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LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Arr. 40 
erect branchlets which are usually subtended by rigid per- 
sistent bracts; petiole with linear acute stipules less than 0.5 
mm. long, 5 to 8 em. long, terete, swollen at the base; 
leaflets coriaceous, mostly horizontal, folded upon the upper 
darker green side, with recurved tips, the basal pair usually 
smaller, 5, the rachis 1 to 1.5 cm. extended beyond the 
upper pair of leaves, usually opposite, occasionally the upper 
ones subopposite, oblong or the smaller ones ovately oblong, 
acute to acuminate, the apical point blunt, base subcuneate 
to obtuse or even rounded, the entire margins slightly involute 
in the dry state, diverse in size, the normal blades 1 dm. 
long, 4 em. wide across the middle; pedicels falling with 
the blades, without stipule-like bracts, thickened, rugose in 
the dry state, 7.5 mm. long; nerves equally prominent on 
both sides, the midvein prominent beneath, the 4 to 5 lateral 
pairs very oblique, the reticulations quite evident from both 
sides. Inflorescence 3 to 5 dm. long, racemosely panieulate, 
terminal; central axis stout, terete, branched from near the 
base, ascendingly curved, densely puberulent; branchlets aver- 
aging 1 dm. long, short ferruginous pubescent, sharply angled 
in the dry state at least, unbranched, usually curved, yellow- 
ish green in the fresh state, subtended by a pair of sharply 
acuminate or spinose bracts; buds numerous, quite dense, 
subtended by rather broad and abruptly pointed tips, very 
early falling; flowers deciduous, odorless, scattered all along 
the branches, usually in subwhorls, provided on each side 
with lanceolate acuminate bracteoles which also fall off early; 
calyx sericeous tomentose, upon 1 to 2 mm. long pedicels, 
5 mm. long, fully as wide across the oblique top, the basal 
tooth obtuse, the lateral ones acute, the uppermost one 
quite broad and notched at the apex, all nearly of the same 
length, thick and reddish in color; corolla deep crimson red 
excepting the more or less united claws and the dull yellow 
central or middle region of the banner; banner reflexed, ova- 
tely oval, 12.5 mm. wide, 17.5 mm. long including the 4 
mm. long claw, entire or shallowly emarginate at the apex, 
the base abruptly running into the claw, puberulent on the 
. dorsal side especially along the median line; wings nearly 
equalling the banner, inequally hastate at the abrupt base, 
fue glabrous, the lamina oblong and with a tositided. apex; 
