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Vexillum 8 lin. longum, dorso tomentellum, ecallosum, exappendicu- 
latum. Stylus apice incrassatus. Legumen 13 poll. longum, rostro 
brevissimo. 
Hab. Banks of the Girnar, in Kandesh. 
This species has larger flowers and shorter racemes than R. 
sericea (Spanogue) — Dolichos tomentosus (Roth), which grows in 
the same district, and whieh is remarkable for its viscosity and a 
very dark purple vexillum. This latter species is furnished with 
callosities and inflexed claws to the vexillum. The present species 
seems closely allied to the R. acuminatissima (Miquel) from Java, 
but appears to have eloser and finer pubescence and much shorter 
pedicels ; it is not at all glutinous. 
4. MILLETTIA PALLIDA, cum icone. Alte scandens ; racemis foliolorum- 
que juniorum pagina inferiore tomento brunneo sericeo velatis, demum 
glabratis; foliolis 5-7-jugis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis, subito 
obtusiuscule acuminatis, membranaceis ; racemis solitariis axillaribus 
terminalibusque, folio brevioribus, peduneulis brevibus solitariis, 
bractea lineari acuminata suffultis, calycis tomentosi labio superiore 
subtruncato, labio inferiore 3-dentato, vexillo glaberrimo exappen- 
diculato ; legumine angusto lineari, coriaceo, toruloso, seminibus paucis 
distantibus ovoideis. 
Folia 1 pedem longa, foliola 3-4 poll. longa 131-2 poll. lata, basi sepius 
cuneata, subtus pallida, adulta subglabra. Stipule subulate 5 lin. 
longe. Racemi 3-9-pollicares, per totam longitudinem floriferi. 
Bractez lineares, acuminate, 5-6 lin. longæ, per anthesin decidue. 
Pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi. Vexillum latum, 5 Iin. longum, ungue bre- 
vissimo. Al: late obtuse. Carina alis brevior. Stamen vexillare 
liberum. Nectarium tubulosum apice crenatum. Ovarium glabrum, 
brevistipitatum, ovulis6. Stylus glaber incurvus; stigma capitatum. 
Legumen inter semina compressum, coriaceum, 4-8 poll. longum, 6-7 
lin. latum, demum vix dehiscens. Semina ovoidea pallida, radicula 
brevi conica. 
Hab. Wassorona forest, Bombay. Very rare. 
This climbing shrub is very like our garden Wistaria in habit, 
appearance, and foliage. It is an exceedingly interesting plant, 
as the legume differs considerably from the two types of pod which 
have been recognized as peculiar to this genus; these types I take 
to be (1) a woody pod with slightly convex valves like that of 
Pongamia glabra, the other a much compressed pod with thickened 
margins somewhat similar to several of the genus Bauhinia. The 
pods of the present species have a very imperfect dehiscence the 
outer coriaceous layers of the valves open eventually; but the inner 
parchment-like membraneremains, permanently enclosingthe seeds, 
