6oo xLvii. LEGUMiNOSiE, [KunstleHa. 



oblong, 1*25 in. long, dark brown. Hab. Dense jungle at 800 to 

 1500 ft. altitude. Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler), 



(3) F. Forbesii Prain, I.e. iii. 



Woody climber 6 to 10 ft. tall. Branches rusty-pubescent. 

 Leaves 8 to 10 in. long; leaflets 5, elliptic, coriaceous stiff, glabrous 

 above, red-tomentose beneath, base rounded peltate, tip acute; 

 nerves 6 to 9 pairs, elevate beneath, 3-5 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 

 wide; petioles 3*5 in. and petiolules '25 in. long, red-pubescent. 

 Panicles strict velvety, 12 to 18 in. long, 5 to 6 in. wide. Calyx 

 campanulate, velvety, '15 in. long; teeth lanceolate, upper tri- 

 angular bifid. Corolla lake-red, -25 in. long. Hab. Perak, Selama 

 (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(4) K. Ridley i Prain, I.e. iii. 



A very big liane. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 6 to 8 in. 

 long; leaflets 5, elliptic coriaceous, glabrous, base rounded, tip 

 blunt ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, slender prominent, reticulations con- 

 spicuous, fine, 2 to 3"5 in. long, i'25 to 2 in. wide (terminal one much 

 the largest) ; petioles 2 to 3 in. long ; petiolules '2 in. long pubes- 

 cent. Panicles 12 to 18 in. long, 4 to 6 in. across pubescent. Calyx 

 campanulate rusty, -15 in. long ; teeth triangular, upper deltoid 

 bifid. Corolla '25 in. long, purple black. Pod golden-pubescent 

 reticulate 6 in. long, 1-25 in. wide. Hab. In lowland woods, not 

 rare but local. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Selitar (Ridley). 



(5) K. Derryi Prain, I.e. 112. 



Liane. Branchlets rusty-pubescent. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, 

 •75 to I "5 in. wide, base of terminal deltoid, of laterals rounded, 

 tip cuneate ; nerves 6 to 7 pairs prominent beneath, stiff chartaceous, 

 pubescent on nerves above, entirely so beneath ; petioles 2*5 to 3 in. 

 long. Panicles strict, 12 to 15 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide, pubescent. 

 Calyx campanulate, •!$ in. long; teeth triangular, upper notched. 

 Corolla dark purple, -25 in. long. Hab. Malacca, Machap-Tebung 

 Road (Derry). 



32. GEISSASPIS, Wight and Arnott. 



Annuals. Leaves of two pairs of leaflets. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes with large membranous persistent ciliate bracts. Calyx 

 2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower toothed. Corolla exsert, yellow. 

 Standard round. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary short-stalked; 

 ovules 2 ; style incurved. Pod of i to 2 joints, turgid, edge flat, 

 reticulate veined. Species 3, India, Africa. 



(i) G. cristata W. and A.Prodr. 218 ; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 181. 



Densely csespitose traihng. Branches -5 to 2 ft. long. Leaves 

 •5 in. long; leaflets obovate refuse, -4 in. long, -2 in. wide. Heads 

 I in. long; bracts -5 in. long, -2 to -3 in. wide, reniform green to 

 brown with red ciha. Flowers very small, yellow. Pod joints i to 

 2-15 in. long. Hab. Sandy open country, edges of rice-fields in the 



