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. Desmodium UMbellatum do. Cap N'dona littoral; uncommon; 8C7. 

 Ignambi ; 1846. Occasional in Niaoul iassociation ; 300 ft. ; 

 nndershrub 1 ft. Corolla white. Paompai ; 1877. Creekside ; 200 ft. 

 Shrub 12 ft. Corolla ivory-white. Widely distributed. 



gneiss. Small 



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Glycine tabacina Benth. Ignambi ; with 1849. Australia. 



DOLTCHOS TjABLAB L. 



Paompai ; creekside woods ; ;'^00 ft. 



1878. 



Twiner. Widely distributed. 



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Pongamia glabra Vent. Hicnghene ; 1901. Estuarlal mangrove 

 swamps. Liane. Racemes erect. Standard erect. Petals white, tinged 

 with rose. Scentless. Widely distributed. 



MucuNA (§ Amphiptera) 



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foliolis ovatis basi cunoatis lateralibus insequilateralibus superne j^iiis sparsis- 

 sinie vestitis apice acutis terminalibus 10-U cm. longis, 7-8 cm. latis ; 



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pedicellis calycem subsequantibns vel paullo longloribus ; cali/cis tubo cani- 

 pannlato calyce in toto 13-lG mm. longo, extus tomento brevi rufescente ob- 

 tecto dentibiis brevibus obtusis vel subobtusis ; vexillo 40-46 mm. lono-o, alis 

 broviorl ; alis 60-65 mm. longis, carina brevioribus; carina longa recta 

 70-76 mm. longa, apice sursum curvata ; legumine apice basique attonuato, 

 plicis obliquis lamellato, 10-11 cm. longo, 4-5-5 cm. lato. 



'Ignambi; creekside forest; 1500 ft.; gneiss. Stem very tough. 16G5 

 (Flowers). Tonin" ; forest ; 500 ft. 1959 (Fru 



(Fruit). Flowers pendent. 

 Petals yellowish white tinged with pink. Keel two-pointed, often outside the 

 wings. Petiolulos 6-^ mm. long. Allied to M. imhricata DC. 



The distinguishing features of this plant are the ovate or broadly oviito 

 leaflets with a cnneate base, the obtuse or subobtuse teeth of the calyx ; the 

 standard Is distinctly shorter than the long narrow wings, and the keel is 

 6-8 mm. longer than the wings, the pod is obliquely lamellated and 

 attenuate at both ends. Differs from M. gigantea DC. by the pod^ etc. 



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M. PLATYPiiYLLA A. Grray, var. nov. neocaledonica Bak. fil. Frutex 

 scandens ; folHs trifoliolatis foliolis terminalibus 12-12*5 cm.x 14-14-5 cm., 

 quam in typo latioribus late orbicularibus paullo latioribus quam 

 foliolis lateralibus O'O-ll cm. latis, incoquilateralibus ; florihus in paniculas 

 laterales dispositis ; ve.nllo +40 mm. longo, alis breviori ; carina +50 mm. 



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Bale Ba ; cultivated area by creek sea-level. Mica schist. 1385. Liane. 



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