650 xlvii. LEGUMiNOS-iE. [Casalpinia. 
Aor (Feilding). Malacca (Maingay); Chabau (Cantley). Perak, 
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. India, Cambodia, Malay isles. 
Native name: Seppang. Use: A red dye obtained from the 
wood. Sappan-wood. 
(4) C. parviflora Train , l.c. 330. 
A small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall and 8 to 12 in. through, sparsely 
prickly (a large climber according to Kunstler). Leaves 8 to 
10 in. long; pinnae 18 to 24, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 30 to 36, sub- 
coriaceous, sessile, oblong with lower comer produced, *35 to -5 in. 
long, - 2 to -25 in. wide, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, *45 in. long, 
entire. Racemes in a branched panicle, 2 to 3 ft. long; pedicels 
•25 in. long, all puberulous, Bracts linear, ‘2 in. long. Calyx 
■25 in. long, puberulous. Corolla 3 in. across, greenish yellow, 
hardly exsert. Stamens green, base woolly. Pod 1 in. long, 
'5 in. wide, with recurved beak. Seeds 4. Hab. Lowland forest, 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Relau Tujor (Wray); Gunong Bubu, a 
^large climber (Kunstler). 
(5) C. Nuga Ait. Hort. Kew, iii. 32; Train, l.c. 227. 
A stiff wiry thorny black-stemmed climber. Leaves 6 to 12 in. 
long; pinnae 6 to 8; leaflets 4 to 6, light, shining green, coriaceous, 
glabrous, ovate acute, 1 to 2'5 in. long, *5 to 1 in. wide. Panicle 
of racemes 10 to 15 in. long, 6 to 8 in. across; racemes 2 to 3 in. 
long; pedicels '3 in. long. Calyx *25 to *3 in. long, glabrous. 
Corolla -5 in. across, bright yellow, fragrant. Petals orbicular, 
upper ovate acute, blotched red. Stamens woolly at base. Pod 
2 in. long, i*35 in. wide, turgid, beaked, indehiscent. Seed 1, 
black, 1 in. long. Hab. Tidal swamps. Common. Singapore, 
Kranji; Jurong; Selitar. Johor, Tebrau River, Malacca (Griffith), 
Pahang, Pekan. Muar, Sungei Segal (Fox). Selangor, Port 
Swettenham (Burkill). Perak River (Kunstler); Dindings, Lumut. 
Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. S.E. Asia, Australia 
and Polynesia. 
(6) C. sepiaria Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32 ; Baker, l.c. ii. 256; Train, 
l.c. 229. 
Prickly woody climber. Branches pubescent. Leaves 9 to 
15 in. long; pinnae 12 to 20, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 16 to 24, oblong 
blunt, base round, slightly oblique; petiolulate pale green above, 
glaucous beneath, *5 to ‘8 in. long, - 2 in. wide. Stipules obliquely 
ovate, long-acuminate, base with lower angle auricled, ’5 in. long, 
•3 in. wide. Racemes simple, drooping, 6 to 12 in. long, 2 to 2'5 in. 
wide; pedicels 75 in. long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, *4 in. long 
pubescent. Calyx *5 in. long, pubescent. Corolla 75 in. across, 
yellow; petals orbicular. Stamens little exsert white, woolly 
below. Pod linear-oblong, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*2 in. wide, curved, 
turgid. Seeds 6 to 8, mottled, *4 in. long. Hab. Hill forests, 
Penang Hill at 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. India, China, 
Japan, Malay isles. 
