XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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PeUophorum.] 
2 to 4 in. long, x in. wide, glabrous longitudinally veined outside. 
Hab. Common near the sea. A beautiful tree, often planted in 
gardens. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Tana Runto. Malacca 
(Griffith, Hervey). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Fox). 
Penang, Telok Bahang. Pulau Adang. Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis); 
Distrib. Tenasserim, Cambodia, Malaya, Australia. 
(2) P. dasyrachis Kurz ; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 257. 
A tree resembling the last, but branches, petioles, rachis, inflores¬ 
cence thickly red-tomentose. Leaves rather longer. Racemes 6 to 
9 in. long; pedicels 1 to 1*5 in. long. Calyx densely velvety out¬ 
side. Corolla large, 1-5 in. across, base hairy, edges glabrous. 
Pod 4 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-4 in. wide, puberulous not veined 
outside. Hab. Sea-coasts and open forests. Malacca, common. 
Bukit Bruang (Griffith); Batu Berendam (Maingay); Selandor 
and Sungei Hudang (Cantley). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. 
Siam, Sumatra. Native name : Batai. Use : Wood used for 
dyeing red. 
54. MEZONEURON, Desf. 
Robust, very prickly climbers. Leaves even-pinnate. Flowers 
in panicled racemes, showy. Calyx very oblique, tube long or 
short, lobes imbricate, lowest largest, hooded. Disc in tube. 
Petals obovate spathulate or oblong. Stamens free, declinate. 
Ovary declinate, few- or many-ovuled; style filiform; stigma 
small. Pod large, thin, oblong, upper suture broad-winged. Seeds 
compressed orbicular. Species 15, Old World tropics. 
Calyx deep-cleft; tube short; anterior lobe deep- 
hooded . . . . • • 
Calyx shallow-cleft; tube long; anterior lobe 
short-hooded . . ... 
(x) M, Kunstleri 
(2) M. sumatranum. 
( 1 ) M. Kunstleri Prain, l.c. 233. 
A big climber with a few prickles. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, 
pinnae 4 to 6, 4 to 5 in. long; leaflets 6 to 8, alternate, sub-coriaceous, 
ovate, base and tip cuneate, -5 to i'25 in. long, *35 to 75 in. wade; 
petiolules *15 in. long. Panicles of racemes large 1*5 to 2 ft. long; 
racemes 8 to 10 in. long puberulous; pedicels slender, 35 to -45 in. 
long. Calyx leathery, anterior sepal hooded, the rest orbicular, 
tube very short. Corolla expanded, yellow. Petals ovate-orbicular. 
Stamens far exsert. Hab. Perak at Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 
(2) M. sumatranum W. and A. Prodr. i. 1081; Prain, l.c. 235. 
A robust, very prickly climber, glabrous. Leaves 1 to i '5 ft* 
long; pinnae 6 to 10, 8 to 12 in. long; leaflets 6 to 8, alternate, 
coriaceous, obovate-oblong emarginate apiculate, 1*5 to 2 in. long, 
1-25 to 175 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles of erect 
racemes terminal or axillary, many-flowered very showy. Racemes 
5 to 6 in. long; rachis thick. Calyx leathery, anterior sepal 
orbicular *25 in. long, others half as large, tube *5 in. long. Corolla 
