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This very interesting plant was first collected in the Gorakhpur Dist. by Buchanan- 
Hamilton in 1814, but was not again communicated till re-discovered by the Saharanpur 
Collectors іп 1898 both in Gorakhpur and in Kheri. Hamilton’s specimens, which 
have no leaves, were referred by Baker to Т. aíropurpurea, with the flowers of which 
those of Hamilton’s plant closely agree. Kurz, however, from a MSS. reference in 
Herb. Calcutta, was unable to agree with Baker’s reduction, and the fine suites of 
specimens obtained in 1898 show that the reduction is at least premature; Duthie’s 
nn, 21518 and 21519 are both exactly like Hamilton’s original specimens; his п. 21520 
has longer leafy stems about 1°5 ft. high with the uppermost leaves with 5 leaflets 
and with racemes in the axils of these leaves that have rather longer peduncles than 
the racemes springing close from the ground. 
This plant adds another to the interesting group including Grewia sapida Roxb. (G. nana 
Wall.), Combretum nanum Ham., Erythrina resupinata Roxb., and others of the same habit, 
that are burnt down annually by forest fires; it may be that all of them are only modi- 
fied forms of species which, when allowed to grow freely, have quite another habit and 
bear another name. In this case, however, it is too soon yet to say what the actual 
species may be; in any case, to judge from the different bracts and fruits and the leaves 
with much fewer leaflets, that species would appear not to be 1. atropurpurea. 
Pirate 29.—Indigofera Hamiltonii Grah. 1, flowering plant from Marha in the Kheri dist., 
Oudh; 2, plant in fruit from Shurpur in the Gorakhpur dist.,—of natural візе; 3, flower; 4, standard; 
5, 5’, wings; 6, keel; 7, 8, stamens,—ai/ somewhat enlarged; 9, pod, opened,—of natural size; 10, 
seed; 11, embryo—exlarged, 
9. FU D. Р. 
PLATE 30. 
30.  MILLETTIA UNIFOLIATA Prain in Journ, As. Soc. Beng, lxvi. 2. 93 (1897). 
Natural order Leguminosae. 
A handsome spreading tree, 30—40 ft. high, trunk 1 ft. in diam., branches glabreus ; 
leaves consisting of a solitary terminal leaflet, petiolulate, ex-stipellate, obovate-oblong 
or lanceolate, entire, apex acute rarely caudate, base cuneate, thickly membranous, shining 
above, dull beneath, midrib prominent beneath, main-nerves 6—9 pairs, ascending, hardly 
more prominent then the distinct secondary nervation; glabrous, p2tiolule 6 mm. long, 
directly articulating with branch; racemes in very slender axillary panicles, shorter than 
the leaflets, 7-5—10 cm. long, 6—10 mm. across; individual racemes short, 3—5-fid., 
separated from each other by intervals 2:5 cm. long; peduncles and pedicels glabrous; 
calyx Š mm. long, glabrous externally, campanulate, 2-bracteolate at base, bracteoles 
minute, ovate-lanceolate, teeth hirsute within, shorter than tube; corolla pure white, 
2 сш long, standard orbicular, 2-auriculate at base of lamina, glabrous externally ; stamens 
monadelphous in a sheath split along the vexillary side; ovary puberulous; pod linear, 
15 em. long, 2:5 em. wide, flat, rather woody, tapering to both ends, finely pale yellow- 
ish-velvety externally.  Kraunhia unifoliata Руа Mss. 
Maayan PENINSULA: Perak; very common; Curtis! Seorteehini! Wray! Kunstler! 
Closely related to М. albiflora, but differing from all the hithertc known Millettias 
in having 1-foliolate leaves, | ! 
