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long, lateral nerves 3 pairs the lowest mucli stronger than tlie rest and 

 very oblique ; side leaflets similar but smaller, 3-4 in. lono- 1-1-5 in. wide 

 with slightly oblique bases ; stipels subulate '2 in. Jong ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate -5 in. long, persistent. Inflorescence in rather narrow terminal 

 and axillary racemes, the former sometimes paniculate, 12-20 in. lono-, 

 composed of as many distant solitary flowers or few-fld. fascicles, bracts 

 minute linear; pedicels puberulous slender -2 in., ultimately spreadino- 

 •4 in. long. Calyx very small '08 in. long, tubular, slightly pubescent, 

 teeth deltoid very short. Corolla pink, '25 in. long. Pod 1-3 in. long, 

 the lowest joint on a stalk '3 in. long, joints few indehiscent o in. lono-, 

 •2 in. wide, the constrictions nearly reaching the upper suture, cut 

 obliquely from opposite the point to the base. D. Gardneri Bth. PI. 

 Jungh. 226; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, 255; Bak. inFlor.Brit.lnd.il, 

 165. B. ijodocarpum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. HI, 46 not of DC. 



Perak; on Ulu Batang Padang, Wray 16U8 ! Distrib. India; 

 Himalayas; Indo-China ; China; Malay Archipelago. 



§ DOLLINERA Endl. Joints of pod indehiscent, hardly longer than 

 broad, upper suture straight or slightly indented ; calyx teeth not 

 exceeding tube. 



7. DESifODiUM MEGAPHTLLUM Zoll. Xat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 58. 

 A straggling shrub 8 feet high with slightly grooved, blackish branches, 

 with a sparse short tomentum. Leaves 7-9 in. long, 3-foliolate, petiole 

 2-25 in., channelled above, sparsely tomentose ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 green sparsely puberulous above, grey thickly softly woolly beneath ; 

 rhomboid ovate-acuminate terminal cuneate at base, 4-6 in. lono-, 2*5-3'5 

 in. wide, on pctiolule 1-1*5 in. long ; lateral pair similar but smaller 

 3-4 in. long, 1-5-2-5 in. wide with obliquely rounded base ; lateral 

 nerves 5-6 pairs very oblique: stipels linear '25 in. long; stipules 

 subscarious "15 in. long, lanceolate. Inflorescence longer than the leaves, 

 in axillary and terminal racemes, the latter sometimes panicled, 8-10 

 in. long, of 25-30 few-fld. fascicles ; pedicels slender "4 in. long, bracts 

 •5 in. long, subscarious, lanceolate, bracteoles minnte subulate. Calyx 

 campanulate 15 in. long, teeth triangular as long as tube. Corolla pale- 

 violet, -3 in. long. Pod dull-crimson, 2-2 25 in., 6-8-jointed, joints '25 

 in. long '2 in. wide, indehiscent, slightly puberulous, finely reticulate- 

 veined, slightly indented on the lower suture. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 245, excluding synonyms. 



Perak ; upper part of Batang Padang Valley, at 2,000 feet, Wray 

 1441 ! Distrib. Java, Tenasserim. 



§ NiCHOLSONiA DC. Joints of pod dehiscent along lower suture, not 

 longer than broad ; upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. 



8. Desmodium CAPiTAiUM DC. Prodr. II, 336. A prostrate nnder- 



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