Ormosia.\ 
XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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Calyx silky, lower teeth as long as tube deltoid, uppers form a bifid 
lip. Corolla *35 in. long, white tinged reddish. Ovary ovate, 
hairy on upper edge; ovules 3. Hab. Perak, Larut 300 to 500 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). 
(2) O. maerodisca Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.L ii. 253; Prain , 
Lc. 148. 
A big tree 80 ft. tall and 2 ft. through. Leaves 8 to 10 in. 
long; leaflets 7 to 9, dark green, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubes¬ 
cent beneath, oblong, base round, tip acute, 3 to 5 in. long, i'25 in. 
wide; nerves faint 7 to 9 pairs. Racemes in crowded panicles 
6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide, rachis brown-silky. Calyx ’3 in. long, 
brown-silky, teeth oblong-obtuse. Corolla ‘5 in. long, rose pink, 
veined darker, base of standard green. Ovary glabrous; ovules 3. 
Pod sub-orbicular, 3 in. wide, 75 in. thick, rose pink. Seed 1, 
oblong, 7 in. wide, scarlet, aril black. Hab. Singapore. One tree 
in Dalvey road near the Gardens. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(3) O. gracilis Prain, lx. 148. 
Slender tree, 30 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Leaves 5 
to 8 in. long; leaflets 7 to 9, ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous, bright 
green, glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath, caudate-acuminate, 
base cuneate 2'5 to 3 in. long, 1 in. across; nerves 8 to 9 pairs 
faint. Panicles lax, 2’5 to 3 in. long, grey-silky, slender. Calyx 
*25 in. long, silky green, teeth ovate-lanceolate. Corolla *35 in. 
long, pale yellow; standard ‘25 in. across. Ovary puberulous; 
ovules 2. Pod hard thick oblong-ovate, stalked, 1*5 in. long, i'25 
in. wide, green with bluish bloom. Seed 1, oblong, 75 in. long, ‘6 in. 
wide, scarlet, aril black, -15 in. long. Hab. Dense forest at 1800 ft. 
altitude. Perak, Thaiping Hills, Maxwell’s Hill (Kunstler and 
Wray). 
(4) O. penangensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 68, p. 11. 
A tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves glabrous 6 in. long with slender 
petioles 1 in. long; leaflets 7, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, 
3 in. long, 1*12 in. wide; petiolules ‘25 in. long. Flowers in numerous 
sub-terminal racemes 4 in. long. Calyx *3 in. long, red puberulous, 
lobes ovate blunt, equal. Corolla ‘5 in. long; petals obovate, tip 
round. Stamens glabrous, free, exsert. Ovary cylindric, golden- 
silky ; style glabrous. Fruit not seen. Hab. Penang Hill at 
Grace-Dieu 2000 ft. altitude (Haniff). 
(5) O. nitida Prain , l.e. 149. 
Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall, 5 to 8 in. through. Leaves 5 to 7 in. 
long; leaflets 7, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, glossy dark green, 
obovate or elliptic, obtuse base rounded, 2‘5 to 4 in. long, 1*3 to 
2 in. wide; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, slender; lateral leaflets smaller. 
Panicles of fastigiate racemes, puberulous 6 to 8 in. long, 5 to 6 in. 
wide. Calyx '2 in. long, tawny-silky, teeth deltoid. Corolla 
unknown. Pod oblong, 1 in. long, 75 in. across, valves thinly 
woody, glabrous, black outside, stalk as long as calyx-tube. Seed 
