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formes/ pendulae, ex axillis folioriim delapsoruni Martio florentes, 

 20-30 cm, longae, pedunciilo brevi, rachi ut ramulis pedicellis 

 calycibusque tenuiter ferruginea; nodi floriferi 1-4-flori. Flares 

 laxi 2-2-2-4 cm. longi ; pedicelli calycibus sesquilongiores ; 

 bracteae minutae ; bracteolae 2, pauUo infra florem. Calyx 

 campannlatus, 5 mm. longus; denies 2 superiores breves, fere 

 coaliti^ 3 inferiores triangulares, 1-5 mm. longi. Petala dilute 

 rubida; vexilli lamina ovata, basi subcordata et ecallosa, glabra, 

 reflexa, itaque in floribus j)endulis erecta, marginibus revolutis; 

 alae anguste oblongae, basi oblique truncatae; carinae petala alls 

 gaullo adliaerentes. Stamina monadelpba, vexillari prope basin 

 soluto. Ovarium sessile, lineare, multi-ovulatum. Legumen 

 lineare (5-) 10 (-20) cm. longum, 2 cm. latum, in latere seminifero 

 ala 2^3 mm. lata, latere altero ala ad 1 mm. lata marginatum, 

 valvis chartaceis glabris pauUo reticulatis. 



Burma. Maymyo Plateau, 1200 m.. Lace 5278, 6115. 



A not ancommon W istariaAxk^ climber on trees along tlie banks 

 of streams. When in full flower before the foliage oppears, it is 

 a very beautiful object, with its drooping panicles of large pink 



flow^ers. 



793. Millettia subpalmata, Dunn [Leguminosae-Galegeae] ; 

 species a congeribus foliis subpalmatis distincta. 



Frutex vagans vel alte scandens, cortice conspicue lenticellato. 

 Folia (1-) 2-juga, subpalmata, 40-60 cm. longa, petiolo 2-3-plo 

 longiora, rachi glabra; stipulae 1 cm. longae ; foliola superiora 

 lateralia ovata, apice obtusa, basi obtuse cuneata, papyracea, 

 supra glabra, subtus pubescentia, 20-30 cm. longa; petioluli 

 8 mm. longi; stipellae non visae. Paniculae ^xillares, parvae? 

 Flores non visi- Ovarium 7-ovulatum. Legtimen lineare, 12-18 

 cm. longum, 2-5-3-5 cm, latum, compressum, valvis lignosis 

 elastiee deliiscentibus dense molliter velutinis. Semina 4, 

 lenticularia. 



BuBMA. Pegu, Anigdon-kun Reserve, 100 m.. Lace 6104. 



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794. Millettia utilis, Dunn [Leguminosae-Galegeae] ; M. 

 pendulaCy Benth., affinis, floris vexillo ecalloso partibusque 



omnibus magis pubescentibus diversa. 



Arbor magna, cortice laevi pallide brunueo. Folia 30-40 cm: 

 longa, petiolo 4-plo longiora, rachi dense pubescente; stipulae 

 ovatae, deciduae, 4 mm. longae; foliola bijuga, superiora 

 lateralia late lanceolata, sensim acuminata, basi breviter 

 acuminata, 14-17 cm. longa, chartacea, supra tenuiter, subtus 

 dense molliter pubescentia, venis marginem approximantibus 

 circiter 8-paribus ; petioli 6-7 mm. longi; stipellae setaceae, 

 2—3 mm. longae. Paniculae racemiformes, erectae, terminales et 

 laterales, 10-20 cm. longae, rachi pedicellis calycibusque dense 

 breviter pubescentibus; nodi multiflori, 2-3 mm. longi. Flores 

 congesti, 1— I'l cm. longi; pedicelli 4-5 mm. longi; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque minutae, deciduae. Calyx campanulatus, 5 mm. 

 longus, dentibus triangularibus tubo bis brevioribus. Petala 

 albo-flavida ; A'exilli lamina rotundata, basi subcordata, ecallosa ; 

 alae oblongae, basi truncatae, carinae paullo adhaerentes; 

 carinae petala ovata, falcata. Stamina paullo perigyna, mona- 



