glossy dark-coloured prickles ; yonng 
bi-nnchea blackiftli, pHbernloa*^ or glahreseent. Leaves 2-piTiiiat.e, rachifi 
8 in. long, pnbernlons or ghtbresceot, strotjgly armetl with recurved 
prickles beneatli, petiolar portion 2*5 in. long with a large projecting 
gland close to base on its upper surface; pianto 8-12-pairs, 2"5-3'5 in. 
long, the upper 2-4 pairs with glands between their hases ; leaflets 
HO-^D pairs, sessile, linear-oblong, oljtn.«iej *4 in. long, '15 in. wide^ rigiilly 
Biihcoriaceou.s, glabroos above, adprc^^scd-puberulous or glabroias bc- 
meath. Fhwers in rounded lieads^ *4 in. in diani., yellow, peduncles 
•5-"75 in. long, slender, puboruSous, naked, in clusters of 2-4, r.irelj 
solitiiry along a i)Aniel6 extending 10-12 in. beyond the leaves ; bracts 
large, ovate-acoto or aoiiminate, •2-*25 in. long. Oahjx paberulous, '07 
in. long. Corolla '1 in. long, Po'l not seen. 
Yar. typical bracts puberulous, pedicels "5 iu. long, leaflets ad- 
pi-essed-pnherulous beneath. 
SiNGAPORB; Cluinglij, ITulhft 835 1 Ridley 3631! Bnkit Timali, 
Jlidleij 6177 ! DiyTRiB, Siimiitra, Java. 
Var. amhifjua Prain; bracts glabrous, pedicels *75 in. long, lo.iflets 
quite glabrous beneath. 
An DAMANS ; very common, King*s Collectors ! 
In ext^rtULls tlid Singapore planb muck resoinblGS A. Ctiesia Vf , <k A,, tlio Atida* 
mans one at tlie Bume tnne rasembliiig A, Iniaia Willd, except in hiiving tlio 
loafiot^ crowded. Cloacr ^Jtami nation sbows, however, Ibftt the natural aUianco of 
thti BpecifJd ia rnther with the group of forms piggregated under the name .4. ^I'lmnia ; 
the lariETB bracts, in particular, make nil further comitarifion Avilh the group to which 
Inteia bidongB nn impossihliby. 
Its neareat ally ia n speoios from Northern Indo-Cliina deacribod hj Kiirz 
under tho tiume A. pruinenceiia h'otu wh;ch thiii differs iu having broader leallotii, ia 
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