Pithecolobium.] 
XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 
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rachis slender pubescent; pinnae 5 to 6 pairs, about 4 in. long; 
leaflets 15 to 20 pairs, oblong or trapezoid, obtuse or sub-acute, 
base obliquely truncate, papery, pubescent all over, *5 to 7 in. 
long, *25 to *35 in. wide, sessile. Panicles lax with very slender 
branches terminal puberulous, 8 to 12 in. long and as wide. Flowers 
sessile in pairs or single on the tips of the branches. Calyx 'os-in. 
long, puberulous. Corolla greenish white, glabrous, *15 in. long; 
filament-tube as long as corolla, above cream colour, *35 in. long. 
Pod long, *4 to *8 in. wide, spirally twisted, puberulous, orange 
colour, red inside, margin sinuate. Seeds 8 to 10, oblong, black. 
Hab. Common in forests. Singapore, Sungei Buluh; Jurong; 
Kranji. Johor, Bukit Murdom (Kelsall). Malacca, Ulu Selangor; 
Kwala Lumpur. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping, Waterfall 
(Wray); Goping (Kunstler); Hermitage Hill. Penang Hill (Main- 
gay, Curtis); Kedah Peak. Native name : Asam Jawa Antan. 
Excluded Species (MmosEiE). 
Xylia dolabriformis Benth. Baker, l.c. ii. 286; Prain, l.c. 245. 
Singapore, Wallich No. 5278. Though thus in Wallich’s 
catalogue, the ticket on the specimen in the type-set of Wallich’s 
plants gives Prome Hill (in Burma) as its locality. 
Enterolobium Saman Prain, lx. 251; Inga Saman, Willd. The 
rain tree, often planted for shade, but not spontaneous any¬ 
where. Native of Guiana. 
Calliandra umbrosa Benth. Prain, l.c. 253; Penang [fide Baker). 
No specimen from the Malay Peninsula seen. 
Order XLVIII. ROSACEA 
Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves stipulate, usually alternate. 
Flowers bisexual and usually regular. Calyx-tube free or adnate 
to ovary, usually 5-lobed. Petals 5 or 0, inserted under the margin 
of the disc. Disc lining the calyx-tube or forming a ring at base. 
Stamens perigynous usually numerous (rarely 1, 5 or 10) often 
connate; filaments filiform, anthers small. Ovary 1 or more, free 
or connate. Carpels with free or connate basal lateral or sub¬ 
terminal styles; ovules 1 or more in each carpel. Stigmas simple 
or penicillate. Fruit various, achenes, berries or drupes. About 
1200 species, whole world. {King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi. 
ii. 275.) 
Carpel 1. 
Style basal; trees or shrubs; leaves simple, entire. 
Stamens 6 to 30; drupe hard, hardly or not pulpy; 
calyx-tube long ...... 1 
Stamens 8 to 10; drupe red, pulpy; calyx-tube 
short ........ 2 
Parinarium 
COCCOMELIA 
