XLVII. LEGUMINOS.E. 
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•5 in. long; petals sub-equal not expanded, all flame-colour, tipped 
green. Stamens hardly exsert yellow. Pod very thin, 3 to 4 in. 
long, i - 35 in. wide, red. Seeds 3 or 4. Hab. Common in edges 
of woods and open country. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Kranji. 
Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Labu River. Perak, Thaiping 
(Scortechini). Dindings, Lumut at Simpit. Province Wellesley, 
Ara Kuda (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name: Akar 
Darah Blut (Eel's blood). 
55 . PTEROLOBIUM, R. Br. 
Stout prickly woody climbers. Leaves even-bipinnate. Flowers 
in panicled racemes. Calyx deep cleft, disc near the base; lobes 
imbricate, lowest one longer and hooded. Petals spreading, oblong, 
clawed, as long as calyx. Stamens 10, free, hardly exsert. Ovary 
sessile, i-ovuled; style filiform. Fruit a samara with a large 
oblique terminal wing. Species 7, Africa, Indo-Malaya, China, 
Australia. 
(1) P. densiflorum Prain, lx. 236. 
A large pubescent climber armed with hooks and prickles. 
Leaves 4 to 8 in. long; pinnae 8 to 16, 3 in. long; leaflets 14 to 16, 
narrow-oblong, blunt unequally rounded on both sides, *6 in. long, 
*25 in. wide, sub-coriaceous. Racemes dense in panicles; 100- to 
200-flowered; rachis puberulous, 1*5 ft. long. Calyx puberulous, 
lowest sepal *3 in. long. Corolla yellow. Pod 2 in. long, base 
turgid, wing '5 to in. wide. Hab. Forests, very local. Penang, 
base of hill Waterfall, to the altitude of 2500 ft. (Maingay and 
Curtis); Ayer Hitam (Fox). 
56 . CJESALPINIA, Linn. , 
Trees, shrubs or woody thorny climbers. Leaves large, bi- 
pinnate. Flowers yellow (rarely red) in axillary racemes. Calyx 
deep cleft, disc at the base; lobes imbricate, lowest the largest, 
hooded. Petals spreading, orbicular, clawed, upper one smaller. 
Stamens 10, free; anthers versatile. Ovary few-ovuled; style 
filiform. Pod oblong or ligulate, flat or turgid, smooth or spiny. 
Species about 40, tropics. 
C. puleherrima Sw. Obs. 166. A well-known garden shrub with 
yellow or red flowers, probably a native of S. America, is common 
in cultivation. 
i. Guilandina. Very thorny shrubs; pod prickly; seeds grey globose. 
Leaves stipulate; leaflets small, *5 in, long . . (1) C. Bonducella 
Leaves not stipulate; leaflets larger, 1-5 to 2 in, 
long.(2) C. Bonduc 
ii, Eu-c;esalpinia. Pods unarmed, thin-valved. 
Trees. 
Stipules o; flowers 75 in. across . . . (3) C. Sappan 
Stipules lanceolate; flowers *3 in. across , , (4) C. parviflora 
