Cf. Kiiig'—Materuth fitr tiFhra of the Malayan Teiiiimda, 253 
Ketv^isia baa theroFora i^placed the ' Rnin-Tree ' m FitkeettlQbium ; thisi, however, is 
a stop which in turn similtirly mtxra the generic limlta of that granp since the poila 
fif Pithecolohiiim tiiust not he saptate. The writer placeH tlie specicet with mni-e con- 
fidence ill Entflrolobium owing to its posaeBtting the septate peda eboxHcteri^tio of 
that gen a 8, The palpy, in place of spongy at laiiKfch mdnrated m^socirp, find the 
shortly pedicell«d in pl»oo of sessile florets, canno^ in view of the vnri?ibility of 
these fharactera within adjacent gonem, be conaiderod more than compai-atifely 
trivial doviationg: from the hitherto recognised chamuters of Enterololium. Tho 
writer is iinabla, both on ncadenijc and on praoticul grounds, to ngreo with the pro- 
po£inl, im^de by some botanists, to amalgamate CalHandra, Pithecolobiumt EnterolO' 
bium and AUiizzia, 
68. Calliandka Beutb. 
Sliriibs or trees. Leaves bipinnate, with smnll or Inrge lealietg. 
Fhwej's in globose heails, polygamous, S-merons. Calyx campaiiulate, 
tootlied, GoniUa funnel -shaped, deeply 5-cleft. Stamiiiis indefinite, 
monadelphous at tUe base, tilaments filiform much cxBerted ; anthera 
TTunute, not gland-crested. Ovary Btalked, mauy-ovuled ; style filifoim^ 
stigma minute ca,pifcate. Po'i strap-Hhajied, fllightly falcate, flat, i^Vidly 
coriaceous, the valves dehiscing with elasticitj, bordei-etl hj niucb- 
thickoned antarttg, eontiniious within, nanowed gi'ftdaallj to a short 
Btalk. Specie* 8(', mo.stly ti-opical Ainericari. 
CAf.LiANtna LMBUUSA Bentb, in Qen. PI. I, 597. A tree 20-25 feet 
high, with slender glahroufi branches and sometimes with smaH snboi ect 
atipnlai- spines. Leaves 2- piunnte, petiole 1'25 in. long, glabrous; pJuuio 
2, terminal, each wilb racbi^ 1-25-1-5 in. long, with a pniv of lurgo 
seRBiie, obliquf, obhmg, rigidly euhcoriaceous end-leaflets, a^iite at apex, 
cvmeuto at l)aHe, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide and with an odd similar but 
mvich fimalier leaflet l'5-2 in. long, '&-^7b in. wide, on the outer side 
below ; leallets all giabious on both sides, rather distinctly nerved 
beut'ath nnd each with a gland on rachis at ba.se. Fioiaers sessile in 
small dense globose heads '4 iu, across, with minute bmet.s, on short 
ascending ulendor peduncles 4r-'b in. long, usually several together 
from old nodes on the branches ; elongating in froit to 1-5-2 in, Caly:& 
campanulatej* teelli vnlvate. Corolla '12' in. long, yellow, inodoroas. 
Pod 6-9 in. long, "75-1 in. wide, smooHi, finely veined, the valves with 
elevated iiLmnded thickened edges. Seed^i t>~9, ovate, 'b in, long, 35 in- 
wide, long diameter transverse, very niuch compressed • testa smooch 
shilling thiu crnstaceuus brown. Bak. in Flor, BHt. Ind. II, 302. Inga 
mmhrom Wall. PI. As. Rai*. t. 124 ; Cat. 6273. Albizzia umirosa Denth. 
in Hook. Lond, Joui-n. Ill, 86. 
Pknaxg ; fide Baker in Flora of BrUish India. 
Thure are no Malnyan spccimona at Caloiitta ; Mr. Baker, however, all ades to 
the eKistence of Tenang ©xamplea. 
