586 XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [Fordiu. 



24. FORDIA, Hemsl. 



Small trees with imparipinnate leaves of 8 to 12 leaflets. 

 Flowers in stiff racemes borne on the old wood, or in small axillary 

 fascicles. Calyx campanulate. Corolla pink or white, rather 

 small. Ovary 2-ovuled. Seeds strophiolate. Species 6, China, 

 Borneo, Sumatra. 



(i) F. pauciflora Dumt Kew. Bulletin, 191 1, p. 237. Millettia 

 cauliflora Prain, I.e. 94. 



A slender shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, -4 in. through. Leaves 18 in. 

 long, in a terminal tuft; leaflets 5 pairs membranous glabrous, 

 lower ovate, upper elliptic, all caudate, base rounded or cuneate, 

 lower 1-5 to 3*5 in. long, 1-4 in. wide, upper 4 to 6 in. long, i*6 to 

 2 in. wide; nerves depressed above, elevate beneath; petiolules 

 '15 in. long; rachis pubescent or glabrous. Flowers 2 or 3 in a 

 short fascicle on the stem. Calyx -2 in. long. Corolla pink or 

 white silky -3 in. long. Pods solitary curved, linear acuminate, 

 narrowed at base, 4-5 in. long, 75 in. wide, thin. Hah. Rocky 

 woods, chiefly limestone. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; Lenggong, 

 on limestone rocks (Ridley). 



25. ADINOBOTRYS, Linn. 



Woody climbers or trees. Leaves alternate imparipinnate; 

 leaflets opposite, 5-toothed. Standard round, short-clawed ; wings 

 oblong semi-sagittate. Stamens free from standard diadelphous. 

 Ovary stipitate. Pod egg-shaped dehiscent. Seed i, large (rarely 

 2) not flattened. 



Climber; flowers golden velvety with large bracts . (i) A erianthus 

 Big tree ; flowers glabrous, deep purple . . (2) A. atropurpureus 



(i) A. erianthus Dunn, I.e. 194. Millettia eriantha Benth. 

 PI. Jungh. 250 ; Prain, I.e. 88. 



Woody climber almost glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 

 8 to II in. long; leaflets, 2 to 3 pairs obovate-oblong or elliptic 

 cuspidate, 2 to 4 in. long, 1*25 to 2*5 in. across, dark green, 

 stiffly coriaceous; petiolules -25 in. long. Racemes numerous, 

 crowded, at first cone-like with large (deciduous) golden silky ovate 

 acute bracts, 2 in. long, eventually 6 in. long; pedicels "15 in. 

 long. Calyx campanulate, -4 in. long, brown red with bronze 

 fur. Corolla standard rich coppery red, centre greenish yellow, 

 outside dull red with golden fur. Stamens pink. Pod ovoid 

 flattened, turgid 2 in. long, 175 in. wide, woody rugose hairy, 

 beaked. Seed i. Hah. Woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Gar- 

 den Jungle. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Holmberg) ; Jus (Goodenough) . 

 Pahang, Pulau Jellam, Pahang River. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 

 Tumiang (Cantley). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native 

 names : Akar Pua ;^Akar Koyah ; Akar Kuayah ; Akar Pera. 



