662 xlvii. leguminoSjE. [Pithecolobium. 
Sumatra, Java. Native name: Bua Jering. Use: The seeds 
cooked and eaten by Malays. 
(4) P. ellipticum Hassk. Retzia i. 225; Pram, he. 270. P. 
fasciculatum Benth . Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 208; Baker, l.c. 
ii. 304. , . 
Tree nearly 30 ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves, rachis 
glabrous, 3 to 4 in. long; pinnae 2 pairs; leaflets 2- to 4-paired, 
elliptic-oblong acuminate dark shining green, glabrous, base round, 
rather stiff, 6 to 8 in. long, 2‘5 to 3 in. wide, lower ones smaller. 
Panicle a foot long, rather stout, lax, long-branched. Flowers 
2 to 5 together on the ends of the puberulous branchlets. Calyx 
'05 in. long, puberulous. Corolla yellowish, silky, '15 in. long, 
filaments united at base only, yellow, ’2 in. long. Pod twisted 
into a circle or spirally, 3 to 7 in. long, 1*25 in. wide, dull red. 
Seeds 3 to 7, oblong, black with a pale blue bloom, hanging from 
the pod-edge when ripe, *8 in. long, '6 in. through. Hab. Common 
in lowland country, woods and open land. Singapore, Selitai, 
Pulau IJbin. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Pahang, Pulau 
Chengei. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry); Chenana Putih (Cantley). 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Perak, Goping and Chandenang 
(Kunstler); Ulu Selama (Wray). Kedah, Pulau Song-Song. Dis- 
trib. Java, Sumatra. Native names : Jering Bali; Kachang Tupai; 
SagaGajah. „ . . 
(5) P. affine Baker, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 304; Be?ith. m 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 577; Prain, l.c. 269. 
Tree 15 to 25 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Branchlets pubescent. 
Leaves, rachis 4 to 6 in. long; pinnae 1 to 2 pairs; leaflets 4 pairs, 
papery glabrous, lanceolate oblong or ovate-acuminate, base 
cuneate, terminal ones largest, 6 to 7 in. long, 3 in. wide, lowest 
3 in. long, X‘5 in. wide; nerves 4 to 6 pairs. Panicles 6 to 8 in. 
lax, puberulous, heads dense, 75 in. across. Calyx sessile, ’15 in ; 
long, funnel-shaped, silky. Corolla *25 in. long, white silky; 
filament-tube as long as corolla, white. Ovary puberulous, stalked. 
Pod spiral curved into a circle 8 in. long, 1*25 in. wide, dull red 
or yellow. Seeds oblong, pendent from pod, 6 to 8, black with 
a blue bloom, 1 in. long. Hab. Open country, woods. Singapore, 
Tanjong Bunga. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Semangkok Pass. 
Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. Use: Fruit 
used in curries. 
(6) P. Kunstleri Prain, he. 271. 
A low tree about 20 ft. tall with slender stems, bushy. Leaves, 
rachis puberulous, 1 to 4 in. long; pinnae 2, rachis 4 in. long, 
leaflets 3 pairs, terminal elliptic acuminate, base cuneate, 4*25 in. 
long, 175 in. wide, lowest 175 in. long, 75 7 n ; w ^. e or ^ ar fl e L 
papery glabrous above; nerves 7 pairs and midrib hairy beneath. 
Panicles 6 in. long, puberulous. Flowers (largest in genus) up to 12, 
sessile in a head. Calyx funnel-shaped, *2 in. long, silky. Corolla 
