Mlllettia.'] L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 109 



A large, robust, woody climber. Leaves reaching 1-2 ft. long ; petiole 4-6 in. long ; 

 leaflets green, glabrescent above, 6-12 in. by 3-6 in., minutely stipellate, pale below', 

 sometimes subcoriaceous. Flowers in copious close axillary racemes near the top of 

 the branches, fascicled on a downy rachis 4-6 in. long ; bracts minute, linear. Calyx 

 in., densely silky ; teeth very short. Corolla whitish, three times the calyx, densely 

 silky. Pod straight, very hard, 5-6 in. long, 1 in. broad ; sutures thickened. 



21. M. fruticosa, Benth. MSS. ; "branches finely downy, leaflets 9-11 

 oblanceplate-oblong obtuse or subacute thinly silky, flowers subsessile, pod 

 woody glabrescent. Robinia fruticosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 328. Pongamia 

 fruticosa, Grdh. in Wall. Cat. 909. Otosema fruticosa, Benth. PL Jung. 249. 

 Anierimnuni fasciculaturn, Hamilt. MSS. 



Forests of BEXGAL, ASSAM and PEGU. 



A woody climber. Leaves long-petioled, ^-1 ft. long ; leaflets 4-6 in. long, l-2 

 in. broad, obscurely stipellate, glabrous above, thinly sericeous beneath. Flowers 

 in dense short axillary racemes and also in terminal panicles. Calyx in., densely 

 sericeous, subtended by minute ovate bracts and bracteoles. Corolla -| in. red, the 

 standard densely silky. Pod hard and woody, silky when young, 6-7 in. by l-l in. 



22. SI. extensa, Benth. MSS.; branches finely downy, leaflets 9-11 

 obovate-obloug membranous acute thinly silky, flmvers short-pedicelled. Pon- 

 gamia ? extensa, Wall. Cat. 5900. Otosema extensa, Benth. PL Jung. 249. 



MART AB AX, Walllch. 



A little-known climbing species, closely allied to the two preceding. Leaflets long- 

 petioled, distantly placed on an elongated nearly glabrous rachis, glabrescent above, 

 not seen fully developed. Flowers in very copious close axillary racemes 6-8 in. long 

 near the top of the branches. Calyx ^ in., campanulate, scarcely toothed, with a 

 pair of very minute bracteoles at the base. Corolla f in., densely silky, reddish lilac. 

 Pod like that of M. auriculata when young, but not seen mature. 



23. ZMC. leiogryna, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Seng. xlii. 2, 67 ; branches 

 ferrugineo-tomentose, leaflets 9-13, flowers distinctly pedicelled, ovary glabrous. 



MARTABAX, Kurz. 



A woody climber with terete minutely lenticellate branches , all the yon ng parts 

 ferrugineo-tomentose. Adult leaves not known. Racemes 4-5 in., arising from 

 .shortened lateral branches, and forming usually ample lateral panicles ; pedicels 

 i-^- in., nodding, velvety. Calyx broader than deep, under ^ in. long, fulvous-velvety, 

 obscurely toothed, upper tooth largest. Corolla glabrous, violet ; standard ^ in. long, 

 emarginate, yellow at the throat. Young pod smooth, linear, acuminate. Placed by 

 Kurz next to M. extensa. I have seen no specimen v 



24. M. caudata, Baker; branches glabrous, leaflets 7-9 oblong 

 caudate coriaceous glabrous, flowers pedicellate, pod glabrescent not woody. 

 Pongamia ? caudata, Grah. Wall. Cat. 5895. Otosema caudata, Benth. PL Jung. 

 .249. 



Forests of KHASIA and SILHET, ascending to 3000 ft. 



A woody climber. . Leaflets minutely stipellata, 6-9 in. long, firm, bright green 

 ftbove, glaucous below, narrowed out at the tip into a long distinct tail. Racemes 

 axillary, short-peduncled, not so dense as in the others, 4-6 in. long. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, ^ in., scarcely toothed, densely silky. Bracts very minute. Corolla 

 ^-| in., densely silky. Pod linear, straight, rigidly-coriaceous, subequally turgid, 

 3-4 in. long, in. broad. 



