640 xlvit. leguminosje. [Afzelia. 
Dindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Distrib. Mascarene islands to Poly¬ 
nesia. Possibly only a variety of retusa. 
(3) A. palembanica Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. u. 275; Pram, 
l c 200, 
A gigantic buttressed tree over 100 ft. tall, 2 to 4 ft. through. 
Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; leaflets 4 pairs (rarely 3 or 5), sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous oblong, base slightly oblique, round or cordate, 
tip rounded blunt, 2 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 
*15 in. long. Panicles corymbose, terminal, 3*5 in. long, 2*5 in. 
across pubescent. Calyx-tube cylindric, *2 in. long, lobes 4, 
oblong, -25 in. long, downy. Petal -35 in. long, limb oblong, white. 
Stamens pubescent, claret-colour. Pod 10 to 12 in. l°ng, 3 5 1 * 3 4 5 6 7 8 p- 
wide, oblong, woody. Seeds oblong, i'25 in. long. Hah. Forests 
of the whole peninsula. Pahang, Rumpin (Foxworthy). Malacca 
(Maingay, Griffith). Negri Sembilan. Selangor, abundant. Perak, 
Gopeng and Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra Native 
name: Merabau. Use: A very valuable timber for building, 
furniture, sleepers, etc. 
50 . SARACA, Linn. 
Shrubs or medium trees. Leaves even-pinnate; leaflets glab 
rous, coriaceous. Stipules large. Flowers in dense corymbs on 
old nodes with coloured bracts, red or yellow. Calyx petaloid, 
limb 4-cleft, tube cylindric, crowned with a lobed disc. Petals o. 
Stamens 2 to 8 exsert; filaments filiform, long; anthers versatile. 
Ovary stalked, often rudimentary; style long, filiform. Stigma 
minute. Pod flat, coriaceous often very large, oblong pink. Seeds 
several ellipsoid flat. Species 16, Indo-Malayan. 
Leaves 7-foliate; corymbs large; flowers yellow; 
trees. 
Bracts large, coloured. , _ , 
Corymbs very large, often 9 in. through; leaflets 
oblong-lanceolate, acute . 
Corymbs smaller, peduncled. 
Leaves oblong-acute; calyx-lobes one-third 
length of tube . . • • • * 
Leaves elliptic blunt, short, strong-nerved 
Leaves 2- to 3-jugate; calyx lobes as long as tube. 
Bracts large; petiolules -25 in. long 
Bracts small; petiolules *2 in. long. 
Leaflets 1 to 2 pairs; stamens 7 to 8 
Leaflets 4 to 7; stamens 3 to 4. 
Pedicels and ovary glabrous . 
Pedicels and ovary puberulous 
Leaves 2- to 4-jugate; corymbs lax, red; bush sub- 
seandent to a small tree . 
(1) S. thaipingensis 
{2) S. declinata 
(3) S. cauliflora 
(4) S. Kunstleri 
(5) S. bijuga 
(6) S. macroptera 
(7) S. palembanica 
(8) S. triandra 
(1) S. thaipingensis Cantley, in Prain, l.c. 211. 
A low-branched tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Stem thick. Leaves 
and rachis 12 to 16 in. long; leaflets sub-coriaceous, dark green 
5 to 8 pairs, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 10 in. long, 4 
