520 XLIII. LEGUMINOS/E. [Pithecolobium. 
Leaves like P. grandifiorum, but velvety-pubescent 4. P. Lovellce. 
Leaves glabrous, of 2 or 3 pairs of pinnce. Leaflets oblique at the base, 
especially the upper ones 5. P. Hendersonii. 
Leaflets obovate, almost 2in. long, decurrent upon the petiolules . . . . 6. P. ramijlora. 
1. P. pruinosum (frosted or powdered), Benth. in Loud. Journ. iii. 211, 
anil FI. Austr. ii. 423 ; F. v. ill. Ic. Dec. xiii. 2. A beautiful tree, the young 
branches, foliage, and inflorescence rusty with a short pubescence or glabrous. 
Pinna? very irregularly in 1 or 2 pairs, with or without an odd one, the petiole 
and each rhachis varying from 1 to Gin. long ; leaflets usually 3 or 4 pairs on the 
terminal pinnae, but very irregular in number, size, and shape, mostly broadly 
oblong or rhomboidal and acuminate, rarely very obtuse, the larger ones often 
2 to 3in. long, but mostly smaller. Peduncles 2 or 3 together in the upper axils 
or shortly racemose. Flowers numerous, in globular umbels, on pedicels of about 
2 lines. Calyx small, shortly toothed. Corolla fully 2 lines long. Pod several 
inches long, 7 to 8 lines broad, flat but much curved and twisted, the upper inner 
margin thickened and continuous, the outer one much sinuate and undulate, the 
valves smooth and reddish inside. Seeds ovate, transverse ; funicle rather thick, 
but terete, folded under the seed. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham and others ; Rockhampton, Thozet, 
Dallachy. 
Wood of a light-yellow colour, becoming brown near the centre ; of a very disagreeable odour 
when newly cut. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 149. 
The Javanese P. Jungliuhnianum, Benth., scarcely differs from this species. 
2. P. moniliferum (pod like a necklace), Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
iii. 211, and FI. Austr. ii. 421; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. xiii. 3. “ Mullar,” 
Cloncurry, Palmer. A tree with a rugged bark and wide-spreading dense head, 
the young shoots usually pubescent, at length glabrous. Pinna} 1 or 2 pairs, the 
common petiole f to lin., each rhachis 1 to 2in. long; leaflets 4 to 7 pairs, 
obliquely obovate or oval oblong, obtuse, very oblique at the base, shining and 
reticulately penniveined above, opaque and less veined underneath, the terminal 
ones 1, If, or nearly 2in. long, the others smaller. Peduncles clustered in the 
upper axils, forming a short irregular terminal panicle. Flowers numerous, in 
globular umbels, the pedicels about If in. long. Calyx nearly 1 line, corolla 
about 2 lines long, minutely silky-pubescent. Stamens more than twice as long, 
the united part nearly as long, as the corolla. Pod usually falcate, 3 to 4in. 
long, fin. broad, very thick and hard, indehiscent but separating into closed 
1 -seeded articles. Seeds transverse, oblong, flat but thick; funicle very short. — 
Inga monilifera, DC. Prod. ii. 440 ; Cathormion moniliferum, Hassk. Retzia, 231 ; 
Albizzia anmnisshiia, F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 165, ix. 179. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; along all the watercourses round the 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Leichhardt ; Armstrong Creek, Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 
The species was originally described from Timor, and is in several islands of the Indian 
Archipelago. — Benth. 
The young pods roasted and eaten, Mitchell River. — Palmer. 
3. P. grandiflorum (flowers large, showy), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 424 ; F. v. 
M. Ic. Dec. xiii. 4. A beautiful tree of 30ft,, or a tall shrub, glabrous or nearly 
so. Bark smooth, whitish. Pinnte 1, 2, or 3 pairs, the common petiole and 
each rhachis about 2 to 4in. long ; leaflets 2 to 6 pairs, ovate, acutely acuminate, 
If to 4in. long, less oblique and firmer than in P. pruinosum, penniveined. 
Flower-heads numerous, on short peduncles, in a terminal panicle scarcely 
exceeding the leaves. Flowers sessile, silky-pubescent, much larger than in any 
other Pithecolobium . Calyx campanulate, sinuate-toothed, nearly 3 lines long. 
Corolla fin. long, funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, silky-pubescent outside. Stamens of a 
rich crimson, the tubular portion nearly as long as the corolla, the free part 
