Uraria.] xlvii. leguminos^. 603 



The lower leaves and those of young plants are trifoliate. Racemes 

 dense, cylindric, 5 to 12 in. long, i to i'5 in. through ; bracts scarious, 

 deciduous; pedicels '45 to -65 in. long with long bristles. Calyx 

 '2 in. long, teeth plumose. Corolla 3 in. long, light blue. Pod 

 puberulous, joints 4 to 6, black, "13 in. long, "i in. wide. Hab. 

 Common in open ground, banks, etc. Singapore, Orchard Road. 

 Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, Pulau Sepang; 

 Sungei Hudang ; Brisu. Pah ang River ; Pianggu, Endau (Evans). 

 Selangor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss) ; Batu caves; Kerling. Perak, 

 Temengoh. Patani, Tomoh (Machado). Penang, Balik Pulau 

 (Curtis). Kelantan, Lebeh River (Yapp). Setul. Distrib. Indo- 

 China, Malaya. Native names : Poko Ekor Anis ; Ekor Kuching ; 

 Seringau ; Pua Acoraging. 



(2) U. picta Desv. Jotirn. Bot. i. 123, t. 5, fg. 19 ; Baker, in 

 Hook. fit. F.B.I, ii. 155 ; Prain, I.e. 130. 



Tall, little-branched shrublet 3 to 6 ft. tall. Young stems 

 downy. Leaves 2 or more in. long; leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate obtuse, coriaceous, green with a white central 

 band finely reticulate, pubescent beneath as is rachis, 2*5 to 3*5 in. 

 long, '2 to '3 in. wide; nerves beneath elevate. Racemes dense 

 cylindric, 6 to 12 in. long ,*5 in. through ; pedicels "25 in. long, bristly. 

 Bracts ovate-acuminate, bristly. Calyx "2 in. long. Corolla 

 violet pink exsert, -3 in. long. Pod glabrous lead-colour, joints 

 3 to 6, '13 in. long, 'i in. wide. Hab. Open sandy country, rare. 

 Pahang River. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur; Permatang 

 Bertam. Jalor, Biserat, paddy-fields (Gwynne-Vaughan) . Distrib. 

 India, Cambodia, Malaya. 



(3) U. lagopoides DC. Prodr. ii. 324 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 156 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 131. 



Creeping and ascending woody shrublet, i to 3 ft. long. Leaves 

 I to 2 in. long ; rachis pubescent ; leaflets solitary or one pair 

 and a larger terminal one oblong rhomboid rounded, base truncate 

 or cordate, thickly membranous, glabrous above, reticulate, hairy 

 beneath, i to 2 in. long, 75 to i in. wide ; petioles '5 to 75 in. 

 long. Stipules lanceolate setaceous. Racemes dense oblong, i to 

 2*5 in. long, -8 in. through; bracts lanceolate silky, acuminate. 

 Calyx '12 in. long, plumose. Corolla white. Pods glabrous, joints 

 reticulate, -15 in. long, -8 in. wide. Hab. Open sandy country. 

 Pahang River; Raub track (Machado). Selangor, Batu Caves. 

 Perak, Tambun, Ipoh; Kwala Kangsa; Temengoh. Province 

 Wellesley, Pagar Tras; Tasek Gelugur. Perils, Kanga. Setul. 

 Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrib. India, China, Malaya. 



37. PHYLACIUM, Benn. 



Twining herbs. Leaves trifoliate. Stipules small, persistent, 

 linear; leaflets stipellate. Racemes axihary; pedicels short, 

 completely enveloped in a large boat-shaped bract. Calyx tubular, 



