270 G- King — Materials for a Flora of tlve Malayan Pemmula* [Ko. 1, 
by Mr. He nth am ; tbe pod whioH he deacinbca, and wUicli lijeloDged to his Boineo 
specimotiBj. evidently ngreea very closely with that of the FerjinBalar plant, 
8. PiTBRCOLOBiUM ELLiPTiCDM Hassk., Retzia T, 225. A tree 15-30 
feet liigh (occasionany higher) braneMets tawny- puberiilous soosi ghih- 
rescenfr-, bark grey. Leaves evenly 2-pinnate, rachia glabrous 3-4 in. 
long, with a large gland above base and another between the bases of 
the distal piuniB ; piima? 2-jQ!^ate» rnchises of distal pair 4-7 in. long, 
with Biaall glands between each pair t>£ leaflets except the lowest, oC 
proximal pair often only auboppoaite always within an inch of base of 
mam-racbia '75-1 in., with gland between the end pair of leaflets ; 
leaflets very large, of upper pinna? 3-4-Jugate, distal 6-8 in. long^ 2 5-3 in, 
wide, of proximal 3 in. long, 2 in. wide ; leaflets of lower pinnte usaaliy 
IS'jngate, distal 4 in. long, J"5 in. wide, lowest 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, the 
leiiflets o^^ten unequally-jugate on the corresponding pinnce of tlie same 
leaf, elliptic-oblong, apex rather abruptly pointed, ba^e rounded, glabrous 
on both aurfuces, bl ight green shining above, paler dull beneath ; petio- 
llnles glabroua, '25 in. loug, lateral nerveft 5-8 pairs, Rsceuding. Fhzvers 
in very small 2-5-fld. head* *2 in. or leaa across, on short tawny-pubera- 
lous peduncles ■25-'35 in. !ong, solitary or 2-3 vertically superposed 
above the axils of bi-acts with a large gland, on suboompressed bmnch- 
Iota J "5-6 in. long, tilso 2-^^ vertically superposed above the axils oF larger 
bi acts *25-'0 in. long with a targe sessile gland and small rudimentary 
leaflets; the branches of each axil dimiriiahiiig downwards ; branchoa 
themselves similarly diBposod on a subctmipressed tawny-pubeBcent 
maiu'Vachis as a terminal panicle 16-20 in. long, 6-12 in. wide. G*tlgx 
campanalate, taw ny-pabescent, *05 in. long, teeth short obtuse. Oorollti 
yellow, fiilky, '15 in long, teeth ovate-lanceolate nearly as long as 
tube, i'\7iJwi.fc'Mfif united at base in a thick short ring, yellowish, '2 in. 
long, shortly exserted. Ovary with a short stipe as long as atamJnal 
tube. Pod spirally twisted, 3—7 in. long, dehiscent along the tower 
suture, 1'25 in. wtde, valves firmly coriaceoua, glabrons, dull, dark- 
green, at iength becoming yellow externally, orange within, Secdn H-7, 
oblong, "8 in. long, "6 iu, wide, '4 in. thick, testa thin, crnsfcaceoiis, dark- 
purplc, smooth, shining; without arillus. huja elliptim Bl. Cat. Gew. 
Bail ems. 88; Ind. Kew. I, 1216, Ing^t, Jiriitga Wall Cat. 52(38 nob 
of Jiick. Imja Chjpearta Wail. Cat. 5270 B. not of Jiick. Fttkecolobmin 
fascicnlatnm Beiitti. Jlook. Loud, Journ. Hot III, 208 ?; Miq. E'lor. 
Ind Bat. I, 33; Bak, in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 304. Albizzia fasrknlafn 
Kui-z, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLV, 2. J 29, cxci. syn. PithecoliMtim 
vmaophyllum Teysm. & Binnend. 
NlOOBAliS; Kamorta, Kitrzl Kepaii ; Pulo Songaong, Curtis '2G011 
PauanG; Pttlo Chugu, Ridley 2637! Malacca; Qrijtfh! Ooodenontjh 
1894 ! ^0^^571! 578! Pkiiak ; rmi/ 542! 2G6u!' 4l7J! Scwiechuu 
