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Doubtful Species. 



Tlie following arc proLaLle species of Millettia, of which either flo^vers or pods are 



unknown. 



Leaflets and pod as in M. atropurpurea, but the latter 6-7 in. long, 2-2J in. 

 Lroad, smooth, woody, flat, perhaps indehiscent. — Malacca, Griffith^ 1835. 



Leaflets 7, sub coriaceous, obovate, very obtuse, opaque, 3-4 in. Igng, obscurely 

 grey-canescent below. Fod linear, 4-5 in. long, flat, J in. broad, several-seeded, "with 

 similar vestlture. Pegu, McClelland, May bo Padbbuggia dasyphylla, Mil- 

 Flor, Lid, Bat, i. loO. 



M. Maingayt, Baker, Leaflets 15 or more, oblong, coriaceous, 1^-2 in. lonjr, 

 rounded at both ends, pubescent below. Fod oblong, woody, indehiscent, rounded at 

 ]x)th ends, 4 in. long, 2^ in. broad, an inch thick, turgid, densely clothed with short 

 brown velvety pubescence, the surfaces traversed by deep longitudinal grooves. 

 SixcAPORK, Maingay. 



PoNGAMiA ANGusTiFOLiA, Ham. VI Wall, Cat. 5917. Leaflets 9, exstipellate, 

 not coriaceous, glabrous, obhinceolate-oblong, acuminate, 2-3 in. long. Inflorescence 

 and separate flowers just as in M, glaiccesccns, Nipal, Hamilton, 



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21. IKEUNSVXiEA, DC. 



Shnibs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Floicers in dense terminal racemes. Calyx 



campanulate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla much exserted ; standard obovate, 

 with a long claw ;' -wings oblanceolate, adhering to the incurved keel, which 

 has a short obtuse point. Stayneiis monadelphous ; alternate filaments slightly 

 dilated ; anthers imiform. Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled •, style filiforni, 

 glabrous, much inciu'ved; stigma capitate. Pod large, linear, subindehis- 

 ceut. DisTRTB, Species 3, the two others plants of Madagascar. 



1. 2ME. suberosa, Benth. PI Jang. 248; Bedd, Fl. Sylv. 85; Anal Gen. 

 t. 12, fig. 2. Tephrosia suberosa, DC. P-odr. ii. 249; Hook. Ic. PL L 120; 

 Wall. Cat. 5028 ; W. i^' A. Prodr. 210 ; Wt III t. 79 (" 82 ") ; Dalz. ^ Gih^- 

 Bomb. Fl, 60. Rohinia suberosa. Barb, Fl. Ind. iii. 327. R. sennoide3, 

 Boxb. FL Ind. iii. 328. Tephrosia sericea, I)C. Prodr. ii. 249 ; WalL Cat 

 6629. Cytisus sericeus, WilkL Sp, iii. 1121. T. Petersiana, Kloizsch in Peters 

 Mosscmb. Bot. t. 9. T. icthvnica, Bert. Misc. xviii. 18, t. 3. 



Hill-valleys of the "Western 

 Natal. 



Africa, 



A stout erect shrub, with thick corky bark. Branches, rachises, pedicels and 

 leaves beneath densely sericeous. Leaflets 6-10-jugate, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 1-^2 in. long. Flowers in close terminal racemes. Pedicels 2-3 times the cam- 

 panulate calyx. Corolla f-1 in. long, reddish, thinly silvery. Fod 3-4 in. long, 

 densely sericeous, G-S-seeded, both sutures thickened so as to form prominent borders. 



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22. TBPKROSZA, Ters. 



Herbs or undershnihs. Leaves usually odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite suV 

 coriaceous. Flowers in leaf-opposed racemes or solitary or in pairs in the axils of 

 the leaves. Calg.t-i\ibe campamdate ; teeth distinct^ subequal. Petals clawed ; 

 ®*^94?^^ Wl^orbicidar; keel inciu-ved, not beaked. Sta7ne)is diadel^hoviS *, 

 anthers ol)tuse^ uniform. Ovan/ sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style muclx 



incurved, filiform or flattened, gkhrous or bearded : stigma capitate often poni- 

 cillate.v Porf linear, flattened. manv-seftdftd.9-.vn.Wr1 onn+i'mmna nr oKcscurely 



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