This Bpeoies is not very closely related to either of the species to wliich it haa
been referred. It agrees with A. LebbcJ: ia colour of pod and in having pedicelled
fiovversj but its leaves and leaflets are altogether different. With A. procera it agrees
iti having the secondary racbises glandular as well as the main rachis, but its
leaflets are different in shape and colour while its flowers and pods in no way
resemble those of A. procera. The nearest ally of the specios is A, tomenUlla Miq.
of tlift Malay Archipclago, which has leaflets similar in size, shape and disposition,
but has them densely pubescent and not glaucescent beneath. A. tomintcUa has
moreover several glands, in place of a single one, on each secondary rachis and has
a bfoader brown pod very differently reticulated.
PLATE 41. Albiz/:i.i Gamblai Prain. 1, twig from a tree at Pliulseriag, Darjeeling, 4,000 feet
{Gamhle 96G1), ia flower, of nahiral size; 2, bud; 3, cUyx ; 4, corolla; 5, Btaminal oolunm;
(i cud 7, ovary—from the same specimeo, all wiicA enlargid; S, twig from a tree above Punkabari,
2 .[iOO iest {GamLle 161), ia fruit; 9, seed, iiom the same speoimea—both of natural size.
D. r.
P L A T E 42.
4 2 . ALBIZZIA KICHABDIANA Kii// ^ Prain.
Natural order Lcguminosie.
A tree 80 feet high; haves 6—S cm. long, 2-piniiate, pinaaa 10—14 with a
small gland 10 mm. above the base of the main-rachis and another between the bases
of the distal pair of pinnae, the pinnae intermediate between the distal and
proximal pairs occasioDally only subopposed, the tips of main-raehis and of
secondary raehises slightly prolonged beyond ultimate jnnnae and leaflets; leaflets
linear, all slightly curved forwards and decreasing upwards, close-aet, 51 on proximal
to 100 on distal pinnae, dark-green, glabrous on both surfaces finely sparsely
puberulous on the margins, firm midrib removed one-third from anterior subeoncave
margiu, hardly visible above, more distinct beneath as are a few looped veins and
two secondary basal nerves on the wider posterior subconvex side, 7 mm. long,
1 mm. wide, base cuneate anteriorly, subauriculate behind, apex subacute,
jnaiu and secondary raehises finely closely puberulous ; stipules linear small; /¿eads
many-fld., in small rather few-headed panicles, from one-fourth to one-third as long as
t h e loaves, with puberulous maio-rachis I'o—5 cm. and slender peduncles 6 mm.
long, the latter with puberulous lanceolate basal bracts 3 mm. long; ca/z/.e tubularcampanulate,
subsessile, green, puberulous externally, 1 mm. long, toeth minute ; coroUa
white, 3 mm. long, teeth lanceolate half as long as tube ; margins of teeth finely
!<parsely puberulous, corolla elsewhere glabrous; filaments about 35—30, all united in
their low^r two-fifths and further shortly connate in 5 phalanges of 5—6 filaments
each; pod 10—-12 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, thin, very firm, stvap-ahaped, the
base narr.ow-cuneate the tip rounded with an abrupt point, the margios somewhat
thickened, dull-brownish-grey, hardly visibly reticulate; scvds 10—12, oval, testa olivegreen,
somewhat shining, G ram. long, 3 mm. wide, 1 ram. thick, lateral areola very
faint. G-agnebina Richardiana Wall, ez Voigt in Eort. Suhiirh. Calcutt. 257 (1845).
Albizzia paludosa T. Ani. Cat. PL Roj/. Boi. Gird. Calcutta 18 (1865).
Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, since 1841; native of Madagascar.
Tho seeds, sent by Mons. Richard, were received by Dr. Wollich on 20th
January, 1841, with the note Gagnebina spec. Bel arbre de Madagascar." In his
manusciipt Catalogue Dr. Wallich gave tho tree the manuscript name GagaeUna
Riokardiana Wall., which name was duly pubHshed by Voigt in the Hortva Suburhonus
Calcuttcnsis. This name was however subsequently lost sight of and tho origin of
the tree forgotten, for Dr. T. Anderson in his Catalogue has used the name
Allitzsia paludosa, and has indicated that to him tho native country of tho tree was
unknown. In a subsequent Catalogue issued by Dr. G. Henderson the double error is
mad© of citing as the author of the species Mr. Bentham, who probably never
saw a specimen, and giving as its native country Mexico, where no Albiszia ia indigenous
This spccics is evidently near, yet is obviously different from, A. polyphylla, a Madagascar
plant described by Fournier in Ann. Sc. N-'t. ser. iv. xiv. 372 (18t!0) and
indeed is rather to be referred to Fournier's group Falcifoliatae than to the Mliropli'/il'^
within which A. pohjphylla is placed. To the kindness of M. Drake del Castillo
wo are indebted for a comparison of A. paludosa with another Madagascar plant tentatively
named A. Hernieri (Bernier n. 162) loc. cit., a name omitted from the excellent
Index Kewensis. We have deemed it best, in view of the confusion that has taken
place, to conserve the oldest specific name.
P l a t e 42.—Albizzia Eichardiaua King ^ I'rain. 1, twig from tree in flower,-o/ natural size;
2, single leaflet, from above and from beneath, x 3; 3, single flower; 4, calyx, laid open ; 0,
corollfi, laid open; 6; staminal tube, laid open; 7, ovary; 3—7 all much enlarged 8, twig from
same tree iu fruit,—«?/ tiaiiiral sise; 9 ; seed,—o/ iiaiuriit sise,
. Eoyal Botamo Garden, Calcutta,—fi'om a photograph by
G . K . ; D . P .
PLATE 43.
Protíi'ispikce. Albizzia Eiohardiana
J. n . Lace, Esq., f.l.s.
43. PiPTADiiNiA CUDUENSIS Brandis, For. Fl. 168 (1874).
Natural order Leguminosas.
A small or medium-sized tree, glabrous except the inflorescence; bark of stem
and older branches greyish- or reddish-brown, rough with flat exfoliating woody scales;
inner-bark red, fibrous; branches armed with large compressed conical prickles;
branchlets drooping; leaves abruptly bipinnate; pinnae 4, long-stalked, each of a single
pair of leaflets; primary and secondary petioles with a large flat circular gland
at tho base of each pair of pinnae ; leaflets 5—10 cm. long and 4—9 cm. broad,
on short, stout, transversely wrinkled stalks, obovate-rhomboid or reniform, entire,
subcoriaceous; veins prominent on both surfaces, anastomosing and forming loops within
the margin; flowers gi-eenish-yellow, sessile or nearly so, in dense cylindric spikes
2 5 to 7'5 cm. long and arranged in short axillary panicles shorter than the leaves;
calyx 2 mm. long, campanulatc, nearly truncate, with 5 short teeth; petals T), threo
times longer the calyx, lanceolate, fleshy; stamens free, slightly exserted; filaments
attached to the outer basal edge of an annular disc; anthers dorsifixed, broadly oval,
terminal glands globose ; omry stalked ; style filiform, overtopping the stamens,
stigma cnpular ; pod stalked, 2 - 3 dm, long and about 1 cm. broad; seeds 15—20,
broadly oval, comprossed, brown. Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 3(36 (1875); Bali,
iu Uool:. f . Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 289 (1870^.
A s s . RUV. BUT, GAUU. CALC., VOL I S .