252 G. King — Uaimah for a Flora of the Maliiyati Pemtimla, [No. 1, 
forming contionous septa between tlie 86eds; tlie sutures thickennd* 
Specius 5 or 6, all Amei'iciiii ; one introdiiced and now becoming sub- 
epoiitaneouB in S,.E. Asia, 
ENTfiROLOBiUM S.\MAN Prain. A tnrge spreading tree 40-CO feet iiigli, 
stem 3 feet or more bliiolc, branches pnbescent. Leaves evenly 2-pmnate, 
i'nchis4— 6 in. long, pubet;ccnt, bannl gbiiitl none bat witlt glauda between 
the bases of each pnir of pinnue, tingle iu the upper, paired in tho lower 
half of the lacliis; piriciB l-G-jngate, 2^3 in, long, rachifies pubescent 
with glantls between each pair t>f leaflets j leaflets decreasing down- 
wariltj, 6-8-jugate in tlio upper, 3-5-jugate m the lower pinnm, ovate- 
oblong rigidly coriaceous, glabrous above, densely pubescent beneath, 
jipcY obtuse, base obliquely truncate, main-nerTe diagonal, terminal 1'5 
in. long, '8 in. wide; Btipules small lanceohite, densly pubescent, 
deciduous, FluW'^j's in dense heads 1*25 in, across, on pubescent pedicels 
2 5 iu. long, solitary or 2-3 together in the axils of tlie upper leaves, 
each with a lanceolate pubescent buict 15 in. long and a slender pnheru- 
louB pedicel "05 iu. long. Oitlyx inf undibuHform, densely pubescent ex- 
ternally, "15 in. long, teeth wide- triangular, short. Corolla pinkish, inf un- 
dibuliformj "3 in, long, tube pubernlous oulsiiie, teeth ovate, externally 
pubescciil, half as long as tube. Filameufd phikf 1"25 in. long, eorsnaie at 
base in a tab© one-thfrd as long as that of corolla- Pod strjiight, 6-7 in. 
long, (5 iu, wide. -35 in. thick. valve.«t slightly depressed between the 
serdfl, sutures thickened, epicai-p thinly crustaceoup, mesocarp pulpy, 
endocavp firmly ci'ustaceona and forming continous septa between the 
seeds. Seeds 16-20, transversely ovale, '4 in. long, 25 in. wide, *2 in. 
iiiick, testa smooth brOwn shining wiili distinct dulh?r durlcrr-brown 
ovato areolfl, without nrillas. Ingn Saniau Willd. Sp. PI. IV, 1024-. 
nthecohbium Saman Benth, Hook. Lond. Journ, Bot. Ill, 216. Cal- 
lia^uha 8auia7i Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. 225. Tho Eain Tree. 
Pii.IlXTED in many of t!ie province,*^ and now nppeaiing snbspon- 
taneously, at least in the Andaraans and Nicobars. A native of Quiana; 
introduced in the West Indies whence it has been sent to Asia. 
This species, thongli nf muob more recent introtincticHi than Pithorolobium dutce, 
h nlso of some cconomit} ittiportance, owing to its ntpkJity of growtli and tU« 
rerLdiuess with whioli it tlirivca, iia compared with most mittvo speoiesj when uaod 
in the re-nfforeatation of nbandoined cleiirioga. Tlie ewuet pulpy poda, of wldvb it 
prodnoeB an abundimt crop, are greedily caieit by oattle. 
Whoa Mr. Bentliam tentatively placed the species in Pilhecolohium he exiilained 
that tho tree was unkuowu to him. lh\ tirisebacli, who had tho udvimtiige of Btiniy- 
ittg the tree iii tho tiring state, Qt oiico recognised t;liatr it cannot poat^ibly bo a 
Pithecolohium and placed it in Callinndra, no donbt owing* to the snlareB of ita poda. 
being thiekuned as in that genua. That the pods nre septate and iiidehiscent mili- 
lnt<^H however ngairst his proposal, for tho craeial test of a Calliandra ia tliat rta pods, 
which may wt ho septiUr, shull debuee clfiBticalty horn iipi'x to base, Ilia Imha 
