EASTERN COAST OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 293 
those of M. monosperma, but the fruit is unknown." А plant collected in thick swampy 
jungle between Pekan and Kwala Pahang may be, says Dr. King, this species. (I have 
since collected it again at Tanjong Kling, near Malacca.) I give a description of it :— 
А slender climber. Leafiets glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, rather thin, six- 
veined, 3 inches long by 15 broad; laterals very oblique, i.e. one side much narrower 
than the other. Flowers few, two or three іп a short raceme, fairly large, of a pale sea- 
green, l inch long, drying black. Calyx campanulate, large, finely pubescent. Corolla 
standard green; wings oblong, obtuse, falcate, 11 inch long; keel white, falcate, shorter 
than the wings. Stamens pubescent at base. Pod stalked, oblong, 4 inches long, 
14 broad, two- to three-seeded, indented between the seeds, with two low keels running 
along the sutures; no transverse oblique side ridges; entirely covered with fox-coloured 
irritating hairs. . 
In the small raceme of curious green flowers and the form of the pod this is peculiar. 
It does not belong to the section Amphiptera, as suggested by Mr. Baker, for that has 
broad wings along the sutures and oblique plaits, but is more nearly allied to M. gigantea, 
DC., which has wings on the suture and no plaits, and which also, unlike most of the 
species, has yellow and not dark violet flowers. 
ERYTHRINA INDICA, Lam. ? 
Is planted commonly in the villages as a pepper support. It is constantly pollarded, so 
that flowers cannot be obtained. Some evidently very old trees occur at Pulau Tawar. 
CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS, DC. | 
Common in jungle and thickets along the river-banks. 
C. овтгвтғогдА, DC. 
Common along the sea-shore here, as all over the Peninsula. Kwala Pahang, Cherating. 
'The seeds of this bean are quite eatable, though rather mealy. 
VIGNA LUTEA, А. Gray. 
Sea-shores, Kwala Pahan. Common all along the Peninsula. 
V. LUTEOLA, Benth. 
Kwala Tembeling, Pekan. 
CLITORIA TERNATEA, Linn. 
Is often cultivated in and near Pekang. 
(C. сАЈАХ жғотла, Benth., which is so common in Singapore, does not occur in Pahang, 
nor have I ever seen it in country that has not been at some time under cultivation. 
I suspect it is not really a native of the Peninsula.) 
RHYNCHOSIA AUREA, DC. 
Small creeping vetch, with bright yellow flowers. 
Common at Kwala Pahang and near Pekan. 
FLEMINGIA STROBILIFERA, R. Br. 
Villages and open country. Pekan, Kwala Berar, 
| T3 
