1897.] G, Ki n g — Ma teria Is for a Flora of t?ie Ma la yan Pent nsula, 2 7 5 
in axila of small gland-beavin^ bracts on angalar bmnolilets 4-10 in. 
long, ifiemHelves fascicled in axils of bracts with a large basal gland and 
a foliar aimply-piniiate rudimeatfiry lamina, so as to form a terminal 
panicle extending into axils of upper leaves, 15-20 in. long, 12-18 in. 
wide J peril eels of florets '^'25 iti. long, bracteoles mitiate or obsolete. 
Oahjx pnberulons, campanula^, *05 in. long, teeth short acnte. Corolla, 
pale»yello\v or white, "2 in. long, tnbe infundibuliforni, teeth Innceolnte 
half as long; nniformty sparin^^ly silky, Sfameids united in a tnbe 
nearly as long that of corolla, filaments white or faintly tinged with 
pink, 5 in. long. Omrij pubeiulouSj shortly stalked. Pod spirnlly 
twisted, IS in. long, ■? in. wide, dehiscing along the lower sutnre, 
valves firmly coriaceous, red opposite the seeds elsewhere orange and» 
pnberulous externally, red and glabrous within ; distinctly sinuate 
between the seeds on the lower margin, stipe vei-y shoiL Seeds 8-10, 
ovate-oblong, '5 in. long, '35 in, wide, 2 in, thick, testa dark-pmrple, 
dull, thin, crustadbous. Miq, Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 34 ; Bak. in Flor, Brit. 
Ind. II, 30<>. Mimo.^a keleiophijlUi Roxb, Hort. Beng, 40; Fbr, Itjtl. II, 
545. luga acntantjTiUt G-rah. in Wall. Cat. 5271. Fitliecohbium acut- 
angulitm Miq. Flor. Ind Bat. Snppl. 282. 
An [RAMANS; very common, Jfjcoiuns ; King's CoUedor ! Pkxano ; 
WitlUch 5270 C ! Curtis 489 ! Malacca ; Derrif 552 ! 971 ! Main'ja^ :S9 I 
PeraK; Scartechvn! Wra^ 1102! Si5r.AT«f30R ; Kundhr 86*59! Sinoa- 
ponnj ffnU&tt 802! Hidl^y 557C ! 6407! Qoodeuough 289! Dismm. 
Eastern Himalaya, Assam, Burma, Sumatra, 
A" rather variable species, with two leading: types, hfirdly, however, to be 
diBtingiiishcd even aa varietiea nwing to the xiambor of intermQdiA.te forma that 
occar. Of these, (o-) hcterophyUa — the original plant of RoKbiiigh with large 
terminalleaflets'— extends from the Iltmalfiya toi Chittagong, the Andttmmia and 
Sumatra, This is very uniforui in character and constitutes both Inga acuiamjuta 
Grah. (Walt. Cat- 5271), and PifAticoioiititin a(;«frini?Hiitm Miq., nlthoogh it happen* 
that Miqnel when doacribini^ P. aaitangidum t-onceivod it to he different from Inga 
acutajhjiila. The other plant, i nteraiedia — v^ilh. smaller termir*ftl leafleta and 
usually more numeroae pinnso a»"d leaflets ^ extends from Op^^er tlurma east of the 
Trrawaday though the Rhrui Ptntonn to TenfiBserim, the Miilay Fciiinsnia and Java. 
This ia less uniform thati the preceding nnd often hna leaflets so like tlioso of P, 
Cl^pearia th«t it can only bi* aaftjly diatitigniabed by itfl longer petliccla aeasila 
glanda. This ta the plant of }f'uU. Cat. 5270 C, from Ponang,aiid is the Pithecolohium 
an>julat>im of Miqael as opposed to tlmt antlior'a P. aetttanijulum. P. mistiltttttm 
Beuth., like P. angidatum aa defined ia this paper, Sncludos bath plants. 
Ordkr XXXIX. ROSACEA, 
Herbs, sfiiubs or trees. Leaves stipulate, nirely opposite, simple 
or compound, jp'foitter^ usually bisexual and regular (very irrcgiitar in 
Ckrysobalancm) . 0<thjj['Uihc free or adiiate to tbe ovai'y, limb usually 
9 
