108 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Millettia. 



finely silky. Leaflets of medium size, reaching 3-4 in. long, both sides green, quite 

 glabrous; petiolules short. Racemes copious, short, simple, laxly flowered; pedicels 

 3 ! in., often geminate, neither bracteate nor bracteolate. Calyx ^fc in., thinly 

 silky ; teeth short, obtuse. Corolla snow-white, ^ f in. Pod 3-4 in. by 1-1^ in., nar- 

 rowed to a point; valves quite smooth, dehiscing earlier than in the other species. 



17. 2>X. Srandisiana, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Seng. xlii. 2, 69; 

 leaflets 13 or more lanceolate glabrous subcoriaceous stipellate, standard silky 

 on the "back, stamens diadelphous, pod thin compressed ligulate-oblong glabrous. 



BIRMA, near Yomah, Kurz. 



An erect tree, with slender terete glabrous branches. Leaflets 1-H in. long, narrowed 

 to an obtuse tip, rather rounded at the base. Racemes very la*, panicfed at the end of tho 

 branches and sending out small shoots from the lower nodes; pedicels much shorter 

 than the calyx ; bracts minute, glabrous, lanceolate. Calyx in. glabrous, broadly 

 campanulate ; teeth deltoid. Corolla lilac, -|-| in. Pod 3-4 in. long, under an inch 

 broad, 2-4-seeded, the valves quite smooth and flat, twisting when dried. 



18. BE. eriantha, Senth. PL Jung. 250 ; leaflets 5 obovate-oblong cus- 

 pidate rigidly coriaceous exstipellate glabrous, standard densely silky, stamens 

 diadelphous, pod oblong lignose rugose glabrescent. 



Forests of MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



A woody climber, with only the youngest branches silky. Leaflets reaching 5-6 in. long, 

 very rigid in texture, both sides green and quite glabrous ; petiolules 3 f in. Racemes 

 copious, short, subsessile, dense, subspicate ; bracts large, roundish, densely silky, clasp- 

 ing and hiding the buds. Calyx subsessile, fin., clothed with bright yellowish-brown 

 silky pubescence, like the bracts and standard ; teeth as long as the tube, broad, imbri- 

 cated. Corolla |-4 in., densely silky. Pod beaked, turgid, 3 in. long, 1 -seeded, sub- 

 indehiscent. 



19. BE. atropurpurea, Senth. PL Jung. 249 : leaflets 7-9 oblong acute 

 rigidly coriaceous exstipellate glabrous, standard glabrous, stamens diadelphous, 

 pod oblong convex smooth rather woody glabrous. Pongamia atropurpurea, 



Watt. Cat. 5910 ; PL As. Rar. t. 78. 







Forests of MARTABAX, TENASSERIM, MALACCA, and PEXANG. DISTRIB. Su- 

 matra. 



An erect tree, with thick, glabrous branches. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, very thick and 

 rigid, shining above, both sides quite glabrous, reticulato- venose; petiolules \fa in. In- 

 florescence a dense terminal panicle above the leaves ; racemes not branched ; bracts 

 minute, ovate; pedicels \-% in. Calyx ^ in., thinly silky; teeth short obscure. 

 Corolla dark purple, 1 in. long. Pod narrowed to both ends, 3 in. long, subindehis- 

 cent, 1 -seeded in our specimens. 



SUBGEX. 2. Otosema, Benth. Standard auricled at the base on both 

 sides of the claw. Stamens nionadelphous. 



20. BE. auriculata, Baker ; "branchlets finely downy, leaflets 7-9 obovate 

 obtuse or cuspidate membranous thinly silky, flowers shortly pedicellate, pod 

 woody permanently sericeous. Brand. For. Flor. 138. Robinia macrophylla, 

 Hoxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 329. Pongamia macrophylla, Grali. in Wall. Cat. 5892, 

 Otosema macrophylla, Benth. PL Jung. 249. Amerimnuni pallidum, Hamilt. 



and XHMAON to SIKKIM, reaching 3oOO ft.; also on Parasnath 

 in BEHAR. 



