MilletUa.] L. LEGUMiNOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.) 109 



A large, robust, woody climber. Leaves reaching 1-2 ft. long ; petiole 4-6 in. long ■ 

 leaflets green, glabrescent above, 6-12 in. by 3-6 in., minutely stipellate, pale below' 

 sometimes subcoriaceous. Flowers in copious close axillary racemes near the top of 

 the branches, fascicled on a downy rachis 4-6 in. long ; bracts minute, linear. Calj/x 

 ■J in., densely silky ; teeth very short. Corolla whitish, three times .the calyx, densely 

 silky. Pod straight, very hard, 5-6 in. long, 1 in. broad ; sutures thickened. 



21. Zffl. frutlcosa, Smth. MSS. ; Isranches finely downy, leaflets 9-11 

 ■ol)lanceolate-oblong obtuse or subacute thinly silky, flowers subsessile, pod 

 •woody glabrescent. Robinia fruticosa, Hoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 328. Pongamia 

 fruticosa, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 909. Otosema fruticosa, Benth. PI. Junff. 249. 

 Amerimnum. fasciculatvim, Samilt. MSS. 



Forests of Bbngai., Assam and Peott. 



A woody climber. Leaves long-petioled, ^-I ft. long ; leaflets 4-6 in. long, li-2 

 in. broad, obscurely stipellate, glabrous above, thinly sericeous beneath. Flowers 

 "in dense short axillary racemes and also in terminal panicles. Calyx ^ in., densely 

 sericeous, subtended by minute ovate bracts and bracteoles. Corolla f in. red, the 

 standard densely silky. Pod hard and woody, silky when young, 6-7 in. by 1-1^ in. 



22. BZ. extensa, Benth. MSS.; branches finely downy, leaflets 9-11 

 ■obovate-oblong membranous acute thinly silky, flowers short-pedicelled. Pon- 

 gamia ? extensa, Wall. Cat. 6900. Otosema extensa, Benth. PL Jung. 249. 



Mabtaban, Wallich. 



A little-known climbing species, closely allied to the two preceding. Leaflets long- 

 petioled, distantly placed on an elongated nearly glabrous rachis, glabrescent above, 

 not seen fully developed. Flowers in very copious close axillary racemes 6-8 in. long 

 near' the top of the branches. Cali/x |- in., campanulate, scarcely toothed, with a 

 pair of very minute bracteoles at the base. Corolla f in., densely silky, reddish lilac. 

 i'od like that of M, auricidata when young, but not seen mature. 



23. Its, leiog'Tiia, Kwt-z in Journ. As. Sac. Beng. xlii. 2, 67 ; branches 

 ferrugineo-tomentose, leaflets 9-18, flowers distinctly pediceUed, ovary glabrous. 



Maetaban, Kiir0. 



A woody climber with terete minutely lenticeUate branches , all the young parts 

 ferrugineo-tomentose. Adult leaves not known. Bacemes 4-5 in., arising from 

 shortened lateral branches, and forming usually ample lateral panicles ; pedicels 

 j-j in., nodding, velvety. Cali/x broader than deep, under ^ in. long, fulvous-velvety, 

 obscurely toothed, upper tooth largest. Corolla glabrous, violet; standard J in. long, 

 emarginate, yellow at the throat. Young pod smooth, linear, acuminate. Placed by 

 KuTz next to M. extensa. I have seen no specimen. 



24. 2^. caudata, Baker ; branches glabrous, leaflets 7-9 oblong 

 •caudate coriaceous glabrous, flowers pedicellate, pod glabrescent not woody. 

 Pongamia ? caudata, Grah. Wall. Cat. 5895. Otosema caudata, Benth. PI. Jung. 

 .249. 



Forests of Khasia and Silhet, ascending to 3000 ft. 



A woody climber. Leaflets minutely stipellate, 6-9 in. long, firm, bright green 

 above, glaucous below, narrowed out at the tip into a long distinct tail. Bacemes 

 ■axillary, short-peduncled, not so dense as in the others, 4-6 in. long. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, J in., scarcely toothed, densely silky. Bracts very minute. Corolla 

 :j-| in., densely silky. Pod linear, straight, rigidly-coriaceous, subequally turgid, 

 5-4 in. long, ^ in. broad. 



