XLVII. LEGUMIN 0 SJ 5 . 
Acacia .] 
657 
Distrib. All tropics. Native name: Lasana. Use: Pods for 
making ink. 
(2) A. pseudo-intsia Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. 12 ; Prain, l.c. 249. 
A lofty climber over 100 ft. long and about 3 ft. through, armed 
with hooked prickles. Leaves bipinnate; rachis 8 in. long, prickly; 
petioles 2‘5 in. long, with large gland at base; pinnae 8 to 12 pairs, 
2-5 to 3-5 in. long; leaflets 30 to 35 pairs, linear-oblong, blunt, 
•4 in, long, ‘15 in. wide, sub-coriaceous. Capitula *4 in. across, 
white on peduncles ’5 to 75 in. long, 2 to 4 together on a 10 to 
12 in. long panicle. Pod linear-oblong, 4*5 in. long, 1 in. wide, 
sutures thickened. Seeds 6. Hob. Common in forests in south. 
Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah; Changi. Malacca, 
Tebong. Negri Sembilan near Tampin. Penang Hill (Haniff). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Java. Native names: Akar Kapok; Kayap. 
(3) A. pennata Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1090; Baker, l.c. ii. 297; 
Prain , l.c. 250, var. pluricapitata Baker, l.c. 
Climber about 80 ft. long. Branches prickly with curved thorns. 
Leaves bipinnate; rachis 6 in. long; petioles *75 to 1 in. long, 
with a gland above the base; pinnae 20 to 40 pairs, 1*25 to 2 in. 
long; leaflets 30 to 40 pairs, linear, *2 to *35 in. long, under -05 in. 
wide. Capitula - 2 in. through, white; peduncles *5 to 7 in. long, in 
clusters of 4 to 8 on a 12 to* 15 in. panicle. Pod linear-oblong, 
acute at both ends, thin, 4 to 6 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide. Seeds 
flat, ovate, -4 in. long. Hab. Open country, common in the north. 
Pahang River. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Holmberg); Ayer Panas and 
Selandor (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, 
Larut; Goping and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Selangor, near Batu 
Caves. Penang (Porter, Wall. Cat. 5255). Kedah, Yan. Perils, 
Chupeng; Kanga. Distrib. Malay isles. Native name: Akar 
Kayu Manis. 
64. SERIANTHES, Benth. 
Big tree unarmed. Branches and panicle rusty, puberulous. 
Leaves bipinnate. Flowers panicled, large, 5-merous. Calyx deep 
campanulate, toothed, woolly-silky. Petals adnate to staminal 
column at base. Stamens monadelphous, very numerous. Ovary 
sessile, many-ovuled. Pod large oblong nearly woody turgid, 
septate between the 6 to 8 seeds. Species 2, the other Polynesian. 
(1) S. grandiflora Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 225; 
Prain, l.c. 251. 
Leaves, rachis puberulous, 7 to 9 i n - l° n g> a l ar g e gland at 
base and small ones between pinnae; pinnae 3- to 8-jugate, 3 to 
4 in. long; leaflets 6 to 12 pairs, oblong-obtuse, base truncate 
oblique, coriaceous, pale beneath, glabrous, 7 to 1 in. long, *3 to 
*6 in. wide. Flowers few in panicles 4 to 6 in. long, branches 
1-5 in. long. Calyx -5 in. long, teeth triangular. Petals yellowish, 
white, 1'5 in. long, dense-woolly outside. Stamens over 500, 
