Desmodimn.] xlvii. leguminos/E. 609 



petiolule '2 in. long; laterals smaller ovate, base oblique, 17 in. 

 long, 75 in. wide. Racemes terminal axillary, 8 to 12 in. long, 

 hairy with flowers scattered in pairs on slender pedicels -5 in. long. 

 Calyx "I in. long, hairy, teeth setaceous. Corolla scarlet 3 to -5 in. 

 long. Pod stipitate; joints i to 3 half-rhomboidal, '25 to 3 in. 

 long and half as broad. Hab. Very local, in a damp spot in forest, 

 with Viola and Sanicula. Pahang, Telom Valley, 4000 ft. altitude. 

 Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



(12) D. capitatum Z)C. Prodr. ii. 336; Baker, I.e. ii. 170; Prain, 

 I.e. 139. 



Creeping shrublet. Branches i to 2 ft. long, white tomentose 

 at tips. Leaves 2 to 2*5 in. long, trifohate; petioles -6 in. long; 

 leaflets sub-coriaceous, glabrescent above, white-silky beneath ; 

 obovate-cuneate, tip rounded or ovate rounded, terminal one 

 i"25 in. long, i in. across, laterals smaller, 75 in. long; nerves 

 8 pairs. Stipules linear, -25 in. long. Racemes dense axillary 

 and terminal, i to 2 in. long; pedicels '2 to "25 in. long, reflexed 

 in fruit. Bracts small ovate cuspidate. Calyx 'i in. long, glabres- 

 cent, teeth setaceous. Corolla purplish red, "2 in. long. Pods 

 ■5 to 75 in. long, '15 in. wide puberulous, joints 6, lower suture 

 indented. Hab. Open sandy country. Pahang, Pulau Tawar; 

 Kwala Tembeling. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Teluk Anson 

 (Kunstler) ; Thaiping (Scortechini). Perils, Bukit Lagi, Kanga. 

 Distrib. Ceylon, Burma, Malay islands. 



(13) D. polycarpum DC. Prodr. ii. 334 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 171 ; 

 Prain, I.e. 140, excluding var. ovalifolium. 



Erect shrublet 2 to 3 ft. tall. Branchlets few tomentose. 

 Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, 3-foliate ; petioles '6 to i in. long ; leaflets 

 coriaceous, glabrous, light green above, appressed-hairy beneath, 

 oblong-obovate obtuse i'25 to 2 in. long, i to i'5 in. wide, laterals 

 smaller 75 to i"25 in. long. Racemes dense, terminal sub-sessile, 

 I to 4 in. long; bracts ovate-cuspidate. Calyx "i in. long, 

 glabrescent, teeth setaceous. Corolla deep mauve violet ; standard 

 pink, "2 in. long. Pod -5 to 75 in. long, '15 in. wide, joints 

 6 to 8, indented in lower suture, edges hairy. Hab. Common 

 in open country in lalang fields, very showy. All over the 

 whole peninsula. Distrib. Africa, Asia, Polynesia. Native names : 

 Kachang Kaya Betina; Kalumbar; Rumput Kerbau D'rapah; 

 Katumbar. 



var. albiflorum Ridl. Pods larger. Flowers white. Hab. 

 Pahang, Kwala Bruas; Sungei Meang. Perak, Gunong Keledang 

 and Telok Pinang (Ridley). 



var. rigidum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 59, p. 97. 



A strict woody plant about 3 ft. tall. Leaflets coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late base round, tip blunt, 3 in. long, 75 in. wide, glabrous shining 

 above, with long white silky hair beneath. Racemes terminal 

 5 to 8 in. long. Pods -5 in. long, short hairy. Hab. In dry spots. 



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