218 L. LEGUMINQSJ;. (J. G. Baker.) [Buribaria. 



broad suMabrous, petals subequal, pod clothed with fine spreading hairs. 

 Oollsea gihba, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5572 A. Dunbaria oblonga, Arn. in Nov. Act. 

 Nat. Our. xviii. 333. 



Hills of JVItsoeb and CirTi,ON, up to 3000 ft. 



A ■woody climber, ■vrith slender terete glabrescent stems and petioles. Stipules 

 lanceolate, ^-^ in. ; leaflets green on both surfaces, with a few minute deciduous hairs, 

 membranous, the end one nearly sessile, oboyate-oblong, cuspidate, 3-6 in. long; 

 stipellje minute, caducous. Bacemes few-flowered, lax, distinctly peduneled ; pedicels 

 ^— J in. ; bracteoles large, oblong, caducous. Calyx ^_| in., finely downy ; lowest 

 tooth acuminate, exceeding the tube. Corolla, twice the calyx; standard | in. broad; 

 keel subtruncate. Pod 1^2 in. by ^ in., straight, densely pilose at first, 'i-5-seeded. . 



3. D. pulclira, Bemth. M8S. ; stems finely downy, stipules caducous, 

 leaflets thin twice as long as broad obscurely downy, standard exceeding the 

 wings and keel, pod clothed with fine spreading hairs. 



Lower hills of Sikbjm, 1-2000 ft.. Hook. fit. 



A woody climber, with slender terete glabrescent branches. Leaflets membranous, 

 green, glabrescent above, greyish-puberulent beneath, the end one oblong, narrowed 

 to a rounded base, and a long point, distinctly petioled, 3-4 in. long, stipellate. 

 Racemes few-flowered, lax, distinctly peduneled ; pedicels ^— ^ in. ; bracteoles large, 

 naTJeular, caducous. Calyx finely downy, J in. long ; lower tooth setaceous, 2-3 

 times the tube, the others much shorter, lanceolate. Corolla 1-1^ in. long ; limb of 

 standard round. Pod as in the last. 



SuBeKfT. 2. Rhyncolobium, Benth. Corolla small, caducous, little 

 exserted. 



4. I>. debilis, Bahe/r ; stems filiform, leaflets subcoriaceous ligulate- 

 oblong obtuse 3-4 times as long as broad, flowers solitary in the axils of the 

 leaves, pod sessile glabrous. 



KJLisiA Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., Hook. fil. ^ Thomson, Lohb. 



A twining herb, with very slender finely downy stems and distant nodes. Stipules 

 minute, setaceous, persistent; "petiole |-J in.; leaflets grey-green, thinly canescent 

 above, densely so beneath, prominently nerved, the end one short-petioled, rounded at 

 both ends, 1-1 J in. long. Pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx J in., grey-downy ; 

 teeth linear, the lowest as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish, half as long again as 

 the calyx. Pod recurved, glabrescent, 1 J-2 in. by ^ in., 8-10-seeded. 



5. D, conspersa, Bemth. PI. Jungh. 241 ; stems filiform, leaflets mem- 

 hianous round-rhomboid, flowers 1-2 together in the axUs of the leaves usually 

 not peduneled, pod sessile glabrous. Dolichos conspersus, &i-ah. in Wall. Cat. 

 5542. p. rhynchosioides, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 185. D. punctatus, W. ^ A. 

 Pi-odr. 24:7. D. Finlaysonianus, Grak. in Wall. Cat. 5566. Atylosia punctata, 

 Dalz. in Jcmm. lAnn. Sac. xiii. l86. 



Eastern Hi w at.ayas, tropical region ; SrcHET and Assam. AVbstebn PEHiNSTrLA, 

 Wight. Peome, Wallich. — Disteib. Malaya, China, N. Australia. 



A twining herb, with very slender finely-downy stems. Stipules minute, linear; 

 peciole 1 in. ; leaflets thin, flexible, green, glabrescent above, pale green, obscurely 

 downy, distinctly gland-dotted beneath, not stipellate ; end onp distinctly petioled, 

 1-1 1^ in. long and broad, subacute. Pedicels very short; flowers rarely 3-4 on, a short 

 peduncle. Calyx i in., grey-downy; lowest tooth as long as the tube. Corolla 

 reddish, |-^ in. ; keel distinctly beaked. Pod linear, 1^2 in. by A in., recurved, 

 6-8-seeded. — The Japanese Atylosia svhrhomhea and Javan Dolichos trmicatus of 

 Miguel both belong to this section of Dunbaria, and are near this species. 



6. D. podocarpa, Kurz in Jowm. Asiat. Soc. Bmg. xliii. 2, 185 ; stems 

 herbaceous, leaflets broad ovate acuminate, flowers in pairs in the axils of the 

 leaves on a very short peduncle, pod puberulous distinctly stalked." 



