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stipules lanceolate '25 in. long, deciduous. Inflorescence in dense sub- 

 spicate racemes 6 in. long on axillary peduncles 8-12 in. long with 2-3 

 widely separated empty bracts ; rachis rusty-tomentose, flowers 2-3 

 together on rounded alternate nodes -2-25 in. apart ; bracts '5 in. long 

 linear reflexed rusty-pubescent early deciduous. Calyx campanulate 

 •4 in. long with two small obtuse bracteoles at base ; pedicels *15 in. 

 long rusty-puberulous ; calyx teeth subequal except the broader trun- 

 cate upper triangular, half as long as tube. Corolla pale-pink *75 in. 

 long, standard-limb orbicular emarginate. Pods few, 1-2-seedod ; 3-4 in. 

 long, 2 in. wide, '5 in. thick along upper suture, at first sparsely adpress- 

 ed rusty-silky at length glabrescent ; seeds discoid dark brown 1*25 in. 

 in diam. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 196. Dolichos hexandra Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 55. D. coriaceus Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5562. 



Andamans ; very common, Heifer 1752! King's Collectors! Penang 

 or Singapore; Wallich! Perak ; Larut, Kunstler 5718! Distrib. 

 Silhet; trop. Africa; trop. America. 



The vexillary stamen in tiiis and the next species is free at the base though 

 not above j it is rather shorter than the others and bears a perfect anther ■> the 

 anthers of the 9 stamens that constitute the keel-sheath are alternately perfect and 

 abortive thus giving 5 perfect anthers on the sheath and a sixth perfect anther on 

 the vexillary stamen ; hence Roxburgh's excellent specific name. 



Dr.. Wallich did not obtain this species at Penang and Singapore ; his note on 

 the sheet of Cat. n. 5562 at Calcutta slates that he had forgotten the precise locality 

 but was of opinion that he obtained the specimen either at Penang or at Singapore. 



2. Dioclea javanica Benth. PI. Jangh. 236. A rather slender 

 woody climber 20-30 feet long with rounded black early glabrescent 

 branches. Leaves 3-foliolate 6-7 in. long; leaflets dull green above, 

 coriaceous, beneath densely rusty- velvety, ovate shortly acuminate with 

 subtruncate base 4 in. long 2*25 in. across, petiole 2-3 in. long channelled 

 above, rusty- velvety ; petiolules *25 in., velvety, stipels "2 in. long 

 subulate ; stipules lanceolate '25 in. long, deciduous. Inflorescence in 

 dense subspicate racemes din. long on axillary peduncles 8-12 in. long 

 with 2-3 widely scattered empty bracts ; rachis densely velvety, flowers 

 2-3 together on rounded alternate nodes *2- , 25 in. apart ; bracts 5 in. 

 long linear reflexed rusty-pubescent early deciduous. Calyx campanu- 

 late '5 in. long with two small obtuse bracteoles at base ; pedicels "15 

 in. long rusty-puberulous ; calyx teeth subequal except the broader 

 truncate upper wide triangular, one- third as long as tube. Corolla 

 pale-pink 1 in. long, standard-limb orbicular. Pods few usually 1-2- 

 sometimes 3-seeded ; 3-5'5 in. long, 2 in. wide, '5 in. thick along upper 

 suture; at first densely rusty-tomentose at length glabiescent ; Heeds 

 discoid 125 in. in diam. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 217. D. Feryusonii 

 Thwaites Enum. -112. 



