perfect stamens, raniarkaUy resombles the Chinese geaus Lpidke Hance, with which
it obviously iias considerable affinity though not sufficiently close to admit of the two
being considered congeneric.
D. P.
4 7 . LEDCOSTEGANE LATISTIPULATA Prain.
A small troe with slender loaty pubescent branches; haves 20 cm. long, rachi»
puberulous, leaflets 6-jugate, rigidly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base somewhat
obliquely rounded, U—15 cm, long, 4 cm. wide, dark-green, dull glabrous above,
pubescent on the midrib beneath and puberulous along the margins, petiolulea 4 mm.
long, pubescent, atipéis small, subulate, persistent, pubescent; stipules large, foliacecus, each
with a strong midi-ib, ovate, acute, auriculatc at base on their outer free margin, connate
between petiole and branch for one-third their length on the inner margin, from l'2ä—4
cm. long, from -ró—2-5 cm. wide, usually slightly unequal; ßomrs in few-flowered cymes,
sometimes reduced to single pedicels, clustered on rugose woody nodes along thick old
branches, under 2 cm. long, with ovate-lanceolate, persistent basal bracts and with 2
••.ubopposite, amplexicaul, triangular, peiiistent braoteoles midway between bract and calyxtube,
pedicels and bracteoles puberulous ; calgi white, tube cylindric, 4 mm. long, shorter
than the limb of 4 narrow, oblong lobes, pubescent ou margin at tips; petals small 2 latera
ovate, acuto with truncate base and very short claw, posterior very minute; itame'ns 2 with
two rudimentary posterior short stainiuodes, anthers nearly twice as long as broad
filaments in fully opened flowers twice as long as calyx-lobes, pink; «vary pubLceut alon^
the margins; poi oblong, obliquely obtuse at the apes with a rather prominent beak
obliquely rounded at base, 5 cm. long, 2 Ö cm. wide. Saraca latistipulata Prain Journ
As. ßoc. Beit}. Ixvi. 2. 217 (1897). '
MALAYAS PENMSDIA: Perak, Dindings at Lumut; Bidhi 30891 8006 !
PiiTE 46.-Leooostegane lati.lipulat. Praia. 1, portion ot br.nola from Lumut, Dindinm- 2
portion ot old btaaoli with Eowei. i 3, asstivatioa of W.oioifejia Hanoe, for comparison 4ith
4, aestiretiou of UMmU.: 8; bud; 6, young flow.r, opened; 7, r„„„„
djsaaotod; 8, 9, youog stamens from aids and front; XO, ovary; 11, pod.
I n leonm Flantmm t. 1192, Oliver describes the petals of Zyiidie, rhodasle,ia as
remarkable for their convolute aestivation. In twenty flowers of Lgsidiee examined
the aestivation found has been as shown in PLATE 46, fig. 3.
D. P.
P L A T E 47.
i. CBDDIA OCIRTISII Prain i„ Jmm. A,. Sac. Be,ig. Ixri. 2. 221. (1887).
Natural order Leguminosas.
A tall tree 8 0 - 1 5 0 feet high, with spreading crown and densely grey.pubescent
branchlets; stem 2 - 3 feet t h i c k ; leaves odd-pirmate, rachis 3 - 4 in. long, petiole arti
culate on an auricled node with an interpetiolar S-lobed stipule, leafleta 7 - 9 , alternate
wuh petic ules 6 n,m long, .:!o«ely puberulous like the rachis, obovate to oblong, base
slightly obliquely rounded or cuneate, apes rounded or tapenng to a bluntly caudSe tip
5—9 cm. long, 2*5—4 cm. wide, membranous, green and glabrous above, paler and uniformly
sparsely puberulous beneath, lateral nerves ascending, prominently looped within
the margin, secondary reticulations indistinct; flowers in rather lax, narrow racomes
at the ends and bases of new leafy shoots, 1—1*5 dm. long, with angular, densely greypubescent
rachis; pedicels very slender, at length 1*5 cm. long, grey puberulous, with
a caducous subulate bracteole about the middle; buds oblong, 4 mm. long ; ca^yx-iihQ
very short, lobes 4, imbricate, reflexed in flower, sparsely pubescent externally,
glabrous within; petals 0; stamona 10, filaments glabrous, free, alternately long and
short, anthers broadly oblong, versatile; ovary stipitate, densely grey-downy, 1—2-ovulod
Btalk glabrous longer than the calyx-tube, style glabrous incuived; pod oblong, obliquely
rounded at base, subequally rounded and apiculate at tip, rusty-puberulous, rather
distinctly reticulate, 8 cm. long, 5 cm. wide, 1'25 cm. thick, valves very firmly coriaceous;
seed solitary, oblong, 3 cm. long, 2*75 cm. wide, '5 cm. thick.
MALAY PENINSULA: Penang; Curtis! Malacca; Derry! Perak; Eumtler!
The Malay name in Malacca is given as Kumpaa ruman.
witli fruits—of natural si%¡; 3,
D . P .
PLATE 47.—Crudia Curtisii Train. 1, flowering branch; 2, 1
bud; 4, opened flower; 5, ovary—all enlarged.
P L A T E 48.
4 9 . ROBUS FASCICULATUS Duihie,
Natural order ]
An eglandular sarmentóse shrub; stems angular, shaggy with long reddish-brown
spreading weak bristles mixed with a shorter codting of white downy pubescence; pricklos
few, stout and somewhat compressed at the base, straight or slightly curved; leaves
S.foliolate; petioles 2—3 cm. long, bristly; stipules 15 mm. long, subulate; leaflets
thin, ^ cartilaginous, dark-green above and slightly paler beneath, more or less abruptly
acuminate, doubly serrate, smooth on both surfaces except on the midrib and veins
beneath, the lower portion of the midrib bearing scattered curved prickles and bristles;
veins 8—10 pairs, impressed above and prominent beneath; terminal leaflet usually much
larger than the basal pair, 8—12 cm. long by 3-5—9 cm. in breadth, its stalk
often as long as the common petiole, broadly ovate or obovate, more or less abruptly
acuminate, rounded at the base; ba^al leaflets shortly stalked, suborbicular or oblong,
rhomboid ; flowers in dense terminal or axillary clusters or solitary in the leaf-axils •
bracts ovate-lanceolate, equalling the short bristly pedicels; calyx velvety pubescent
on both sides, more or less bristly outside; lobes 7—8 mm. long, ovate, mucronate.
brownish-green with pale margins; petals about 8 mm. long, spathulate, white, their
claws clothed with long silky hairs on the outside; ata7ne»s in one series, shorter then
the calyx-lobes; filaments dilated; anthers oval, attached to the summit of the fil«
ment by a minute slender stalk -ruii globose, succulent, golden-yellow; drupes on "a
clavate, hispid receptacle; styles longer than the carpels, bristly towards the base •
gtone rugose. '
WESIEÜH HMALATA: in damp shady ravines leading into the Tons Valley in
lehn-Harhwal, at an elevation of about 6,000 feet; also at Chakrata and near Mossoori.
in similar situations. -viuaboorie,