Dioclea.] xlvii. leguminos^. 571 



(i) D. reflexa Hook. fil. Niger Flora 306; Baker, I.e. ii. 196; 

 Prain, I.e. 59; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. ix. 30, pi. 40. 



Liane 20 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 9 in. long; leaflets sub-cori- 

 aceous glabrous above and nearly so beneath when adult, ovate 

 acuminate, base rounded truncate, 5 in. long, 3 in. across; petioles 

 4 in. long; petiolules '25 in. long. Stipules lanceolate. Racemes 

 over a foot long, gradually lengthening, often produced when the 

 plant is leafless, tomentose. Flowers sub-sessile. Bracts linear 

 pubescent reflexed caducous, "5 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 

 1*4 in. long. Corolla pink or violet and white, 75 in. long ; standard 

 orbicular emarginate. Pods i- or 2-seeded, oblong-obovate flat- 

 tened, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, '5 in. thick along the top edge, 

 yellowish silky becoming glabrous. Seed discoid, dark brown, 

 I "25 in. across. Hab. Thickets and rocky open spots. Singapore, 

 Reservoir. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, 

 Chanderiang (Kunstler). Perils, Bukit Lagi, Kanga. Distrib. 

 India, tropical Africa and America. Native name : Kachang Laut. 



Scented of musk. 



(2) D. javanica Benth. PI. Jungh. 236 ; Prain, I.e. 60. 



Big woody chmber. Leaves 6 to 7 in. long; leaflets ovate 

 rather smaller than in the last species, velvety beneath, as are the 

 petioles and petiolules. Racemes as in D. reflexa, but more velvety. 

 Calyx teeth one-third length of tube. Corolla rose pink or pinkish 

 blue. Selangor, Batu Tiga (Curtis). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunst- 

 ler) ; Ayer Larut (Wray). Distrib. Ceylon, Burma, Java. 



14. PUERARIA, DC. 



Twining shrubs or herbs. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers fairly 

 large in fascicles on long racemes. Calyx and teeth long or short, 

 upper two connate. Corolla exsert; standard spurred at base 

 as long as the blunt wings and keel. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Ovary sessile, many-ovuled; style filiform, much incurved 

 beardless. Pod linear, flatfish. Species 12, Indo-China. 



(i) P. phaseoloides Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 125 ; Baker, 

 I.e. ii. 199; Prain, I.e. 161. 



Slender twiner 20 to 30 ft. long, pubescent hairy. Leaves 6 

 to 8 in. long; leaflets membranous thinly hairy above, velvety- 

 tomentose beneath, triangular ovate, base cuneate broad, laterals 

 oblique, blunt or sub-acute, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 

 3 to 4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate small. Racemes i ft. long, 

 puberulous (peduncle 5 in. long). Flowers in scattered pairs. 

 Calyx campanulate, -25 in. long, hairy, upper teeth broad, lateral 

 ones triangular, lower lanceolate, all setaceous. Corolla mauve 

 and white, -6 in. long ; standard orbicular, spurred, white with a 

 blue spot. Pod eventually glabrous, narrow hnear flat, 3*5 in. 

 long, -2 in. wide. Seeds 16, dark brown, -15 in. long, -i in. wide. 



