250 C4. Khu^ — Miileriah foi' a Flora of the Malayan PenittsuJa. [No. 1, 
Imviiig no bloom on the jonn^ bmnche*, fltid pftrticnlfirly in liiiviug tlio large 
pctiolnr glnnd very near tha base of Uio petiole s the corresponding glftnd in 
A. j-intiiientcttts ia ivTbout mi inch abovo the base The two specias A. pseudo-Ijjtfiifi 
nnd A. pntutescens takon togetlior form a ^roup that is almostF exactly intermediate 
between tbu A. Inida and the J. pennaia grtmps. 
3. Acacia pexnata Wiild. ; Biik. in Pior. Biit,. Iii<1. 11,297. A 
large scandent bush or strong creeper, fionielimes extending for 50-CO 
fee^, braiichea and braiiclilets nrmed with nifiBy nmnll sbarp sliglitly 
recurved glossy brown or blackisli prickles, young twigs Paintly pubescent 
or glabrous. Leaves 2-pinnate; the rachis 6 in. long, glabrons or 
pubemloua, prickly beneath or unarmed, petiohir poi-tion '75-1 in. long 
with a projecting large or sm^ll gland *4-'5 in, above the base; pinnaEi 
20-40 paix\% ] -25-2 in. long, the upper pairs with glaods between their 
bases J leoflets 35-40 pairs, sessile, linear, 2~'S5 in. long, under *05 in. 
wide, firm, glabrous. Flowers iii roiiuclod heads '2 in, in diam., wbite or 
palc-jellow, peduncles '5- 7 in. long-, slander, piiberuloits, naked, in 
ulu.^'tcra of from 4-8 along a panicle extending 12-15 in. beyond (be 
leaves j brflcts small linear, '1 in. long. Calyx glabrous, '05 in, long, 
canipannlate. Corolla '07 in. long. Porf linear-oblong, acute or acumi- 
nate at both ends, 4-6 in. long, -Ih-l in. wide, flat, very tbin, with a 
stalk under '2 in. long, the sutures slightly thickened. Seeds flat, ovatne,, 
■4 in. long, *2 in, wide, mider 1 in. thick, faintly areoiate, dull-brown, 
smooth, 
Var. an-oplmla Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. Ihd. 11. 298 ; leaf-rachis 
almost glabrous, prickly beiieatb, peduncles 4-6-uate ; petiolar gland 
large, intei'-pinnular glands 2-3, A. arrophnla JJon. Pi-odr. Flor. Nep. 
247? 
Anpamans; very common. DisoiB. India, Indo-China, 
Var, pluricapitata Bak. in Flor. Brit. Jnd. II, 298; leaf-raebis 
puberulons, not prickly, peduncles 6-8-nate \ petiolar gland small, inter- 
piimular glands 10-12. A. pltmcapitaia Steud. Nomenel. ed. II, 1, 7; 
Benth, Hook. Lond. Journ. I, 51G; Fl. Jungh. I, 267. A. polycephaia 
Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5255 nofc of DC. 
Pkkanq; Porter (Wall. Cat. 5255)! Malacca j €h-ijllh I Maingoy 
685! Dm*j/ 166 ! HolmhergB^H \ llervey\ Pkrak ; Sc^techini ! Knmiler 
482! 3332! 4876 ! 5504! 1030O ! Dji^thib. Malay Arch ij>elago. 
Following the Flam of British India those two very diatinot plants are here 
treated na varieties of Acueia peunat^. Thnt A. plurieapitata ia deservitig of 
ap^icifio rank seems almost certain, and it is probably equally certain that the plant 
here termed var. arrophula shonhl nhf^ ho separated specificnlly from A pennata. 
The point can only be H^itisfnctorily settled in a monographic revision of the Indian 
Acacias; pending the preparation of Hooh a revision it seems better to deal with the 
forma a H they h&vo been d«alt with, by Mr. Baker. Thft true A.pennaia of Wiil- 
dttuoiiT 18 nnknown from Otti" arett. . . 
