1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 131 



pedicels 45-'65 in. long, covered with long spreading bristles, abruptly 

 incurved at the tip after flowering Calyx 2 in. long, teeth sparingly 

 plumose. Corolla pale-purple, *3 in. long. Pod puberulous, joints 4-6, 

 black, dull, "13 in. long, "1 in. wide, compressed. DC. Prodr. II, 324; 

 Wall. Cat. 5675; Miq. Flor. Ihd. Bat. I, 268; Bale, in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. II, 155. U. comosa DC. Prodr. II, 324. U. picta Wight, Ic t. 

 411, not of Desv. Hedysarum crinitum Linn. Mant. I, 102; Burm. Flor. 

 Ind. 169 t. 56 ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia crinita Roxb. Flor. Ind. 

 Ill, 369. 



Pahang ; Renchong, etc. Ridley! Perak; Thaipeng, Scorbechini 

 71 ! Sunga Ryah, Kunstler 1011 ! Malacca ; Maingay 527 ! Singapore ; 

 Hullett 49 ! Ridley 8110 ! Distbib. India, Indo- China, China, Malay 

 Islands. 



3. Uraria lagopoides DC. Prodr. II, 324. A tufted woody peren- 

 nial with slender trailing pubescent much branched stems 1-3 feet long. 

 Leaves v 1*5—2 in., rachis pubescent; leaflets solitary, or a terminal and 

 one pair of opposite leaflets, oblong rhomboid or rounded, base rounded 

 truncate or at times cordate, thickly membranous, green glabrous above, 

 finely reticulate- veined, pubescent beneath, 1-2 in. long "75-1 in. wide; 

 lateral pair ofleaflets when present always much smaller than terminal ; 

 petiole '5-"75 in.; stipules lanceolate '2 in.; stipels subulate small. 

 Racemes in short dense simple oblong heads, 1-2*5 in. long, '8 in. wide ; 

 bracts subpersistent distinctly ciliated, *3 in. long; pedicels densely 

 crinite, *15 in. long. Calyx "12 in., lower teeth setaceous, densely plumose. 

 Corolla pale-purple, *2 in. long. Pods glabrous, joints thick, reticulate, 

 •15 in. lono:, '08 in. wide, compressed. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1,268; 

 Bak. in Flor. Brit, Ind. 156. U. retusa Wall. Cat. 5680. Hedysarum 

 lagopodioides Linn. Sp. PI. 1198. H. lagopoides Burm. Fl. Ind. 68, t. 

 53, f. 2. Lespedeza lagopoides Pers. Synops. II, 308. Doodia lagopodioides 

 Roxb. Flor. Ind.III, 306. 



Pahang ; Ridley 2594 ! Perak ; Scortechini 13 ! Prov. Wellesley ; 

 Ridley 8010 ! Andamans ; King's Collectors ! Distrib. India ; Indo-China; 

 China ; Malay Islands. 



39. Lourea Neck. 



Herbs. Leaves membranous, stipellate, 1-3-foliolate. Flowers in 

 terminal simple or panicled racemes. Caylx membranous, accrescent, 

 the lanceolate teeth as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla equalling 

 or exceeding the calyx ; standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens di- 

 adelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary few-ovuled ; style filiform, inflexed, 

 stigma capitate. Pod of about 4 small distinct 1-seeded smooth veined 

 joints, included in the calyx. Species 4 ; all originally East Indian. 



