1897.] D. Prain — Some additional Leguminosss. 387 



cent bract. Calyx tubular sub-2-labiate, 4- toothed. Standard ovate 

 apex retuse, base 2-auriculate ; wings oblong, long-spurred, spurs in- 

 curved clasped by the auricles of standard ; keel straight obtuse shortly 

 spurred. Stamens diadelphous, posterior filament adnate to base of 

 standard-claw. Ovary short- stalked, its base surrounded by a shallow 

 disc ; ovule solitary; style inflexed. Legume short-stalked ovate-rotund, 

 acute. Species 2 ; Indo-Chinese and Malayan. 



1. Phylacium majus Coll. Sf Bemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 44. 

 t. 7 ; young parts rather densely adpressed-hirsute ; leaves densely hairy 

 beneath ; axillary racemes longer than leaves, sometimes paniculately 

 branched ; upper lip of calyx »subentire deltoid-rotund, lower 3-lobed, 

 lobes subequal ovate-rotund acute imbricated ; pod turgid densely 

 strigose not reticulated, both sutures convex. 



Burma ; Shan Hills, near Fort Stedman, Collett ! Lwekaw and 

 Makhoye, King's Collectors! 



A slender climber ; leaves pinnatelj 3-foliolate long-petioled, leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 base ronnded, apex tapering to an obtnse point, margin entire, rather thickly 

 herbaceous, glabrous and green above, grey and densely adpressed-puberulous beneath, 

 3-4 in. long, 1^ in. wide, stipules and stipels linear, persistent, puberalous ; petioles 

 pnberulous 2 in. long. Racemes 5-6 in. long, occasionally branching, fasciculate ; 

 flowers numerous. Bracts \-\\ in. long, glabrous externally, hirsute within, at length 

 scarious. Calyx ± in., externally hirsute. Corolla glabrous, f in. long. Pod £ in. 



2. Phylacium bracteosum Benn. PL Jav. Bar. 159. t. 33 ; young 

 parts and leaves beneath sparingly adpressed-hirsute ; axillary racemes 

 shorter than leaves, aggregated few-fid. ; upper lip of calyx entire ovate, 

 lower 3-lobed, lobes lanceolate the central rather larger, none over- 

 lapping ; pod compressed, sparsely hirsute, reticulate-veined, convex in 

 front, straight posteriorly. Benth. PI. Jungh. i. 231 ; Mia. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 228 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi. 2. 129. 



Perak ; near Gunong Pondo, 200-300 feet above sea level, in open 

 jungle, Kunstler n. 8367 ! Distrib. From Sumatra (Forbes n. 1436 ! 

 n. 2646 !) and Java to the Philippines. 



A slender climber ; leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, long-petioled, leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 base rounded, apex obtuse, margin entire, thinly herbaceous, green on both surfaces, 

 glabrous above, sparingly hirsute beneath, 2-3 in. long, If in. wide, stipules and 

 stipels linear, persistent, sparsely hirsute, petioles glabrescent, 1\ in. long. Racemes 

 2-10 together, about l|-2 in. long, fasciculate, flowers few. Bracts 1-1| in. long, 

 glabrous externally, sparingly hirsute within, pale-green. Calyx | in., externally 

 sparsely hirsute. Corolla white with pink tinge, glabrous, | in. long. Pod \ in. 



50. DESMODIUM Desv. 



1. Desmodium umbellatum DC. 



This is a purely littoral species that extends, as so many of the class do, from 

 W. Polynesia to the Mascarene Islands. It is scarcely truly Indian, beiDg only report- 

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