1897.] O. King — Materials for a Flora, of the Malaijan Paunmla, 263 
Florets b©hbtIo, branches terete; lertflcf.s of 
disLfil piriTiso l5-20'jagftte t (piiinro 5—8- 
jagjatp, loafl&tH ^tnnU, nil rhomboi<i, tbe distal 
paira not much pxcoedmi? tho otl'tora) ... 10, P. cmtoritinu 
Plorot-B peclieollnte, biHiichea angled J ieafleta 
pf distal piiniai 6-8-ja^;ato : — 
Piunie 3-6- (i-aioly 8-10- J jugate j leaflets 
Binall, all ti^pczoid, the distxil pmira not 
BiQch oiceediiig the others; glands sti- 
pitiite .,. ... ... 11. P. Cli/pearia. 
Pinnstv 2-4-jngate ; leaflets tneditira, termi- 
nal cimonto nt l>a«e, coaaidombly exceeding 
the Bubtrapezoid othera^ glands ee^sile ... 12. P, angttJaittm, 
1. PiTUECOLOTttUM DiiLCs Benth. in Hook. Loud. Jouni. Bot. Ill, 
109. A tree 25-40 feet high with glabrous branches; stem 2 feet in 
diiiin., the ultimiato bmncUlets pendent, armed with stipiilar tlioins. 
Leaves evenly *2-piiuiate, raeliis 1 iiv. Umg glabrouB^ basal glrviid 0, with 
a BesBile small cupped-glattd at Ita tCpex between the bases of tho 1- 
jugate pinnee, Tvifch eecoiidary mcliises "25 in. lon«; also gland-beai itig 
at {ipices between the bases of the l-jugate leaflets glabrous on botli 
BUrfacea, pale-greeii» approximated^ oblique obovate-oblong, rigidly enb- 
coriaceoufl, obtuse or occasionally subacute, 1-2 iii. long, S-'? in. wide ; 
stipules ascending, '2-"3 in. long, converted into conical smooth thoi-ns, 
the main and secondary mchiHes both shortly produced in acute poiiita, 
Floivers in dense heads "-i-'S in. in diank., on pubcrulons podiculs 25 in. 
long, Bolitavy or 2S together in the axils of small lanceohite bi-acts 
•1 in. long, along slender nodi form branch lets slightly zig-isag towards 
their tips, glabrous or pnberulona, sti-iate, from 3-5 in. long, the bracts 
of the lower two-thirds accompanied by minote stipntnr spines, thoa© 
of the lowest fourth often replaced by reduced foliage leaves; tlio 
bmnches arranged in terminal panicles 7-12 in. long, 5-8 in. wide, ex- 
tending into the upper axils. Caltj.e '05 in, long, grey-downy, snhcam- 
panulafce, shortly toothed. Corolla white, "1 in. long, puberuloua fcabe 
wide-infundibuliform, rather longer than the ovate-acute teetb. Fila- 
menis nnited at base in a tube as long as tliat of the corolla, shortly 
©xserted, Omnj pubernlous, shortly Btipilate. Pod turgid, twisted, 
dehiscent along the lower suture, both sutures slightly indented between 
the seeds, 4-5 in. long, '5 in. wide ; glabrous, wide-raticulated, the valves 
coinaceous, claret-red when ripe. Seeds 5-8, obovate-oblong, 'b in, long, 
'3 in. wide, "2 in. thick, testa smooth shining purplish, enveloped in a 
firm edible pulpy pale arillus. Miq, Flor, Ind. Dat. X, 40; Bedd. Flor, 
Sylvat, 1. 188 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Iiid. II, 302. MinioBa didds Roxb. 
