XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 
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[i Cynometra. 
cent stipitate. Pod obovoid oblique, woody, 2 to 2-25 in. long, 
1-5 in wide, 75 in. thick, not rugose. Hab. Forests; common. 
Malacca, Selandor (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Serting (Foxworthy). 
Selangor, Weld's Hill. Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Kwala Kangsa 
(Foxworthy). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang, Water¬ 
fall. 
I have seen a spray from Pahang, Bukit Lentong, Rumpin collected by 
Mr. Yeop of the Forest Department, Selangor, with umfoliate leaves m the 
axils of which are small tufts of flowers quite similar to typical C. maquah- 
folia. Possibly only an abnormality. The collector gives the name Kong 
Katong for it. 
(3) C. polyandra Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32; Prain, l.c. 200 var. 
Kurzii 
Large tree. Shoots enveloped in imbricating bracts, lower 
ones ’3 in. across, inner ones 2 in. long, 1 in. across. Leaves, 3 pairs 
of leaflets; rachis puberulous elliptic obovate or oblong, base 
oblique cuneate, sub-acuminate coriaceous, dark green, paler 
beneath, 2*5 to 5-5 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. across. Corymbs axillary 
sessile, 2 in. long, 1*5 in. across; pedicels pubescent, /6 to 1 in. 
long. Calyx-tube short, lobes obovate, imbricate, white. Petals 
5 lanceolate as long and narrower, white. Stamens 40 to 60; 
anthers versatile. Ovary pubescent. Pod oblique oblong, woody, 
wrinkled 2 to 2*5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Hab. Forests. Malacca, 
Batu Tiga (Holmberg). Penang Hill (Jack, Curtis); Kelantan, 
Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). The typical form is Indian, it has smooth 
pods. Native names: Malangkan; Bulangkan; Katang. 
47 . TAMARINDUS, Linn. 
A big tree with pinnate leaves. Leaflets 10 to 20 pairs, oblong 
small; racemes often panicled. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes 4, 
ovate" acute. Petals 3, obovate-oblong. Stamens 3, connate, 
nearly half their length, alternating with bristle-like stammodes. 
Ovary stipitate; style short; ovules 8 to 10. Fruit linear-oblong, 
brown pulpy. . „ „ . .. 
(1) T. indica Linn. Sp. PL 34; Pram , l.c. 201. T. officinalis 
Bot. Mag. 4563. . , . 
Leaves 2 to 6 in. long. Leaflets *35 to 1*25 in. long, *2 to *3 in. 
across; racemes 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers about -5 in. across. 
Petals yellowish with pink stripes. Pod 3 to 8 in. long scurfy- 
brown outside, pithy green inside, 1 in. through. Cultivated chiefly 
in the north at Penang and Province Wellesley, and has occurred 
as an escape in Singapore on a rocky island in the Johor Strait 
(as a shrub), and in Selangor and Kedah. Probably a native ot 
Africa. Native names : Asam Jawa; the Tamarind. 
