106 L. LEGUMiNOSJ!. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Millettia. 



8. nx. tetraptera, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bmg. xlii. 2, 69 ; leaflets 7 

 •subcoriaceoiis obovate-oblong exatipellate at &st densely softly pubescent on 

 ■footli sides, standard glabrous, stamens monadelptous, pod glaTarous indehiscent 

 -with each suture produced into a hroad hard horizontal wing on both sides. 

 iPongamia tetraptera, Hort. Calc. Legiun. indeterm.. Wall. Cat. 5976. 



BiEMA ; forests of Pegu, &c. WalUch, Griffith, Kmrz. 



An erect tree, with branclilets clothed with dense drab-bro-wn short pubescence. 

 Leaflets obtuse, 3-4 in. long, flexible and densely soft-pubescent at first, but becoming 

 Tigid and glabrescent when mature ; petiolules under f in. Flowers in short close 

 nearly sessile racemes in the axils of the leaves ; pedicles fascicled, ^-§- in. Calyx 

 ^ in., thinly clothed with adpressed hairs ; teeth deltoid. Corolla pale blue. Fod, 

 «ublignose, quadrangular, straight, linear 3-4 in. long, nearly an inch thick, the wings 

 \-^ in. broad in the middle, narrowed to each end. 



9. DC. pubinervis, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 68 ; leaflets 

 ■elliptic-obovate obtusely acuminate glaucous and pubescent on the midrib below, 

 standard glabrous on the back, ovary pubescent, pod unknown. 



Maktaban, Kurz. 



An erect tree 20-25 ft. high, the young parts puberulous. ic»/^ft. witha puber- 

 jilous rachis ; leaflets (number not stated) 2-3 in. long, thinly chartaceous. Bacemes 

 leaf-opposed, slender, simple, 2^-3 in. long ; pedicels capillary, pubescent, solitary or 

 fascicled. Calyx reddish, broader than deep, ^^ j in. long, slightly pubescent, obscurely 

 .toothed. Corolla yellowish-white ; standard above J in. long. — Kurz loc. cit. 



10. BX. raionticola, Kurz in Jmim. Asiat. Soc. Sen//, xlii. 2, 67 ; leaflets 

 7-9 oblong shortly acuminate fulvo-pubescent beneath, standard glabrous, ovary 

 ihinlyferrugineo-pubescent, pod unknown. 



Maetaban, alt. 7000 ft., Ktirz. 



A robust climber, resembling M. paohT/oarpa, with verrucose branches and ferru- 

 gineo-pubesceut glabrescent branchlets. Leaflets petioluled, with adpressed fulvous 

 pubescence on the ribs. Flowers blue, in simple solitary racemes 4-7 in. long, arising 

 above the scars of the fallen leaves. Calyx ^-J in., longer than broad ; teeth obscure, 

 . anterior one largest. Standard ^ in., petals much smaller than those of M.'paohycarfa. 

 — Kurz loc. cit. 



11. 3ffl. pachycarpa, Benth. PI. Jung. 260; leaflets 11-13 subcoriaceous 

 oblanceolate-oblong cuspidate exstipellate finely downy below, standard glabrous 



• on the backj stamens monadelphous, pod woody rugose glabrous. 



Forests of Khasia, Sikkim, and Assam up to 4000 ft. MAiACCA, Griffith. 



A large climber, with the branches and leaves below more or less densely clotted 

 with pale brown pubescence. Leaves 1 ft. or more long ; leaflets 6-8 in. long, gla- 

 brous, opaque above, sometimes subcaudate, the pubescence below short, loose, decidu- 

 ' ous ; petiolules ^—^ in. Baoemes copious, 6-9 in. long, most of the nodes with short 

 .branchlets. Calyx ^-j in., distinctly pedicelled, densely downy ; teeth very short. 

 Corolla f-1 in. long. Fod 1-3-seeded, rugose, 1-1^ in. broad, reaching 4-5 in. long. 



*** Mature leaflets glabrescent beneath. 



12. BE. cinerea, Benth. PL Jung. 249 ; leaflets 5-7 obovate-oblong cuspi- 

 . date membranous stipellate soon glabrescent beneath, standard densely silky on the 



back, stamens diadelphous, pod thick linear velvety torulose. Pongamia cinerea, 

 Gh-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5888. P. palustris, Qrah. in Wall. Cat. 5889 ; P. pani- 

 ■culata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5904. P. heterocarpa, Wall. MSS. P. oblonea, 

 GraJi. in Watt. Cat. 5893? 



