92 Materials for a Flora of He Malayan Veninsula. 



UDderneath as is the leaf-racliis ; petiolules '2 in., stipels setaceous, 

 persistent. Racemes in small axillary panicles ono-third as long as 

 leaves, 2*5 in. long, 1'5 in. across ; rachis and pedicels rnsty-pnbescent, 

 as are the linear decidaous bracts '1 in. long ; pedicels *! in. Calyx "2 

 in. campanulate, externally rusty-pubescent, teetli wide- triangular half 

 as long as tube. Corolla white tinged with pink, "5 in. long, standard 

 orbicular, auriculate at base o£ lamina, slightly etnarginate and slightly 

 puberulous externally. Pod oblotig or obpyriform, woody indehiscent 

 {fide Baker), rounded at both ends, 6 in. long 3'5 in. wide, tnrgid, 

 shortly pale rusty-brown velvety, the surface traversed by deep longi- 

 tudinal grooves. 



Singapore ; cultivated, Maingay ; Ridley ! Selangore ; in dense 

 jungle at 800-1200 feet elev., Kunstler 8759 ! 



A remarkable species, originally described by Mr. Baker from a fruiting speci- 

 men. To the kindness of Mr. Ridley, the Calcutta Herbarium owes the possession 

 of excellent flowering and fruiting examples of the plant ; from these the above 

 description has been drawn up. Mr. Kunstler's plant from Selangore is unfor- 

 tunately only in flower ; it agi-ees however in every detail with the flowering 

 specimens sent from the Singapore garden by Mr. Ridley. 



The only near ally of M. Maingayi is the next species from which it differs in 

 having larger pods that, according to Mr. Baker, do not dehisce and in having leaflets 

 densely tomentose beneath. 



9. MiLLETTiA OOCARPA Prain. A large creeper, young branches 

 glabrous. Leaves 6-8 in. long, leaflets terminal and in 4-6 opposite pairs, 

 shortly petiolulate stipellate ; oblong, rounded at both ends, 2-3 in. long, 

 3-1 '5 in. across, the terminal considerably exceeding the others, sub- 

 coiiaceous light green and glabrous abuve, whitish and very sparsely 

 adpressed-puberulous, finely reticulately veined beneath ; leaf-rachis 

 puberulous as are the petiolules "2 in. long ; stipels setaceous persistent. 

 Racemes in small axillary panicles one-balf as long as leaves, 2d in. long, 

 3 -5 in. across ; rachis and pedicels slightly puberulous as are the linear 

 deciduous bracts "l in. long ; pedicels "1 in. Calyx '2 in. long, campanu- 

 late, externally grey-puberulous, teeth short obscure. Corolla white 

 tino-ed with pink, "5 in. long, standard orbicular, auriculate at base of 

 lamina, entire, uniformly sparsely puberulous externally. Stamens 

 diadelphous, vexillary filament free. Ovary 2-ovuled, pubescent. Pod 

 oval, woody, dehiscent, rounded at both ends, 3-5 in. long, 1-75 in. 

 in diam., turgid, densely dark brown-velvety, the surface smooth. 

 KramtMa oocarpa Prain MSS. 



Perak ; Batu Togoh, 250 feet, Wray 2U1 ! Scortechini 429 ! 



Very nearly related to Millettia Maingayi of which it has exactly the flowers. 

 Its pods however are smaller, densely covered with darker and much longer hairs, 

 and are distinctly dehiscent. In shape and size they resemble the egg of a domestic 

 fowl, The leafltits too differ in not being velvety beneath, and the leaves are shorter. 



' 0. Millettia albiflora Prain. A handsome spreading tree somo- 

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