Eriosema.] xlvii. leguminos^. 565 



long as tube. Corolla exsert, standard orbicular, base auricled; 

 wings and beaked keel shorter. Stamens diadelphous; anthers 

 uniform. Ovary sessile; ovules 2; style filiform glabrous. Pod 

 oblong, turgid i- to 2-seeded. Seeds oblique. Species 50, Africa, 

 Malaya. 



(i) E. chinense Vogel. PL Meyen. 31; Baker, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 219; Prain, I.e. 44. 



Shrub I to 1-5 ft. tall, branched, pubescent. Leaves i to 

 2 in. long, 3 to 1-4 in. wide, i-foHate, linear-oblong to linear-lanceo- 

 late, sub-coriaceous sparsely hairy above, grey-tomentose beneath; 

 nerves brown-tomentose. Stipules linear, -2 in. long. Flowers 

 I to 2 axillary, sub-sessile or on pedicels '5 in. long. Calyx pilose, 

 •2 in. long. Corolla yellow, -4 in. long, hairy outside. Pod oblong, 

 •4 in. long pubescent with red hairs. Hab. Rare, possibly an 

 aHen. Malacca (Griffith). Perak (Wray). Distrih. Tropical Asia, 

 Australia. 



7. FLEMINGIA, Roxb. 



Slender shrubs. Leaves i- to 3-foHate, gland-dotted below. 

 Inflorescence various. Calyx-tube short, teeth narrow, acuminate 

 lowest longest. Corolla hardly exsert. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Ovary sub-sessile; 2 ovules; style fihform, glabrous. Pod oblong, 

 turgid, 2-seeded. Seeds not strophiolate. Species 25, tropical 

 Africa and Asia. 



Leaves i -foliate. 



Flowers in small cymes in large folded bracts in long 



terminal racemes (i) F. strobilifera 



Leaves 3-foliate. 



Flowers in axillary racemes ; bracts small . . (2) F, congesta 



(i) F. strobilifera R. Br. in Ait. Hart. Kew {ed. ii.) iv. 350; 

 Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 227; Prain, I.e. 42. 



Shrublet 2 to 4 ft. tall. Branchlets velvety. Leaves 4 in. 

 long; petioles -5 in. long; leaflet i, sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 silky beneath, ovate acute, base rounded or truncate; nerves 10 

 to 12 pairs, 3-5 in. long, i to 2 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate, 3 in. 

 long. Inflorescence of terminal racemes 3 to 6 in. long; rachis 

 zigzag pubescent. Bracts deeply cordate cuspidate, i in. long, 

 1-25 in. wide, pale green turning brown. Cymes shorter, hidden. 

 Calyx -25 in. long, pilose green. Corolla, standard green lined 

 pink, keel green lined pink, tip crimson, wings crimson. Pod -35 in. 

 long, downy. Hah. Common in dry open spots, roadsides, etc. 

 Singapore, Changi. Johor, KotaTinggi; Tanjong Surat (Feilding). 

 Pahang, Pekan. Negri Sembilan, Permatang Bertam. Selangor, 

 Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Temengoh. Penang, common. Tringganu, 

 Ismail Ranlau (Down). Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. Perils, Kanga. 

 Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Use : Leaves beaten on children's legs to 

 strengthen them. Native name : Seringan. 



