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membranous rather dark green on both surfaces glabrous from an early 

 stage on both surfaces except for occasionally a few scattered hairs on 

 the midrib beneath ; petiolales '2 in. Racemes axillary slender simple 

 6-8 in. long, at first puberalous as are the capillary solitary or fascicled, 

 pedicels. '2 in long. Calyx wide shallow-tubular, slightly pubescent, 

 obscurely toothed, -15 in. deep. Corolla '4 in. long, standard orbicular, 

 densely silky externally, 2-callose at base, pink, or white with a pink 

 tinge, wings clawed. Vexillary jilament cohering half way up staminal 

 sheath. Ovary pubescent, style glabrous; ovules i. Pod 4-5 in. lono-, 

 nearly 1 in. across, glabrous, sntiires not thickened. Kraunhia decipicns 

 Prain MSS. 



PePvAK; Uln Slim, 400 feet, Kunstler 30718! Kwala Dipong, 

 ScortecUni 1749 ! PIuss river, Wray 548 ! Pahang ; Kwala Tahan, 

 Bidley 2591 ! 



The flowers of this species so much resemble those of Pongamia glabra that, 

 with flowering examples, only careful dissection to ascertain the number of ovules 

 satisfactorily distinguishes the two. Anothej* species extremely nearly relafc nl to 

 this is Millettia dehiscens (Pongamia dehisjens Koord. & Yal. Bijdr. II. 96) a Java 

 tree with the same silky standard, but with the ovary 5- or more-ovuled ; its leaves 

 are like those of If. glaucescens, its pods like those of M. ovalifolia. 



7. Millettia coerulea Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, J07. A woody 

 climber with glabrous branches. Leaflets terminal and in 3 pefciolulate 

 pairs, stipellate ; obovate-oblong cuspidate 4-6 in. long ; subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous on both sides from an early stage; petiolules '35 in. long. 

 Bacemes short-peduncled, close, axillary, Floioers short-pedicelled, 

 densely fascicled. Caly.v campanulate i in., faintly silky, nearly trun- 

 cate. Corolla three times the calyx, the standard densely white- 

 canescent on the back. Stamens monadelphous. Pod large flat rather 

 woody, linear-oblong 7-8 in. long, l-5-l'75 in. wide, recurved, late in 

 dehiscing, clothed with dense short persistent brown-velvety pubes- 

 cence. Pongamia coerulea Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5894. 



Malacca; Grlfith. Distrib. Burma. 



The above descriptiou is taken from tlie Flora of British ItuVa, there being no 

 specimen at Calcutta either of the Burmese or of the Malacca types of Mr. Baker's 

 species. The specimens here th'it accoi-d best with the description are some from 

 Penang [Curtis n. 24.59) ; they are in fruit only and may prove to belong to M. coerulea. 

 Tlie plant is noted, however, as a " tree ;" the specimens have 5-foliolate leaves and 

 the leaflets resemble those of M. albijlora, of which it may equally well be a variety. 



8. MiLLKTTiA MAfNGAYi Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 110. A cieeper 

 over 100 feet long ; young branches pale brown-pubescent. L^.aves S-IO 

 in. long, leaflets terminal and in 5-8 opposite pairs, shortly petioluled 

 stipellate; oblong, base rounded, apex rounded or subacute, 1-5-2 in. 

 long 1 in. across, coriaceous, light green and glabrous above, velvets 



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