Piihecolobium.] 
XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
663 
•5 in. long, tube funnel-shaped, lobes oblong-acute; filaments 
1-5 in. long, yellow; tube as long as corolla. Ovary very long, 
stipitate, pubescent. Pod twisted, 5 to 6 in. long, 1 in. wide, 
puberulous outside, red inside. Seeds 8 to 10, oblong, pendulous, 
black. Hab. Low swampy woods. Johor, Kota Tinggi; Castle- 
wood; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall); Sungei Biku (Down). Pahang, 
Pianggu, Endau (Evans); Perak, Batang Padang district (Kunstler); 
Bernam River (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo. Use: Fruit used for 
soap. 
(7) P. microcarpum Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 576; Baker, 
in Hook. fd. F.B.I. ii. 304; Brain, l.c. 268. 
Tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Branches pubescent. Leaves, 
rachis pubescent, *5 to 1-5 in. long; pinnse 1 pair; leaflets 3 to 4 
pairs, stiffly papery, dark shining green, ovate obtusely caudate, 
distal leaflets, base cuneate, 4 to 6 in. long; lower ones, base 
round 3 in. long. Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, lax puberulous, heads 
5- to 8-flowered, *4 in. across, sub-umbellate on short peduncles. 
Calyx sessile, glabrescent, *05 in. long. Corolla white, -15 in. long; 
filament tube shorter. Ovary glabrous. Pods spirally twisted, 
175 to 2 in. long, -3 to *4 in. wide, indented between the seeds, 
orange red. Seeds 8 to 10, pea-shaped, -2 in. through, black. 
