110 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Leaflets solitary, with petiolules attached slightly within margin 

 of lamina : — 



Leaflets and petioles glabrous on both surfaces ... ... la. K. Curtisii. 



Leaflets and petioles subscabridly pubescent ... ... lb. K. Curtisii 



VAR. laxiflora. 

 Leaflets several, with petiolules attached to margin of lamina : — 

 Leaves 3-foliate, (leaflets and petioles glabrous ; pods narrower 

 than in the other species of which pods are known) ... 2. K. Kingii. 



Leaves 5-foliate : — 



Leaflets thickly coriaceous, densely ferruginous underneath 3. K. Forlesii. 

 Leaflets chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces... ... 4, K. Ridleyi. 



Leaves 7-foliate, (leaflets and petioles subscabridly pubescent) 5. K. Derryi. 



1. Kdnstleria. Curtisii Prain. A shrubby climber with slender 

 branches; bark brownish lenticular. Leaves 5-8 in. long, leaflet 1, 

 ovate-lanceolate 4-6-5 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, apex acute base rounded, 

 lateral nerves ascending 4-5 pairs rather prominent as is the midrib 

 beneath, margin entire ; rigidly chartaceous, pale-green ; petiole '7o~lb 

 in. long, petiolule '25 in. subpeltately attached. Flowers in copious 

 terminal and axillary panicles 8-12 in. long, 5-8 in. across, rachis and 

 branches rusty-pubescent ; pedicels pubescent "08 in. long. Calyx cam- 

 pannlate densely pubescent, '15 in. long, teeth triangular except the 

 upper broadly deltoid bifid at tip half as long as tube. Corolla apparent- 

 ly purple, "25 in. long, standard ovate-oblong. Fod thin flat densely 

 rusty-pubescent, 5 in. long 1 in. wide, 2-3 seeded. 



Var. typica ; leaves above and petioles glabrous, leaves beneath 

 and petiolules sparsely adpressed-pubescent with whitish hairs ; rachis 

 and branches of panicles sparsely rusty-pubescent ; pods distinctly 

 reticulated. 



Penan G ; at TuUoh Bahang, Curtis 3019 ! 



Var. laxiflora ; leaves on both surfaces subscabridly, petioles and 

 petiolules densely softly pubescent with rusty tomentum, as are the 

 rachis and branches of the laxer more spreading panicles ; pods more 

 densely velvety not visibly reticulated. 



Pangkore ; Tulloh Sera, Curtis 1632 ! 



The calyx and corolla, so far as the limited material goes, are not distinguish- 

 able in these two plants. The measurements of pod given are taken from fruits of 

 the typical variety; the pods of the other are much smaller but are apparently not 

 so far advanced. When fuller material of these two plants is available it may be 

 necessary to consider them specifically distinct ; on the other hand their leaves, 

 but for the different pubescence, are quite similar and it may prove unnecessary to 

 separate them even as varieties. 



2. KuNSTLERiA KiNGii Prain. A very extensive climber over 100 

 feet long, with slender branches ; bark brown lenticular. Leaves 5-8 in. 

 long, leaflets 3 ovate-lanceolate 4-6 in. long, 1-5-2 in. wide, apex acute, 



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