274 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Humboldtia. 



2. K. unijug-a, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. .t. 108 ; branches solid, nodes not 

 Constricted, stipules not spurred, leaves and 2 leaflets subsessile, petals 5. 



TRAVANCORE mountains, alt. 3-4500 ft., Be&dome. 



A large tree, glabrous in all its parts, with terete slender branchlets. Stipules 

 lanceolate, in., rigidly coriaceous; petiole very short, broadly flattened and 

 hollowed out on the face ; leaflets oblong -lanceolate, rather oblique, 5-6 in. long, 

 obtusely acuminate, glossy on the upper surface. Pedicels %-j in., spreading, finely 

 silky ; bracteoles obtuse, half as long as the calyx. Flower % in. long, exclusive of 

 the exserted stamens. Petals bright red. 



3. K. Brunonis, Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 17, t. 233; branches solid, 

 nodes not constricted, spur of stipules rounded, leaves nearly sessile, leaflets 

 4, petiolules short, petals 3. Wall. Cat. 2332 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 285 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 1606 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 93. 



Ghauts of NELGHIRIS and COORG. 



Branchlets slender, terete. Petiole not flattened ; stipules small, lanceolate above 

 the attachment, with a transverse oblong spur ; leaflets oblong, rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, obtusely cuspidate, 4-6 in. long. Racemes axillary, distinctly peduncled, 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves ; pedicels - in., spreading or ascending ; bracte- 

 oles and calyx grey-downy. Flower -f in. long, exclusive of the exserted stamens. 



4. K. Vahliana, Wight Ic. t. 1607-8 ; branches solid, nodes not con- 

 stricted, spur of stipules rounded, leaves distinctly petioled, leaflets 6-8, petiolules 

 long, petals 5. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 93. 



NILGHIRIS ; jungles about Conoor, Dr. Wight. 



Branchlets slender, terete. Stipules 1 in. or more long, lanceolate above, trans- 

 versely oblong below the point of attachment ; leaf-rachis 5-7 in. long, including the 

 1 in. petiole ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, 5-6 

 in. long, both sides finely venulose. Racemes peduncled, subspicate, 1-3-nate ; 

 bracteoles and sepals very downy on the back, the latter f in. long. Petals very- 

 caducous, not exceeding the sepals. Pod almost woody, ^ ft. by l in., narrowed to 

 the point. 



T1.3. AFZELIA, Smith. 



Erect unanned trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with few pairs of opposite 

 leaflets. Flmvers in copious terminal panicles. Calyx with the disk produced 

 to the top of its elongated tube ; sepals 4, much imbricated, slightly unequal. 

 Developed petal one^ orbicular with'-a distinct claw, the others absent or 

 rudimentary. Stamens 3-9, declinate, filaments long, pilose ; anthers minute, 

 oblong, opening longitudinally. Pod large, oblong, flattish, sublignose, sub- 



indehiscent. DISTKIB. Tropics of the Old World ; species 10. 







1. A. retusa, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 73; leaflets 

 2-6, racemes simple, pedicels glabrous, calyx-tube as long as limb, fertile 

 stamens 3. 



MALACCA, Griffith. ANDAMANS, Kurz. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaflets stalked, oblong, subcoriaceous, 2-3 

 in. long, obtuse, conspicuously emarginate. Flowers in simple corymbose terminal 

 racemes ; pedicels ^ ^ in. Ca^-tube f-f in., cylindrical ; sepals | in. broad. Petal 

 twice as long as the sepals ; blade round, in. broad. Pod oblong, subcoriaceous, 

 3-4 in. by 1-1 in. 



2. A. bijug-a, A. Gray Bot. Amer. Expl. Expedit. 467, t. 51 ; leaflets 4, 

 janiclt corynibose, pedicels pilose, calyx-tube as long as limb, fertile stamens 3. 



