XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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[, Serianthes . 
2 - 5 in. long. Pod 6 in. long, 2*25 wide, *75 in. thick, woody, oblong 
or obovoid, narrowed at tip. Hab. Forests, south of peninsula, 
Singapore (Wallich 5285); Bukit Timah. Malacca, Pulau Besar 
(Griffith). Distrib . Malay isles. 
65. ALBIZZIA, Durazz. 
Trees, often large or (in A . myriophylla) climbing shrubs unarmed. 
Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in globose sessile or pedicelled heads. 
Calyx campanulate, toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped; petals united 
below the middle. Stamens indefinite, monadelphous at base, 
much longer than corolla; anthers not gland-crested. Ovary 
stalked or sessile; style filiform. Stigma capitate. Pod large 
thin, flat, strap-shaped, indehiscent, not septate. Species 20 to 
30, Old World tropics. 
Climbing shrubs with pulvinus of leaf base forming a hook. 
Leaflets narrow, linear ; flowers sessile . . (1) A. myriophylla 
Trees; flowers pedicelled; stamens white or 
yellowish white; umbels large. 
Leaflets 5 to 9 pairs; sutures straight, thickened . (2) A. Lebbek 
Leaflets 12 to 16 pairs; sutures sinuate not 
thickened . . . . . . . (3) A. pedicellata 
Flowers pink; umbels small, fe.v-flowered . (4) A. littoralis 
(1) A. myriophylla Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 90. 
Woody climber 15 to 20 ft. or more long. Shoots brown- 
velvety. Leaves, rachis 5 to 9 in. long, tawny pubescent ; pinnae 
12 to 20 pairs, 1 to 1*5 in. long; leaflets 35 to 50 pairs, linear sessile, 
tip acute, base slightly oblique, chartaceous, *2 to *25 in. long, 
•07 in. wide, dark green, glabrous above, pale occasionally puberulous 
beneath. Stipules subulate, '15 in. long, pulvinus base hardening into 
a small woody hook. Capitula - 5 in. across, 10- to 20-flowered, pale 
yellow; peduncles *4 to *5 in. long, in terminal and axillary brown- 
velvety panicles, 3 to 4 in. long. Calyx funnel-shaped, pubescent 
sessile. Corolla *15 in. long; filaments 15 to 20. Pod 4 to 5 in. 
long, *8 to '2 in. wide, brown, thin, dehiscent. Seeds 6 to 8, obovate. 
Hab. Open country and forest edges, east and north of peninsula. 
Pahang, Sungei Penang (Watson). Perak (Scortechini). Penang, 
Moniot’s Road (Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning. Lankawi, Terutau 
(Curtis). Adang islands, Pulau Butong. Distrib. Tenasserim, 
Siam. Native name : Akar Manis. 
(2) A. Lebbek Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 87; Prain, 
l.c. 257. 
Tree 40 to 70 ft. tall. Bark pale. Leaves, rachis 3 to 9 in. 
long, gland large at base; pinnae 2 to 3 pairs, 4 in. long; leaflets 
5 to 9 pairs, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, blunt or refuse, 
base obliquely rounded, usually quite glabrous, bright green, 
1 to 2 in. long, *5 to *75 in. wide. Umbels sub-capitate, pale green, 
1-25 in. across; peduncles 2 to 4 in. long, axillary or corymbose 
