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A woody climber, with young branclilets and leaA-es below with a little opaque 

 m deciduous pubescence. Leaflets large, reaching t^-l ft. long, thin and flexible ; 

 Kitn sides green ; petioiules and setaceous stipellae f-^ in. Bacemes most or all in a 

 panicle above the leaves ; flowers distinctly pedicelhite, not fascicled, subtended by a 

 W^l setaceous bracteolcs. Calyx ^ in., densely silky, distinctly toothed. Corolla 

 H in., densely coated with grey silk. Tod very turgid, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. broad, 

 3-5.seeded, sublignose. ^ ^ ' 



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13. HI. ovalifolia, Kurz in Journ. Asiat Soc 

 irf'/j ' ^^^fl^ts 7 ovate-elliptic shortly 

 «rd glabrous on the bade, pod small li 

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acuminate chartaceous glabrous, 

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^im,'at Prome, Kur^. 



\ cesct^f ^^^^ ^ ^^-^^"^ middle-sized tree. Leaves J-lJ ft.; leaflets ^1 in. long, glau- 

 glabr ^9 ^^^^^' reticulated beneath ; petioiules slender, ^ to ^ in. Racemes slender, 

 ttlsc^^n ^"^hes, one or several together, arising from young branchlets ; pedi- 

 W'^^ 1^^' solitary or fascicled. Calyx glabrous, purplish, broader than long, -^^ in., 

 at S ^' truncate. Corolla blue ; standard \ in. long. Pod 2-3 in. long, 2-3-see(led 

 , clie, sublignose, pale, incurved, narrowed to base, sparsely verrucose.— iTwr^ 



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CfiQ^g' ™' ^^serulea, .Sa^er; leaflets 7 obovate-oblong cuspidate subcoria- 

 lap^e fl /P^^^^ glabrous, standard densely silky, stamens monadelphous, pod 

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li^ ^'l^^^G* Wallich ; Malacca, 

 «desfm ^ ^^^^*^'^^^ glabrous branches. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, glabrous on both 

 intieaVl ^V^^^^ stage; petioiules ^-^ in. Fhwers in close short-peduncled racemes 

 iiW f • 7 l^'^'^es ; pedicels very short, densely fascicled. Calyx campanulato, 

 *^fiDselFwt- ^^^^^^' ^^^^^^ Corolla t\\T^e times the calyx, the standard 



^curved if^'^^^^^^^®^*^ on the back. Fod linear-oblong, 7-8 in. long, l^lf in. broad, 

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 ^oodv r^*^- ^ ^^ *^® ^^^k^ stamens monadelphous, pod flat on the , 

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