220 XLV. LEGUMINOSiE [Millettia 



A. Trees (all in the eastern region). 



1. M. pendula, Benth.— Syn. M. leucantha, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 356. Vern. 

 Thimcin, Burm. 



A deciduous tree, heartwood dark purple. Youngest shoots silky, leaflets 3 

 pair, 3-4 in. long, pale beneath, glabrous when full grown, stipels subulate, 

 persistent. Fl. pure white, on long pedicels, fasciculate, in compact terminal 

 racemes, 4-6 in. long.. Pod woody, flat, pointed at the ends, 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 wide, 1-3 seeded. 



Deciduous forests, Upper and Lower Burma, mostly near streams. Fl. H. S. 



2. M. glaucescens, Kurz F. Fl. i. 357 (Derris microptera, Gamble List 

 30). Vern. Taungka, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, nearly glabrous, leaflets 2-5 pair, without stipels, 

 3-5 in. long, pale beneath, scattered hairs on the underside while young, with 

 a very minute regular but not raised network of reticulate veins between the 

 tertiary nerves. Fl. •§—■ | in. long, blue, red or purple, on capillary pedicels in 

 axillary racemes, shorter than leaves. Standard glabrous, ovary hairy. Pod 

 flat woody, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, both sutures thickened and expanded into 

 narrow wings. 



Sikkim, common up to 3,000 ft. (" young leaves golden brown witli long racemes of 

 lilac fl.," Gamble). Lower Burma, common near streams. Fl. H. S. Also Mala y 

 Peninsula. 3. M. Wrightiana, Pram in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 66 (1898), p. 359. Sha n 

 hills, Upper Burma, nearly allied, but with thin pods, not winged along sutures. 



4. M. atropurpurea, Benth. — Syn. Pongamia atropurpurea, Wall. PI. 

 As. Ear. t. 78. Vern. Kick tanyin, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaflets more or less 

 oblique at base, rigidly coriaceous, glossy, 3-4 pair, 3-6 in. long, no stipels. 

 Fl. dark bluish purple, on the stout branches of large pubescent erect terminal 

 panicles, pedicels short hairy, 2 bracteoles at base of calyx. Pod turgid, thickly 

 coriaceous, 2-3 in. long, 2 in. broad. 



Evergreen forest, south-eastern part of the Pegu Yoma, hills between the Thaungyin 

 and Hlaingbwe rivers, and elsewhere in Martaban and Tenasserim. " Thickly covered 

 with dense panicles of deep purple fl." Wall. 



The other trees of this genus may be classified as follows : — 



a. Leaflets 1-5 pair. 



5. M. multiflora, Coll. and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 41. Meiktila, Upper 

 Burma, leaflets coriaceous, elliptic, 4^5 pair, 1 in. long. Fl. J in., standard silky out- 

 side. 6. M. tetraptera, Kurz F. Fl. i. 358. Dry region of Irawaddi valley, Prome to 

 Mandalay, leaflets elliptic or obovate, 1-3 pair, 1-3 in. long, silky-pubescent. Pod 

 woody, 1-2 seeded, 3-4 in. long, f in. wide, each suture with two narrow wings. 

 7. M. putiinervis, Kurz, I.e., 357. Upper Burma, deciduous forest on the edge of streams. 

 Hills east of Toungoo. Deciduous, leaflets 3-4 pair, thinly chartaceous, long-acuminate, 

 pubescent along midrib, no stipels, fl. J in. long, pinkish or yellowish white. 8. M. 

 ovalifolia, Kurz, I.e., 356, Prome district, leaflets elliptic, 3 pair, 1 in. long, petiolules 

 slender. 9. M. macrostachya, Coll. and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 4i, southern 

 Shan hills, 2,000^1,000 ft., leaflets 4-5 pair, 2-6 in. long, softly tomentose beneath. 

 Fl. pink 1 in. long, standard silky outside. 



b. Leaflets 6-10 pair, stipellate. 



10. M. Brandisiana, Kurz, I.e., 355. Vern. Thitpagan, Burm. Pegu, Yamethin, de- 

 ciduous, entirely glabrous, attains 60 ft., leaflets 7-10 pair, thinly coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late, 1-2 in. long. Fl. blue, standard silky. 11. M. pulchra, Benth. ; Fl. Bx*it. Ind. 

 ii. 104. Vern. Thitpagan, Burm. Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, Upper Burma, leaflets 

 membranous, young shoots tawny pubescent, sometimes densely tomentose (M. tomentosa, 

 Watt MSS., Manipur), fl. purple, standard glabrous. 



B. Woody climbers. 



12. M. auriculata, Baker. — Syn. M. macrophyUa, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 351. 

 Vern. Ganj, Hind. ; Maudh, Oudh ; Gurar, Gond ; Wunu, Burm. 



Young snoots soft silky-tomentose, leaflets 3-4 pair, 3-6 in. long, obovate- 



