Millet tin] 



XLV. LEGUMIXOS.E 



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oblong, shortly acuminate, 

 stipels minute, secondary 

 nerves 8-10 pair, pro- 

 minent beneath. Racemes 

 4-9 in. long, rusty tomen- 

 tose, axillary, several at 

 the ends of short stout 

 branchlets, fl. whitish. 

 Pod flat, woody, rusty- 

 tomentose, 4-6 in. long, 

 J in. broad, sutures thick- 

 ened. 



Subhimalayan tract, from 

 the Sntlej eastward, Behar, 

 Central India south to the 

 Godaverv. Common in Sal 

 forests. Fl. April-June. A 

 remarkable local variety, 

 formerly regarded as a 

 species, is .1/. c.i-l, M .w, Bent h., 

 Knrz, F. Fl. i. 352. Vera. 

 Damange, Burm., common in 

 the deciduous forests of 

 Dpper and Lower Burma. 

 Tonkin, 11. reddish-lilac, in 

 shorter racemes, pods gla- 

 brous when ripe. 



13. M.cinerea, Benth.j 

 Kurz, F. Fl. 333. 



Glabrous except inflor- 

 escence, I. ■allots I :; pair, 



thin, nienilir; is, '■'< 'J ill. 



long, elliptic or elliptic- 

 obovate, acuminate, per- 

 fectly glabrous beneath, 

 secondary nm es li S pa ir, 

 prominent on the under- 

 sido, with a conspicuous network of raised reticulate veins. Fl. white (tip 

 of keel and wings purple i, in terminal panicles, mostly single, not fasciculate, 

 calyx tomentose, supported by 2 setaceous bracteoles, three teeth triangular, the 

 two upper minute connate, corolla densely silky outside. Pod thick, turgid, 

 Hat between seeds, tawny-velvety, 2—4 by 1 in., seeds 1-5. 



Sikkiin. nsci-iiding tu l.ntji) ft. Duars. Assam to Chittagong and Burma. Fl. Feb.- 

 Apiil. Nearly ailed: 11. M. Dorwardi, Col I. and llemsl. in Linn. Soc. Journ. wviii. 

 Id. described as a tree in one, as a climber in another place, Shan hills. Upper Burma, 

 leaflets 2 pair, 2 3 in. long, II. in dense terminal panicles 



L5. M. pachycarpa, Benth. ; Kurz, V. El, i. 353. Vern. Khar%na } 

 Khasi hills. 



A large spreading and scandenl shrub, young parts and inflorescence rusty- 

 brown tomentose, leaflets ."> 6 pair, 3 -7 in. long, pubescent beneath, secondary 

 nerves 8-12 pair. Fl. pale pink-. I iii. long, mi axillary racemes 9 III in. long, 

 standard glaliruis. Pod thickly coriaceous, rugose, indented between seeds, 

 •J fi in. Long, I.} in, broad, seeds 1-3. 



sikkini to 1,000ft. Dwars. A—am. Khasi hills; pod osed to poison fish, Manipur 

 Dpper Burma. 



Hi. M. racemosa, Benth.; Fl. Brit. hid. ii. L05, — Syn. .1/. leiogyna, 

 Kurz. F. Fl. i. 351. 

 A large woody climber, deciduous, youngest parts and inflorescence rusty- 



Fig. 95. — Millettia auriculata, Baker. 



