Sindora .] 
XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
639 
(5) S. coriacea Prain , l.c. 206. 
A big tree 60 to 70 ft. tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 to 
6 in. long, glabrous; leaflets 4 pairs very coriaceous elliptic acumin¬ 
ate blunt, base rounded; nerves very fine, finely reticulate, 2 to 
3 in. long, 1-25 to 1*5 in. wide; petiolules '25 in. long. Stipules 
small. Panicles 12 to 18 in. long; branches distant, spreading 
2 in. long. Flowers distant, softly downy. Calyx-lobes 4 not 
prickly, obovate. Petal 1. Stamens hairy at base. Pod oblong 
obovate woody, 3 in. long, 2’25 in. wide, quite unarmed, resinous. 
Seeds 2 to 3. Hab. Local in forests. Pahang, Temerloh (Fox¬ 
worthy). Malacca, Chabau (Cantley). Selangor, Banji (Fox¬ 
worthy). Penang Waterfall and Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native 
name: Saputi Minyak. In Penang called Merabau erroneously. 
Use : A fine furniture wood. 
49 . AFZELIA, Smith. 
Trees, sometimes vast. Leaves even-pinnate; leaflets opposite, 
few, coriaceous. Flowers in large terminal panicles. Calyx disc 
produced to top of elongated tube; lobes 4, imbricate unequal. 
Petal 1, orbicular, clawed. Stamens 3, perfect; filaments long, 
pilose. Pod large, oblong, flattened, woody. Seeds several not 
arillate. Species 10 to 12, Old World tropics. 
Leaflets 4, rarely 2; small trees. 
Inflorescence glabrous . . . . . (1) A. retusa 
Inflorescence puberulous . . . . . {2) A. bijuga 
Leaflets 8 to 10; large tree.(3) A. palembanica 
(1) A. retusa Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliii. (2), 73; Baker, 
in Hook. fd. F.B.I. ii. 274; Prain , l.c. 207. 
Tree 15 to 20 ft. tall. Stem 6 to 8 in. through. Leaves 3 to 
6 in. long; leaflets 2 pairs glabrous, sub-coriaceous, oblong, base 
rounded, blunt retuse, 2 to 4 in. long, i’2 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 
'15 in. long. Panicle or simple raceme 2*5 in. long, terminal, 
glabrous; pedicels *5 in. long, thick. Calyx glabrous, tube slightly 
dilated upwards, -5 in. long, lobes 4, oblong, ‘35 in. long. Petal 
■7 in. long; limb *6 in. wide, claw slender, pubescent, pink or white. 
Stamens pink, i'25 in. long. Pod 5 to 6 in. long, '2 in. wide, oblong, 
coriaceous. Seeds orbicular 1 in. across. Hab. Common in tidal 
rivers. Singapore, Toas. Malacca, Sungei Doon (Griffith). Negri 
Sembilan, Pengkalan Kempas (Foxworthy). Bindings, Pangkor 
(Scortechini). Perak, Matang (Wray). Distrib. Ganges delta, 
Andamans. Native name : Merabau Ayer. 
(2) A. bijuga A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Explor. Exped. 467, t. 51. 
Tree 50 ft. or less. Leaves as in A. retusa, but thinner and 
longer, more acuminate; panicles more branched with more flowers, 
pubescent, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide. Pod longer, 6 to 8 in. long, 2 5 in. 
wide. Hab. Sea coasts, apparently rare, Singapore (Wallich). 
