1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 139 



long, lateral nerves 3 pairs the lowest much stronger than the rest and 

 very oblique ; side leaflets similar but smaller, 3-4 in. long 1-1*5 in. wide, 

 with slightly oblique bases ; stipels subulate '2 in. long ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate '5 in. long, persistent. Inflorescence in rather narrow terminal 

 and axillary racemes, the former sometimes paniculate, 12-20 in. long, 

 composed of as many distant solitary flowers or few-fld. fascicles, bracts 

 minute linear; pedicels puberulous slender '2 in., ultimately spreading 

 *4 in. long. Calyx very small "08 in. long, . tubular, slightly pubescent, 

 teeth deltoid very short. Corolla pink, 25 in. long. Pod 1-3 in. long, 

 the lowest joint on a stalk *3 in. long, joints few indehiscent '5 in. long, 

 *2 in. wide, the constrictions nearly reaching the upper suture, cut 

 obliquely from opposite the point to the base. D. Gardneri Bth. PI. 

 Jungh. 226; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, 255; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 

 165. D. podocarpum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. Ill, 46 not of DC. 



Perak; on Ulu Batang Padang, Wray 1608! Distrib. India; 

 Himalayas; Indo-Ohina; China; Malay Archipelago. 



§ Dollinera Endl. Joints of pod indehiscent, hardly longer than 

 broad, upper suture straight or slightly indented ; calyx teeth not 

 exceeding tube. 



7. Desmodium megaphyllum Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 58. 

 A straggling shrub 8 feet high with slightly grooved, blackish branches, 

 with a sparse short tomentum. Leaves 7-9 in. long, 3-foliolate, petiole 

 2-2'5 in., channelled above, sparsely tomentose ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 green sparsely puberulous above, grey thickly softly woolly beneath ; 

 rhomboid ovate-acuminate terminal cuneate at base, 4-6 in. long, 2*5-3'5 

 in. wide, on petiolule 1-15 in. long ; lateral pair similar but smaller 

 3-4 in. long, l*5-2'5 in. wide with obliquely rounded base ; lateral 

 nerves 5-6 pairs very oblique; stipels linear '25 in. long; stipules 

 subscarious 15 in. long, lanceolate. Inflorescence longer than the leaves, 

 in axillary and terminal racemes, the latter sometimes panicled, 8-10 

 in. long, of 25-30 few-fld. fascicles ; pedicels slender *4 in. long, bracts 

 *5 in. long, subscarious, lanceolate, bracteoles minute subulate. Calyx 

 campanulate 15 in. long, teeth triangular as long as tube. Corolla pale- 

 violet, *3 in. long. Pod dull-crimson, 2-225 in., 6-8-jointed, joints *25 

 in. long *2 in. wide, indehiscent, slightly puberulous, finely reticulate- 

 veined, slightly indented on the lower suture. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 245, excluding synonyms. 



Perak ; upper part of Batang Padang Valley, at 2,000 feet, Wray 

 1441 ! Distrib. Java, Tenasserim. 



§ Nicholsonia DC. Joints of pod dehiscent along lower suture, not 

 longer than broad ; upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. 



8. Desmodium capitatum DC. Prodr. II, 336. A prostrate under- 



