N.-W. Ihdia: Oudh, Gonda ; M, Thompson, Inai/at Kkdn. E. Kamaon, at 1,800 ft
elev.; Brmn. Nepal; Inaijal Kim.
This very local tree was Srst discoyered in 1871 by Mr. Sichard Thompson in
the forests oi the northern portion of the Gonda district in Oudh. It has teen
found also by Mr. Brown, of the Indian Forest Service, ii, Eastern Kumaon, at an
elevation of 1200 feet. Flowering and fruiting specimens have recently been obtained
from the (Jonda locality, and from the adjacent hilly portion of Nepal, by Inayat
Khan, the head plant-collector of the Botanical Department of N. India.
^ Tho trunk of the largest specimens seen by Inayot Khan measured' 3i feet in
ciroumferenee. The large characteristic prickles were found only on the branches, and
not on the trunk. The tree is very abundant on the banks of streams within the
Nepal territory. The genus P.><„<i„;, „„„tains about 40 species, all of which
except the above and one in Now Guinea, inhabit tropical regions of America and
Atrica.
P ™ 43 -Kpl.ae„i. „udlieu,i. Brmii.. Portions of foliage, a„™„g „ d frmting br.a.tes,-«/
T i t " T . • " •"«»», ««
5, ditto, lack iiea-, 6, pistil,—ai/ mlargcd.
J. F. D.
P L A T E S 44, 45.
Pahuma MNila!.t,u raihl r. ordInerd . Bit. i. 1. 85 (1855).
_ Trees; hamt abruptly pinnate; leaflets few, paired, chartaceous; flowers racomoso
m sessile or peduncled terminal panicles; stipules, bracts and bracteoles caducous- ealgL
elonpted, the tube Uned by the disk, the limb 4-lobed, lobes coriaceous, decussately
imbricate ; petal solitary, short-clawed, posterior, the others rudimentary or absent •
>tamem 7, declinate, united in a deelinate sheath split above, filaments free above'
unequal, often with 3 small staminodes at the base of the sheath; cvary stipitate'
the stipe adnate to calyx-tube; style filiform, stigma small, terminal ; pod obliquely
oblong, 3-valved, valves thickly woody, oase rounded, septate between the seeds and
lined with a thin spongy pulp; seeds more or less compressed transversely, ovate or
oblong, with a large basal arillate strophiole; testa crustaceous, albumen 0; cotyledons
thick fleshy, radicle inferior, short, straight. Species 3, Malayan and Indi-Chinese.
A very distinct genus, based by Miquel (Flor. lad. Bat. i. 1. 85J on a plant
first collected by Horsfield in Java, and very well characterised by its author in the
original definition. Unfortunately Miquel added, as a second species {I. e. 1080)
P. Basakarliana based on Hasskarl's description of Jiseiio monopetala in Rekia i 199
Kur. (Journ. As. Soa. Ben}, xlv. 2. 290) pointed out (1876) that Hasskarl's plant'could
not be uPahudia; he wished, however, to transfer it to the American genus MacroUmm.
which is neither necessary nor possible, because Jonesit mmopetala Hassk- is apparently
specific with Jonesia triandra Boxb. and is probably, as has been pointed out bv
Reorders and Valeton, Bißr. 3. 27 (1895) the same thing as Aßdi„ bijuga A. Gray
Koorders and Valeton while removing from the genus the plant of Hasskarl', wish
however, to refer to it another species, Afaelia eoriacea Bak. (Intsia coriacea Maing.)'-,
this latter species is in reality a Sindora [S. coriacea Praia, Joitrn. As Sor Tx..;'
3- 206 (1897)]. •
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Bâillon Cnist. des Plantes ii- 113 (I860)] would reduce Palmdiu to Ajselia § Initia,
a proposal that, with our fuller knowledge of the genus Pahudia, it is not now possible
to entertain. Taubert in Engler's Naturlieh. Pjlanzmfoem, iii. 3. 141 (1894) has failed
to notice that P. EassJcarliana does not belong to this genus.
Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bcng. xlv. 2. 290 (1876) and For. Flor. Brit. Barm. i. 413
(1877) founded and described a second species of Pahudia (P. xytocarpa) on a Siamese
plant collected by Teysmann. There is no doubt whatever that Kurz's species really
belongs to Miquel's genus, though neither Taubert nor Koorders and Valeton allude to
its existence.
The existence of a third species of the genus has now to be recorded and the
necessity for providing a suitable diagnosis for this species renders it advisable at the
same time to emphasise the existence of Kurz's species and, if possible, to establish
the validity of Miquel's genus. Through the kindness of Mr. Willis, Director of the
Hoyal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, who has generously presented the Calcutta
Herbarium with a copy of a drawing from life of P. jamniea, it is possible to
pubKsh an accurate figure of that species; on another plate a leaf and pod of
P. and of P. mar respectively are given for purposes of comparison.
Funiculus arillately prolonged in front and behind on the slightly antero-
Fosteriorly oompresied seed ... ... ... ... p. J„„,ic(,.
Funiculus arillately cnpular with margin horizontal under the seed;
Seed much Mmpreseed lateraUy ... ... ... p xylaaarpa.
Seed ahghtlj compressed antero-posteriorly ... ... ... p. „„rtataria.
D- P.
P L A T E 44.
44. Pahodia javasica Mi,., Ilor. Ind. Bat. i. 1. 86 (1855).
A tall unarmed tree, in habit like Pteroearpus indiens, with pnberulous branchlets;
leaves I o - 2 0 cm. long; leaflets 4-5-iugate, opposite or the lower pairs subopposite
only, ovate or oblong, subequal-sided, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex obtuse or
aoruptly shortly apicukte, margin entire, main-nerves 7—8 pairs hardly more prominent
than the distinct secondary reticulations, glabrous above, beneath somewhat
pubescent especially on the rather prominent midrib, 4—8 cm. long, 3-6—4-5 cm wide
petiolules puberulous 3 - 3 mm. long, petiole below lowest leaflets 2 - 3 - 5 cm.' longstipules
connate at the base between the leaf-stalk and branch, subulate, pubescent
and ciliatc, deciduous above, their common base persistent, 6 mm. long; raoemes 6—8
cm long, usually sparingly panicled, rachis strict, hoary-pubernlous, bracts elliptic
caducous; fiomers articulate with the very short pedicels, bracteoles opposite, elhptic
puberulous, herbaceous; ealyi hoary externally, pubescent within, the segments rounded
concave; petal red, cordate at the hase, acute, about as long as inner and as broad as
tho outer sepals; stamens 4 cm. long, the free 'filaments rather shorter than the sheath
ovary densely villous, stipe nearly 1 cm. long, style 5 cm. long; pod 7-5-13 cm. long
6 - 7 cm. wide, 4 cm. thick, glabrous, 3-8.seeded; seeds slightly compressed antero!
posteriorly, 3 8 - 3 3 mm. long, 13 mm. wide, 1 6 - 3 2 mm. thick, arillate fnnicle somewhat
ANN EUY, BOT. Gard, CALC., YOL. IS.