1897.] King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feimisida. 269 
Tliis very common species has been comparod with P. bubalinum ; in reality 
the i-o80tiib]uuce is vmy aQporBcinl ;, thB leareii dilT^r in huriri^ gland Iqbs aecotidiirjr 
rautiises, the leafletB OlTO quite differout in ehupQ and the fluivers are also very dif> 
fereut ; iu inllorysceiiee tbe two 8peei«8 tire, however, roniiti'knbly Bitiiilar, The near' 
est fdly is undoubtedly P. oppositttm Miq,, of which neither flowers nor fritiita are 
yet known. The leaHets of the two epeoies are of the Bauie e^hnpo and have the 
Bamo caudate tips bat those of P. oppos^itum are rather ihiuiier in texture and have 
puboruloLLS inate;id of glabrous petiohilGB besidea b^iiig arranged on '2 paira of 
piuiiBB whereas none of our numeroua examples of P, mierocarpum have tnoro thaii 
1 pair of piimsQ. 
Goodonoogh gives " Kradus " &b the Malay naniD in Malacca, 
7. PiTUKCOLOBiDM AFFJNE Biik» ex Benth. in Trans. Linn, Soo. 
XXX, 577. A small unarmed tree 15-25 feet high, stem &S in. in 
diaiii., young braucliecj rusfcy-paberulous to pubescent. Leaves evenly 
2- pinnate, iiicliis glabmiia or puberulous 4-6 iti. long", with a targe 
eessile glund "35 in, above the base, and with simiki- glands between 
tlie bisea of the 1-2- jugate pinnte ; secoudavy rachises of distal pinuse 
6 in. iiJiig, with lea&ets 4- , (less often 3- ) jugate, of pi-oxitual pinnco 
when preaont l'5-2'25 in. long with leaflets 2- {somefcimea only 1- ) 
jLigiite, both with glande between the bases of each pair of leaflets ; 
leaflets papery, glabrona oti both surfaces^ bn'ght- green, glossy, obovate- 
he.ulQ with subequal cuiieate bases, diminishing downwards, distal pair 
6-7 in. long, il— 325 in. wide, proximal 3 in. long, r5-l'7o in. wide; 
lateral nerves 4—6 pairs ascending ; petiolules distinct, glabraus, ■15 in. 
long. Flmvers iu dense huadB '75 in. across, on slender peduncles "6 in. 
long, arranged singly or in fascicles of 2-3 together along branchlets 
3- 8 in, long, tbemeelves forming an ample terminal panicle lU-15 in, 
long and broad, Gaiyx snbsessile, miimtely bracteolafce at the base, "15 
in. long, tube funuel-jshaped, teeth very short, uuifot'mly browu-silfcy 
externally, Cm'olla white, *25 iu* long, uniformly giey-silky extezuially, 
teoih ofate-lanceolate, half as long as tube. FitameutB united in a tube 
as long aa that of corolla^ exsertetl 35 in., pure white. Ovary puberulous, 
slioitly atipilate. Foci dehiscent along lower suture, spiral, 8 in. hnig, 
r25 in. wide, hardly sinuate along upper suture, valves tUinly coriaceous, 
glabiwis, sliining, faintly wide-reticulate, dai-k^green exfcerually, briglit 
orange-red within. S&eds 6—8, transverse, ovate-oblong, I in. lt>ng, '5 in. 
wide, -4 in. thick, testa t bin crnstaceoiia dark-purple smooth shining ; 
without aiillua. Bak. in Flor. Biit. Ind. II, 304, . 
• Mai^cca ; Maiufja]/ 577! Hervey ! Perak ; Knmtler 3406! 39571 
5560 ! SiNUATORK ; Tanjong Bunga, Uidiey 6408 ! Disthib. Buima^ 
{Brandts f) ; Borneo. 
The pod is given in the Flcra of British India m '25 in. wido ; this may ba 
a raispriut for 1*25 in. At all evenla the frnit of the species of which Maingay n. 
577 forma tbe baaia is aa now doBoribed, The Borneo locality is gtveu doaljtfally 
