Ormosia.] xlvii. leguminos^. 615 



var. Ridleyi Prain, I.e. Leaves more coriaceous and velvety 

 beneath. Panicle much larger. Flowers pedicelled distinctly. 

 Fruit unripe dense- velvety. Singapore, Selitar (Ridley). 



(9) O. venosa Baker, I.e. ii. 254; Prain, I.e. 152. 



A big tree with densely velvety branches. Leaves 4 to 6 in. 

 long; leaflets 7, obovate-oblong, blunt, base cuneate sub-sessile, 

 densely tomentose beneath ; nerves 10 to 12, strongly elevate, 

 above glabrous, 3 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide. Panicle 4 to 5 in. 

 long, 3 in. wide, densely tomentose ; pedicels as long as calyx. 

 Calyx '25 in. long, velvety, teeth triangular. Corolla -35 in. long, 

 white ; standard "3 in. across. Ovary velvety. Pod oblong or 

 obovoid, i'5 in. long, i'35 in. wide; valves woody thick, black 

 and glaljrous outside. Seeds i to 2, ovoid, '5 in. long, red. No 

 aril. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 



Cultivated Papilionace^ 



Cajanus indicus Spreng, Syst. Veg. iii. 248; Prain, I.e. 47. 

 An erect shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves 2 to 5 in. long, appressed 

 hoary silky; leaflets 3. Racemes axillary of few yellow flowers, 

 veined red. Pod 2 to 3 in. long, downy with depressions between 

 the 2 to 6 seeds. Native names : Dal ; Kachang Kayu. Occa- 

 sionally cultivated in gardens. 



Dolichos Lablab Linn, Sp. PL 725 ; Prain, I.e. 54. A twining 

 bean with trifoliate leaves and racemes 6 to 8 in. long on peduncles 

 nearly as long. Flowers showy, purple or white. Native names : 

 Kachang Karkaras or Kachang Jariji. Use : The pods form the 

 local " French beans." 



Psophocarpus tetragonolobus DC. Prodr. ii. 403 ; Prain, I.e. 55. 

 Twiner, roots tuberous. Leaves trifoliate. Racemes lax, 4- to 

 6-flowered; peduncles long. Flowers large, showy, azure-blue. 

 Pod 6 to 12 in. long, 4- winged ; wings denticulate. Native names : 

 Four-angled bean; Kachang Botol; Kachang Botor. Cultivated 

 for its pods, eaten as a vegetable. 



Centrosema Plumieri Benth. Ann. Wien Mus. ii. 118; Prain, 

 I.e. 57. Twiner, trifoliate. Racemes 2- to 6-flowered. Flowers 

 very large ; standard orbicular, white, centre crimson. Pod narrow 

 6 in. long, lower suture winged. An occasional escape from gardens 

 into roadside hedges. Singapore and Perak, " The Butterfly Pea." 



Arachis hypogsea Linn. Sp. PI. 741. The ground nut, " Kachang 

 Goring," an annual tufted herb with yellow flowers and well-known 

 fruit, is cultivated in Singapore, Province Wellesley, the Bindings 

 and Penang. 



Lourea vespertilionis Desv. Prain, I.e. 132 ; " Malay Peninsula, 

 N orris," is a rare plant even in gardens, and has no claim to be 

 admitted to the flora. 



