106 L. LEGUMINOS^;. (J. G. Baker.) \MilletUa. 



8. HX. tetraptera, Kurz inJourn. Asiat. Soc. Seng. xlii. 2, 69 ; leaflets 7 

 subcoriaceous obovate-oblong exstipellate at first densely softly pubescent on 

 both sides, standard glabrous,, stamens monadelphous, pod glabrous indehiscent 

 with each suture produced into a broad hard horizontal wing on both sides. 

 Pongamia tetraptera, Hort. Calc. Legiun. indeterin., Wall. Cat. 5976. 



BIRMA ; forests of Pegu, &c. Wallick, Griffith, Kurz. 



An erect tree, with branchlets clothed with dense drab-brown short pubescence. 

 Leaflets obtuse, 3-4 in. long, flexible and densely soft-pubescent at first, but becoming- 

 rigid and glabrescent when mature ; petiolules under 5- in. Flowers in short close 

 nearly sessile racemes in the axils of the leaves ; pedicles fascicled, i-^- in. Calyx 

 in., thinly clothed with adpressed hairs ; teeth deltoid. Corolla pale blue. Pod 

 sublignose, quadrangular, straight, linear 3-4 in. long, nearly an inch thick, the wings 

 :j f in. broad in the middle, narrowed to each end. 



9. HI. pubinervis, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 68 ; leaflets 

 elliptic-obovate obtusely acuminate glaucous and pubescent on the midrib below, 

 standard glabrous on the back, ovary pubescent, pod unknown. 



MABTABAX, Kurz. 



An erect tree 20-25 ft. high, the young parts puberulous. Leaf^ ft. with a puber- 

 ulous rachis ; leaflets (number not stated) 2-3 in. long, thinly chartaceous. Racemes 

 leaf-opposed, slender, simple, 2^-3 in. long ; pedicels capillary, pubescent, solitary or 

 ;fascicled. Calyx reddish, broader than deep, ^--^in. long, slightly pubescent, obscurely 

 toothed. Corolla yellowish-white ; standard above g- in. long. Kurz loc. cit. 



10. ZH. monticola, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Seng. xlii. 2, 67 ; leaflets 

 7-9 oblong shortly acuminate fulvo-pubescent beneath, standard glabrous, ovary 

 thinly ferrugineo-pubescent, pod unknown. 



MARTABAN, alt. 7000 ft., Kurz. 



A robust climber, resembling M. pachycarpa, with verrucose branches and ferru- 

 gineo-pubescent glabrescent branchlets. Leaflets petioluled, with adpressed fulvous 

 pubescence on the ribs. Flowers blue, in simple solitary racemes 4-7 in. long, arising 

 above the scars of the fallen leaves. Calyx - in., longer than broad ; teeth obscure, 

 anterior one largest. Standard ^ in., petals much smaller than those of M. pachycarpa. 

 Kurz loc. cit. 



11. X4X. pachycarpa, Benth. PL Jung. 250 ; leaflets 11-13 subcoriaceous 

 oblanceolate-oblong cuspidate exstipellate finely downy below, standard glabrous 

 on the back, stamens monadelphous, pod woody rugose glabrous. 



Forests of KHASIA, SIKKIM, and ASSAM up to 4000 ft. MALACCA, Griffith. 



A large climber, with the branches and leaves below more or less densely clothed 

 with pale brown pubescence. Leaves 1 ft. or more long ; leaflets 6-8 in. long, gla- 

 brous, opaque above, sometimes subcaudate, the pubescence below short, loose, decidu- 

 ous ; petiolules in. Racemes copious, 6-9 in. long, most of the nodes with short 

 branchlets. Calyx - in., distinctly pedicelled, densely downy ; teeth very short. 

 Corolla f 1 in. long. Pod 1-3-seeded, rugose, 1-l^in. broad, reaching 4-5 in. long. 



*** Mature leaflets glabrescent beneath. 



12. 1&. cinerea, Benth. PL Jung. 249 ; leaflets 5-7 obovate-oblong cuspi- 

 date membranous stipellate soon glabrescent beneath, standard densely silky on the 

 back, stamens diadelphous, pod thick linear velvety torulose. Pongamia cinerea, 

 Grali. in Wall. Cat. 588.8. P. palustris, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5889 ; P. pani- 

 culata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5904. P. heterocarpa, Wall. MSS. P. oblonga, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cto.5893? 



